A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HORSEPOWER BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-05-20
latest 2016-08-05
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 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.88
last 3 Master vs avg 614.88 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.22 · weakest Brisket (143.18)
Road miles
452
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Master avg
614.88 / 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.
HORSEPOWER 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 143 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after HORSEPOWER BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Level with HORSEPOWER BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 150.2172 | 145.6572 | 147.94 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 158.3084 | 163.22 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 155.9656 | 160.54 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8344 | 136.5028 | 143.18 | top 85% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2016-05-20 → 2016-08-05
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Cooks most in
NC
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
Pork Ribs
averages 163.22 · weakest Brisket (143.18)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
614.88
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
132
33–123 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
452
3 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- Peak power rating (1493) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- Career-best overall score624.3428 SC Festival of Discovery
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4056 SC Festival of Discovery
- Most recent contest Pigs & Pedals
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | Pigs & Pedals | 2016-08-05 |
| -7.2 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2016-05-20 |
| -3.7 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2016-07-07 |
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)
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 81% | 86.7% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-05 | Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 43 / 47 (596.4340) | 43 (145.6572) | 33 (158.3084) | 38 (155.9656) | 44 (136.5028) |
| 2016-07-07 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 59 / 82 (624.3428) | 73 (150.2172) | 11 (171.4056) | 49 (160.5256) | 67 (142.1944) |
| 2016-05-20 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 24 / 30 (623.8744) | 30 (147.9428) | 22 (159.9544) | 12 (165.1428) | 24 (150.8344) |
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) | #1596 (175 pts) | #1239 (260 pts) | #1322 (240 pts) | #1503 (180 pts) |