BACONATERS

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

Power ranking

#2971

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1506

peak 1506 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-03-14

latest 2018-05-04

Best ToY finish

#1296

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

665.0972 / 720

Master · *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.77 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 644.06 (+9.72)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Chicken · Chillin & Grillin

Consistency

±15.45

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.78 · weakest Brisket (151.21)

Road miles

362

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

644.06 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

High-water mark

665.0972 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.0972 at *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-05-05

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

UNCLE BC'S ahead in 100% of their meetings

UNCLE BC'S has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−15.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.58 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 151.21
Pork avg 166.78
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of OSOSLOW BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork entries lost

BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUFFALO'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.

A May team

Top 40% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 40% across 4 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 56% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.15% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.5% of a perfect score
9 contests

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

I'd Smoke That

#2992 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 13 contests to 9.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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BAD COMPANY BBQ

#2987 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

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PIT PASS BBQ

#2958 of the rated field

1506 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1506

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 2018-11-16

⚔ Head-to-head

TENNESSEE DOUBLE D'S BBQ

#2974 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1512

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 2016-09-23

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Tiki Q

#2972 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before BACONATERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SMITH BBQ CO.

#2993 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-09-02

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Three Hog Night Smokers	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BC'S	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
THE GRISWOLDS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MOOCHEWSOOEY	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DIVINE SWINE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Men On Fire	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
TNK BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE OUTLAWS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	174.8572	154.8572	164.57	top 49%
Pork Ribs	9	171.4744	147.3600	161.50	top 55%
Pork	9	174.2628	158.8228	166.78	top 40%
Brisket	9	164.0344	131.8856	151.21	top 70%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
OK	8	0	top 56%
AR	1	0	top 57%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 67%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 53%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	3	22	0	top 40%	2018-05-04

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

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2014-03-14 → 2018-05-04

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OK 8 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.78 · weakest Brisket (151.21)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 644.06 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 288 242–247 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 362 9 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2014-03-14 → 2015-05-01

Power rating 1506 peak 1506 · #2971 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Mar 14 First tracked contest Smokin' At The Run Shootout
2016
Apr 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4916 Chillin & Grillin
Apr 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Chillin & Grillin
2017
May 5 Career-best overall score665.0972 *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)
2018
May 4 Peak power rating (1506) *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
May 4 Most recent contest *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.5	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)	2017-05-05
+5.9	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2015-05-01
+3.8	*Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2016-05-06
+3.4	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	2018-05-04
+3.3	Chillin & Grillin	2016-04-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	Smokin' At The Run Shootout	2014-03-14
-5	Grills and Grilles	2015-10-16
-0.7	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship	2016-06-10

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)
2018	1	0%	top 44%	91.4%	91.4%
2017	1	0%	top 32%	92.4%	92.4%
2016	3	0%	top 53%	92.3%	90.1%
2015	3	0%	top 57%	89.9%	88.4%
2014	1	0%	top 98%	85.8%	85.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-05-04	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK	30 / 68 (658.1944)	18 (171.4172)	43 (159.9772)	14 (174.2628)	48 (152.5372)
2017-05-05	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK	22 / 68 (665.0972)	28 (165.1200)	19 (167.9772)	21 (167.9656)	22 (164.0344)
2016-06-10	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship Okmulgee, OK	26 / 41 (639.9888)	11 (172.0228)	24 (162.3088)	26 (158.8228)	34 (146.8344)
2016-05-06	*Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	36 / 83 (641.0972)	51 (155.4172)	40 (162.2400)	17 (169.7372)	48 (153.7028)
2016-04-08	Chillin & Grillin Sand Springs, OK	22 / 43 (664.4916)	11 (174.8572)	18 (165.6800)	20 (168.5600)	32 (155.3944)
2015-10-16	Grills and Grilles Broken Arrow, OK	29 / 38 (627.8740)	28 (159.9656)	33 (147.3600)	14 (168.5712)	27 (151.9772)
2015-09-25	Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR	20 / 35 (634.7996)	12 (168.5828)	30 (151.4056)	15 (162.2740)	27 (152.5372)
2015-05-01	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	31 / 81 (647.4288)	52 (154.8572)	15 (171.4744)	18 (169.1544)	52 (151.9428)
2014-03-14	Smokin' At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	40 / 41 (617.5428)	36 (158.8456)	26 (165.1088)	31 (161.7028)	41 (131.8856)

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)	#1842 (95 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1754 (115 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2113 (75 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2123 (90 pts)	#2150 (80 pts)	#2165 (75 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1485 (190 pts)	#1854 (125 pts)	#1697 (160 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1296 (205 pts)	#1235 (245 pts)	#1313 (230 pts)	#1048 (320 pts)	#1431 (180 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2598 (66 pts)	#2615 (66 pts)	#2624 (66 pts)	#2633 (66 pts)	#2611 (66 pts)