A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BLOWED OUT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-08-01
latest 2015-07-31
Best ToY finish
#2084
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
585.37
last 3 Master vs avg 585.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 148.35 · weakest Pork (143.60)
Road miles
149
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
585.37 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
BLOWED OUT BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BLOWED OUT BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLOWED OUT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5484 | 145.1200 | 148.35 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 137.6456 | 146.61 | top 74% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4284 | 136.5372 | 143.60 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0968 | 137.6572 | 146.81 | top 73% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ | 2 | 45 | 0 | top 88% | 2015-07-31 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-08-01 → 2015-07-31
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 148.35 · weakest Pork (143.60)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
585.37
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
15–140 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
149
3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1488) Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
- 2015
- Career-best overall score598.7196 Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.9656 Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
- Most recent contest Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ | 2014-08-01 |
| -11.2 | 4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle | 2014-10-10 |
| -9.1 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ | 2015-07-31 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 81% | 80.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD | 45 / 54 (598.7196) | 49 (145.1200) | 17 (163.9656) | 53 (136.5372) | 34 (153.0968) |
| 2014-10-10 | 4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle Clarksburg, MD | 23 / 25 (583.2568) | 24 (152.5484) | 24 (138.2056) | 23 (142.8228) | 17 (149.6800) |
| 2014-08-01 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD | 55 / 59 (574.1252) | 54 (147.3940) | 56 (137.6456) | 43 (151.4284) | 52 (137.6572) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1977 (100 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |