A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQR'S DELIGHT ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQR'S DELIGHT has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
LOOSE MEAT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2017-09-29
Best ToY finish
#1693
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.43
last 4 Master vs avg 606.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 155.81 · weakest Chicken (145.26)
Road miles
41
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
606.43 / 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.
LOOSE MEAT 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 120 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.
#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with LOOSE MEAT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after LOOSE MEAT BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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#4978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8456 | 139.3940 | 145.26 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 144.5144 | 155.41 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 134.2172 | 149.95 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.4172 | 143.9312 | 155.81 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | 3 | 13 | 0 | top 88% | 2017-09-29 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-09-29
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 155.81 · weakest Chicken (145.26)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
606.43
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
58
12–71 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
41
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash
- First call Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score637.0632 Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4172 Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1492) Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | 2017-09-29 |
| -8.9 | Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | 2016-09-23 |
| -8.4 | Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash | 2015-09-25 |
| -7.5 | *Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | 2016-10-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.6% | 79.6% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 86.6% | 84.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-29 | *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR | 19 / 19 (572.8912) | 19 (139.3940) | 19 (144.5144) | 19 (134.2172) | 14 (154.7656) |
| 2016-10-07 | *Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR | 22 / 27 (623.3024) | 27 (149.6912) | 15 (162.8228) | 19 (157.6800) | 22 (153.1084) |
| 2016-09-23 | Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR | 21 / 25 (592.4452) | 21 (150.8456) | 13 (160.0228) | 23 (137.6456) | 23 (143.9312) |
| 2015-09-25 | Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash Bryant, AR | 13 / 16 (637.0632) | 16 (141.0972) | 15 (154.2860) | 4 (170.2628) | 2 (171.4172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2127 (74 pts) | #2200 (74 pts) | #2234 (74 pts) | #2186 (74 pts) | #2045 (99 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1693 (137 pts) | #1876 (122 pts) | #1412 (212 pts) | #1764 (142 pts) | #1793 (127 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1925 (101 pts) | #2069 (86 pts) | #2027 (91 pts) | #1469 (191 pts) | #1215 (241 pts) |