A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
NECTAR OF THE HOGS ahead in 100% of their meetings
NECTAR OF THE HOGS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
TACKETT'S RACKETT
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-18
latest 2016-07-15
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.39
last 3 Master vs avg 610.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.30 · weakest Brisket (150.09)
Road miles
9
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Master avg
610.39 / 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Houligan's Pit 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.
TACKETT'S RACKETT 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 135 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.
#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with TACKETT'S RACKETT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after TACKETT'S RACKETT did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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 | 155.4056 | 150.2628 | 152.54 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 154.2172 | 157.30 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 143.9772 | 150.46 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 138.2856 | 150.09 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 76% | 2016-07-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-07-18 → 2016-07-15
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 157.30 · weakest Brisket (150.09)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.39
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
66
27–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- Peak power rating (1496) BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- 2015
- Career-best overall score632.4912 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.2628 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- 2016
- Most recent contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2016-07-15 |
| -4.2 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2014-07-18 |
| -3 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2015-07-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too Waterloo, IA | 28 / 32 (602.7772) | 31 (150.2628) | 27 (154.2172) | 28 (145.1428) | 23 (153.1544) |
| 2015-07-17 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 27 / 39 (632.4912) | 31 (155.4056) | 26 (156.0000) | 22 (162.2628) | 22 (158.8228) |
| 2014-07-18 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 26 / 37 (595.9084) | 30 (151.9540) | 15 (161.6916) | 32 (143.9772) | 29 (138.2856) |
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 | #2879 (57 pts) | #2890 (57 pts) | #2899 (57 pts) | #2896 (57 pts) | #2312 (67 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2139 (75 pts) | #2111 (75 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2673 (62 pts) | #2686 (62 pts) | #1960 (112 pts) | #2693 (62 pts) | #2683 (62 pts) |