STELLA AND CREW BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4873

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1465

peak 1505 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-02

latest 2018-07-12

Best ToY finish

#1167

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

671.9656 / 720

Master · Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

643.36 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 646.13 (-2.77)

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork Ribs · Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Consistency

±14.19

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.59)

Road miles

777

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Master avg

646.13 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

671.9656 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.9656 at Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-08-02

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE THIS ahead in 89% of their meetings

SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.94 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.59
Chicken avg 164.53
1 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of OINK, CACKLE & MOO in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKE THIS ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE THIS has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.97% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.97% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.7% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

PARTY FOWL BBQ

#4892 of the rated field

1465 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1465

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to STELLA AND CREW BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team STELLA AND CREW BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

LAST PLACE PORK

#4874 of the rated field

1465 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1465

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-03-02

⚔ Head-to-head

Fat Dad's Barbeque

#4885 of the rated field

1465 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BB Barbecue and Pits

#4898 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after STELLA AND CREW BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

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Penny's Cut BBQ

#4901 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

Level with STELLA AND CREW BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-09-07

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN ARMADILLOS

#4875 of the rated field

1465 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before STELLA AND CREW BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE THIS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SUE E PIGG	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WICKED QUE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PORK-N-BONES	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
OINK, CACKLE & MOO	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
A TASTE OF CAROLINA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	0	173.1200	160.5140	164.53	top 62%
Pork Ribs	10	1	174.2628	145.0512	158.59	top 69%
Pork	10	1	172.5600	145.6796	162.83	top 62%
Brisket	10	0	168.5600	153.6340	160.18	top 67%

“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
NC	5	top 71%
GA	4	top 70%
SC	1	top 70%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 100%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	4	24	0	top 70%	2017-08-04
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2	44	0	top 60%	2016-06-10

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

On the trail 4.9 yrs 2013-08-02 → 2018-07-12

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 5 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.59)

Walk rate 20% a top-10 call in 2 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 646.13 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 340 189–401 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 777 10 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi

Schedule strength 1560 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2016-06-10 → 2017-08-04

Power rating 1465 peak 1505 · #4873 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 2 First tracked contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9656 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 2 Career-best overall score671.9656 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 2 Peak power rating (1505) Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2015
Jun 12 First call Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
2016
Jun 10 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
2018
Jul 12 10th tracked contest SC Festival Of Discovery
Jul 12 Most recent contest SC Festival Of Discovery

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.1	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-08-02
+1.3	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2016-06-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	2017-08-11
-9.9	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2015-07-31
-7.8	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2014-08-01
-5.7	Peak City Pigfest	2015-06-19
-2.3	SC Festival Of Discovery	2018-07-12

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 70%	87.7%	87.7%
2017	2	0%	top 83%	92.1%	89.3%
2016	1	100%	top 58%	91.2%	91.2%
2015	4	25%	top 73%	90.3%	89.4%
2014	1	0%	top 82%	88.9%	88.9%
2013	1	0%	top 39%	93.3%	93.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-07-12	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	62 / 89 (631.2568)	48 (163.9428)	68 (153.0744)	81 (145.6796)	27 (168.5600)
2017-08-11	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	34 / 34 (622.6280)	27 (162.7884)	34 (145.0512)	31 (157.6800)	28 (157.1084)
2017-08-04	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival Dillard, GA	38 / 57 (663.2568)	31 (167.3944)	25 (169.1200)	31 (166.8112)	46 (159.9312)
2016-06-10	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	44 / 76 (656.9712)	56 (161.0972)	8 (174.2628)	34 (166.8456)	63 (154.7656)
2015-07-31	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	51 / 55 (642.6624)	16 (173.1200)	50 (157.6456)	52 (158.2628)	51 (153.6340)
2015-07-24	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	32 / 49 (650.1256)	35 (164.5256)	42 (155.9544)	35 (163.4056)	21 (166.2400)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	32 / 45 (636.4572)	33 (160.5372)	38 (150.2860)	22 (165.6684)	29 (159.9656)
2015-06-12	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	48 / 78 (646.1368)	59 (160.5256)	54 (158.2628)	7 (172.5600)	58 (154.7884)
2014-08-01	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	46 / 56 (639.8164)	44 (160.5140)	48 (153.1200)	38 (163.9540)	36 (162.2284)
2013-08-02	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	24 / 61 (671.9656)	21 (170.8800)	24 (169.1200)	31 (167.4284)	36 (164.5372)

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)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1860 (119 pts)	#1920 (119 pts)	#1945 (119 pts)	#1908 (119 pts)	#1923 (119 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#1692 (155 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1167 (240 pts)	#1112 (285 pts)	#1266 (240 pts)	#970 (360 pts)	#1158 (260 pts)