A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
GRAY BEARDS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-03-20
latest 2015-05-08
Best ToY finish
#1364
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.27
last 4 Master vs avg 637.27 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.86
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.13)
Road miles
222
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Master avg
637.27 / 720
4 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.
GRAY BEARDS BBQ has 4 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 144 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.
#3796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to GRAY BEARDS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GRAY BEARDS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRAY BEARDS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 163.4744 | 166.87 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 123.9772 | 152.13 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 153.6916 | 158.12 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 149.1084 | 160.14 | top 61% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2015-03-20 → 2015-05-08
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.13)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
637.27
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
175
80–147 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
222
4 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9888 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0116 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run
- Peak power rating (1495) 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run
- First call Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
- Career-best overall score658.8576 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Most recent contest Boots & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.5 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2015-05-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2015-04-03 |
| -5.3 | Boots & BBQ Festival | 2015-05-08 |
| -4.9 | 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run | 2015-03-20 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 71% | 91.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-08 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 23 / 29 (640.0004) | 24 (165.1200) | 23 (159.4516) | 27 (153.6916) | 19 (161.7372) |
| 2015-05-01 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 25 / 81 (658.8576) | 36 (163.4744) | 17 (169.6916) | 59 (156.5372) | 13 (169.1544) |
| 2015-04-03 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 32 / 34 (594.2400) | 10 (166.8916) | 34 (123.9772) | 27 (154.2628) | 30 (149.1084) |
| 2015-03-20 | 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run Miami, OK | 71 / 87 (655.9888) | 29 (172.0116) | 79 (155.4056) | 41 (168.0000) | 66 (160.5716) |
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 | #1364 (183 pts) | #1206 (253 pts) | #1462 (183 pts) | #1553 (173 pts) | #1362 (203 pts) |