A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Q-GRASS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-11-06
latest 2016-10-14
Best ToY finish
#1959
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.36
last 3 Master vs avg 645.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.94)
Road miles
54
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)
Master avg
645.36 / 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.
Q-GRASS BBQ 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 139 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.
#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ 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 Q-GRASS 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 159.3828 | 161.68 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 153.0744 | 155.94 | top 83% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 161.6456 | 166.06 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 156.5028 | 161.69 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2015-11-06 → 2016-10-14
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.94)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
645.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
34–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
54
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1593
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest * Hog Happnin'
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7772 * Hog Happnin'
- Career-best overall score658.7772 * Hog Happnin'
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2856 * Hog Happnin'
- Peak power rating (1500) * Hog Happnin'
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smoking in the Foothills
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Smoking in the Foothills | 2016-10-14 |
| -6.3 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge | 2016-09-23 |
| -0.5 | * Hog Happnin' | 2015-11-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88.9% | 88.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 | Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC | 35 / 41 (640.3656) | 30 (165.0856) | 37 (153.0744) | 32 (161.6456) | 29 (160.5600) |
| 2016-09-23 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | 26 / 31 (636.9484) | 28 (160.5600) | 29 (153.6456) | 23 (166.2400) | 26 (156.5028) |
| 2015-11-06 | * Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 37 / 60 (658.7772) | 50 (159.3828) | 39 (161.1088) | 15 (170.2856) | 28 (168.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1959 (116 pts) | #2020 (116 pts) | #2036 (116 pts) | #1835 (126 pts) | #2004 (116 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1964 (110 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |