THE ROOSTER CREW

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5079

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1460

peak 1460 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-10-03

latest 2016-10-21

Best ToY finish

#1487

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

644.5256 / 720

Master · Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

602.76 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 610.84 (-8.08)

Walk rate

22%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7256

Brisket · Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival

Consistency

±44.53

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 157.70 · weakest Pork (156.55)

Road miles

861

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 164 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

610.84 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings

DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DRILLING & GRILLING has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

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.

122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

TEAM BACON

#5089 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-05-14

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BIG LOG BBQ

#5072 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

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SLOW SMOKIN BBQ

#5096 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE ROOSTER CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-10-20

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SMOKIN' REJECTS!

#5066 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-10-07

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THREE TEN BBQ

#5065 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-04-01

⚔ Head-to-head

FLAMIN YAWNS

#5081 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1510 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PIGHEADED BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Big D's BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
HOG STREET BULLIES	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
CAJUN JAX BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
GUZZY-Q	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BRISKET BURNERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BIKER BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	163.3828	148.5144	157.70	top 70%
Pork Ribs	9	0	166.8800	147.9772	157.12	top 61%
Pork	9	2	166.2628	145.6684	156.55	top 66%
Brisket	9	0	169.7256	136.5372	156.99	top 56%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
DE	4	top 72%
PA	4	top 71%
MD	1	top 91%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 76%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 95%
Large (40+)	6	top 66%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Keystone Classic Barbeque	2	39	0	top 71%	2015-10-02

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2014-10-03 → 2016-10-21

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in DE 4 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 157.70 · weakest Pork (156.55)

Walk rate 22% a top-10 call in 2 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 610.84 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 244 141–319 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 861 9 mapped stops · furthest 164 mi

Schedule strength 1548 average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1460 peak 1460 · #5079 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Oct 3 First tracked contest Keystone Classic Barbeque
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1494) Keystone Classic Barbeque
2015
Apr 10 Career-best single call (Brisket)169.7256 Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival
May 29 First call Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival
2016
Oct 7 Career-best overall score644.5256 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
Oct 21 Most recent contest Boo-B-Que

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.8	Boo-B-Que	2016-10-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park	2016-06-10
-10	Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival	2015-05-29
-6.5	Keystone Classic Barbeque	2014-10-03
-5.3	Boo B Que By the Sea	2015-10-30
-3.9	Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park	2015-06-27

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	3	0%	top 72%	89.5%	81.9%
2015	5	40%	top 75%	87.7%	86.5%
2014	1	0%	top 74%	85.4%	85.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-10-21	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	34 / 67 (635.8168)	32 (163.3828)	14 (166.8228)	60 (145.6684)	30 (159.9428)
2016-10-07	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	31 / 47 (644.5256)	40 (157.1656)	13 (166.8800)	33 (159.3828)	21 (161.0972)
2016-06-10	The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park New Castle, DE	39 / 39 (488.4916)	—	21 (162.2860)	22 (161.0856)	13 (165.1200)
2015-10-30	Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE	46 / 59 (613.6340)	32 (158.8456)	47 (150.8112)	46 (152.5944)	41 (151.3828)
2015-10-02	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	39 / 57 (631.3252)	42 (158.2628)	39 (156.5368)	27 (162.2628)	39 (154.2628)
2015-06-27	Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park Allentown, PA	13 / 17 (631.4288)	14 (160.0116)	16 (147.9772)	9 (165.1428)	14 (158.2972)
2015-05-29	Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	29 / 32 (610.6972)	28 (153.0972)	26 (154.8000)	10 (166.2628)	31 (136.5372)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	59 / 99 (626.8004)	85 (148.5144)	46 (158.8572)	82 (149.7032)	11 (169.7256)
2014-10-03	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	39 / 53 (614.8572)	22 (162.3200)	42 (149.1200)	45 (146.8572)	30 (156.5600)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#1475 (195 pts)	#1793 (135 pts)	#1503 (180 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1487 (162 pts)	#1601 (157 pts)	#1661 (147 pts)	#1487 (187 pts)	#1570 (157 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2092 (90 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)