High-water mark
678.1824
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1824 at Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-03-11
THE ROSS TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-03-13
latest 2018-03-09
Best ToY finish
#1599
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.69
last 4 Master vs avg 661.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.91
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.80)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Master avg
661.69 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bald Hawg BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bald Hawg BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BITE MY BUTT BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Flames on the Flint every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 8th
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.
THE ROSS TEAM 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 106 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE ROSS TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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 | 167.9656 | 162.2400 | 165.24 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 152.4800 | 160.80 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 157.6456 | 165.53 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 163.9428 | 170.12 | top 35% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flames on the Flint | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 61% | 2018-03-09 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-03-13 → 2018-03-09
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 170.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.80)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
661.69
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
160
116–150 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1600
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Power rating
1503
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Flames on the Flint
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4000 Flames on the Flint
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2744 Flames on the Flint
- 2016
- First call Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall top-10 Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score678.1824 Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1509) Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)
- 2018
- Most recent contest Flames on the Flint
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.7 | Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-03-11 |
| +1.6 | Flames on the Flint | 2018-03-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Flames on the Flint | 2015-03-13 |
| -7.7 | Flames on the Flint | 2017-03-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-09 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 26 / 42 (668.4112) | 32 (163.9428) | 31 (166.2284) | 22 (166.2628) | 16 (171.9772) |
| 2017-03-10 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 57 / 67 (643.7600) | 46 (162.2400) | 66 (152.4800) | 44 (165.0972) | 45 (163.9428) |
| 2016-03-11 | Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA | 8 / 89 (678.1824) | 38 (167.9656) | 42 (166.8228) | 4 (173.1084) | 16 (170.2856) |
| 2015-03-13 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 63 / 72 (656.4000) | 54 (166.8112) | 68 (157.6688) | 71 (157.6456) | 12 (174.2744) |
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) | #1946 (75 pts) | #1776 (105 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1599 (155 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #1453 (210 pts) | #2086 (105 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #1728 (125 pts) |