High-water mark
683.9428
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9428 at Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-06-11
HOT MONKEYS TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-11
latest 2017-09-16
Best ToY finish
#1029
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
674.98
last 3 Master vs avg 674.98 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±6.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 171.42 · weakest Pork (166.24)
Road miles
506
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
674.98 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of GRILLKUNST in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
HOT MONKEYS TEAM 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 89 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.
#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOT MONKEYS TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before HOT MONKEYS TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after HOT MONKEYS TEAM did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2377 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 162.2400 | 166.66 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 164.0000 | 170.66 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5140 | 165.0856 | 166.24 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 166.2628 | 171.42 | top 23% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 24% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2016-06-11 → 2017-09-16
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IT
2 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 171.42 · weakest Pork (166.24)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
674.98
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
52
50–16 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
506
3 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2016-06-25 → 2017-09-16
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- First call Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- First overall top-10 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.9428 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- Career-best overall score683.9428 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- 2017
- First category win (Pork Ribs) *Slovenia BBQ Open
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 *Slovenia BBQ Open
- Peak power rating (1524) *Slovenia BBQ Open
- Most recent contest *Slovenia BBQ Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10 | *Slovenia BBQ Open | 2017-09-16 |
| +9.5 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 | 2016-06-11 |
| +4.4 | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition | 2016-06-25 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 24% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 95% | 94% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-16 | *Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode, | 6 / 25 (671.9200) | 19 (162.2400) | 1 (178.2972) | 12 (165.1200) | 9 (166.2628) |
| 2016-06-25 | Rugby Sound BBQ Competition Parabiago, IT | 6 / 15 (669.0740) | 6 (170.2856) | 12 (164.0000) | 9 (165.0856) | 4 (169.7028) |
| 2016-06-11 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, IT | 7 / 29 (683.9428) | 21 (167.4400) | 16 (169.6916) | 17 (168.5140) | 2 (178.2972) |
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 | #1516 (165 pts) | #2146 (80 pts) | #1195 (275 pts) | #1937 (115 pts) | #1715 (135 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1029 (314 pts) | #1355 (229 pts) | #1449 (204 pts) | #1419 (219 pts) | #843 (444 pts) |