A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CLAXON'S PIG DADDIES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2015-07-31
Best ToY finish
#2779
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.36
last 3 Master vs avg 629.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.70 · weakest Brisket (151.57)
Road miles
122
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
629.36 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
CLAXON'S PIG DADDIES 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 146 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after CLAXON'S PIG DADDIES did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with CLAXON'S PIG DADDIES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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 | 159.9544 | 154.8000 | 157.28 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 149.6456 | 158.81 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 160.5372 | 161.70 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 143.9200 | 151.57 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 85% | 2015-07-31 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2015-07-31
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.70 · weakest Brisket (151.57)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
629.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
73
11–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
122
3 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength
1563
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-07-25 → 2015-07-31
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- Peak power rating (1488) Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.9428 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- Career-best overall score637.5888 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge | 2013-08-31 |
| -7.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-07-25 |
| -6.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-07-31 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 25 / 30 (637.5888) | 26 (157.0972) | 14 (162.8344) | 19 (161.6800) | 26 (155.9772) |
| 2014-07-25 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 25 / 29 (628.3544) | 23 (159.9544) | 18 (163.9428) | 21 (160.5372) | 26 (143.9200) |
| 2013-08-31 | Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 30 / 32 (622.1484) | 31 (154.8000) | 30 (149.6456) | 21 (162.8800) | 30 (154.8228) |
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 | #2779 (55 pts) | #2779 (55 pts) | #1937 (110 pts) | #2086 (85 pts) | #2783 (55 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2798 (54 pts) | #2654 (64 pts) | #2096 (89 pts) | #2515 (74 pts) | #2793 (54 pts) |