A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Top Gun Barbecue ahead in 100% of their meetings
Top Gun Barbecue has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DEVILS ENVY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-03
latest 2016-10-08
Best ToY finish
#1454
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
601.21
last 3 Master vs avg 601.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.15 · weakest Brisket (141.46)
Road miles
194
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
601.21 / 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.
DEVILS ENVY 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 130 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.
#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after DEVILS ENVY BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with DEVILS ENVY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 144.5256 | 157.15 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 146.8228 | 154.83 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8112 | 127.3372 | 147.77 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 124.4800 | 141.46 | top 87% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2016-10-08
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Cooks most in
NJ
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.15 · weakest Brisket (141.46)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
601.21
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
118
16–137 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
194
3 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Que for the Troops
- Peak power rating (1486) Que for the Troops
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.3200 Red White and Que
- Career-best overall score618.1368 Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | Que for the Troops | 2016-06-03 |
| -8.2 | Red White and Que | 2016-09-24 |
| -6.6 | Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship | 2016-10-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.9% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-08 | Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ | 40 / 48 (618.1368) | 47 (144.5256) | 35 (155.4172) | 33 (158.8112) | 33 (159.3828) |
| 2016-09-24 | Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ | 35 / 41 (594.7884) | 12 (166.3200) | 35 (146.8228) | 28 (157.1656) | 41 (124.4800) |
| 2016-06-03 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 65 / 67 (590.7088) | 41 (160.5944) | 31 (162.2628) | 67 (127.3372) | 62 (140.5144) |
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 | #1454 (180 pts) | #1293 (245 pts) | #1542 (180 pts) | #1564 (180 pts) | #1503 (180 pts) |