The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
DESPERADO'S BARBECUE & CATERING has finished one call ahead of SHAGGY MULE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SHAGGY MULE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1460
peak 1460 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-20
latest 2015-09-19
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 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
560.69
last 3 Master vs avg 560.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.65
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (134.65)
Road miles
52
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
560.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
SHAGGY MULE 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 127 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.
#5113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Level with SHAGGY MULE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#5091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5093 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 150.8688 | 154.11 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2972 | 125.0628 | 134.65 | top 95% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5372 | 129.0396 | 137.09 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1772 | 112.5028 | 134.85 | top 85% |
“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 | 2 | 47 | 0 | top 95% | 2015-09-19 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-09-20 → 2015-09-19
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
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 154.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (134.65)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
560.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
7–155 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
52
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1460
peak 1460 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Oinktoberfest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.5716 Oinktoberfest
- Peak power rating (1484) Oinktoberfest
- 2015
- Career-best overall score594.8916 Oinktoberfest
- Most recent contest Oinktoberfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.6 | Oinktoberfest | 2014-09-20 |
| -13.3 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | 2015-06-19 |
| -11.1 | Oinktoberfest | 2015-09-19 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.6% | 80.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 73.2% | 73.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-19 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 47 / 52 (594.8916) | 43 (150.8800) | 44 (146.2972) | 46 (148.5372) | 38 (149.1772) |
| 2015-06-19 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY | 45 / 47 (559.9892) | 39 (150.8688) | 47 (132.5832) | 44 (133.6800) | 39 (142.8572) |
| 2014-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 66 / 66 (527.1768) | 26 (160.5716) | 66 (125.0628) | 66 (129.0396) | 66 (112.5028) |
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) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |