A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
TRANQUIL CARNIVORES ahead in 100% of their meetings
TRANQUIL CARNIVORES has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
CHOPLICKERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1504 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-09-20
latest 2018-09-22
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
615.48
last 5 Master vs avg 615.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.01 · weakest Brisket (149.79)
Road miles
1
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
615.48 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The weak link
−7.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.23 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 149.79
- Pork Ribs avg 157.01
- 1 calls in 5 entries
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Smoke This!! has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CHOPLICKERS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CHOPLICKERS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after CHOPLICKERS BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with CHOPLICKERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROUTE 5 SMOKEHAUS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTTS & LINKS BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BELLY BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BEHIND BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RED VALLEY BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| KISS MY BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GOOD CUE CREW | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CARNIVORE'S HEAVEN | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sweet Heat BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6060 | 140.5028 | 156.58 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4628 | 143.4056 | 157.01 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 146.8228 | 152.10 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 139.9772 | 149.79 | top 64% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oinktoberfest | 4 | 26 | 0 | top 70% | 2018-09-22 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-09-20 → 2018-09-22
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 157.01 · weakest Brisket (149.79)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
615.48
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
102–169 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-09-19 → 2016-09-23
Power rating
1483
peak 1504 · #3988 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Oinktoberfest
- First call Oinktoberfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4628 Oinktoberfest
- Peak power rating (1504) Oinktoberfest
- 2016
- Career-best overall score637.6568 Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
- 2018
- Most recent contest Oinktoberfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
| +4.1 | Oinktoberfest | 2014-09-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Oinktoberfest | 2015-09-19 |
| -6.7 | Oinktoberfest | 2017-09-22 |
| -4.4 | Oinktoberfest | 2018-09-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-22 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 36 / 51 (600.4228) | 47 (140.5028) | 27 (154.8228) | 28 (153.7144) | 25 (151.3828) |
| 2017-09-22 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 40 / 53 (615.9088) | 23 (164.6060) | 36 (155.3828) | 38 (151.9884) | 42 (143.9316) |
| 2016-09-23 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY | 22 / 54 (637.6568) | 28 (160.5828) | 28 (155.9884) | 39 (153.7028) | 7 (167.3828) |
| 2015-09-19 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 50 / 52 (591.3944) | 37 (153.7488) | 48 (143.4056) | 30 (154.2628) | 50 (139.9772) |
| 2014-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 26 / 66 (632.0112) | 16 (163.4628) | 2 (175.4628) | 60 (146.8228) | 53 (146.2628) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2214 (70 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2175 (75 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #1611 (165 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #1933 (120 pts) | #1157 (275 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |