A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
NORTH END BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-09
latest 2017-05-06
Best ToY finish
#1644
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.89
last 4 Master vs avg 631.89 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.69 · weakest Brisket (152.35)
Road miles
293
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Master avg
631.89 / 720
4 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.
Going the wrong way
-25
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 25 points across 4 contests since 2016-09-09 — from 1493 down to 1469.
- 4 contests since 2016-09-09
- now 1469
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.
NORTH END BBQ 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 167 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.
#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to NORTH END BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NORTH END BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with NORTH END BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after NORTH END BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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 | 166.8228 | 161.1544 | 164.69 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0688 | 147.4288 | 156.01 | top 83% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 151.9656 | 158.84 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3368 | 146.7772 | 152.35 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 3 | 0 | top 86% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2016-09-09 → 2017-05-06
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.69 · weakest Brisket (152.35)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
631.89
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
108
20–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
293
4 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest *Balloons, Blues & BBQ
- First call *Balloons, Blues & BBQ
- Career-best overall score637.0400 *Balloons, Blues & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1428 *Balloons, Blues & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1493) *Balloons, Blues & BBQ
- 2017
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Smoke on the Water | 2017-05-06 |
| -9.8 | CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ | 2016-10-14 |
| -6.7 | *Balloons, Blues & BBQ | 2016-09-09 |
| -4.5 | *CCS Fest | 2017-04-07 |
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)
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.3% | 87.2% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 88% | 88.5% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-06 | Smoke on the Water Liberty, IN | 25 / 26 (627.2800) | 21 (164.5140) | 24 (157.7260) | 23 (158.2628) | 25 (146.7772) |
| 2017-04-07 | *CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN | 34 / 45 (628.5256) | 29 (161.1544) | 29 (160.0688) | 38 (151.9656) | 35 (155.3368) |
| 2016-10-14 | CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL | 50 / 55 (634.7204) | 21 (166.8228) | 42 (158.8344) | 54 (155.9888) | 47 (153.0744) |
| 2016-09-09 | *Balloons, Blues & BBQ Bloomington, IN | 17 / 20 (637.0400) | 16 (166.2744) | 20 (147.4288) | 4 (169.1428) | 17 (154.1940) |
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 | #1933 (111 pts) | #1743 (131 pts) | #1963 (116 pts) | #1795 (121 pts) | #1979 (111 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1644 (145 pts) | #1632 (170 pts) | #1818 (130 pts) | #1267 (255 pts) | #1710 (145 pts) |