The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Chow Town BBQ has finished one call ahead of BLOW N SMOKE BBQ QUAMBA MN 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
BLOW N SMOKE BBQ QUAMBA MN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-03-04
latest 2017-03-03
Best ToY finish
#1775
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.17
last 3 Master vs avg 612.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.41
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.66 · weakest Brisket (145.51)
Road miles
166
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
612.17 / 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead 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.
BLOW N SMOKE BBQ QUAMBA MN 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 162 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.
#4716 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1506
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BLOW N SMOKE BBQ QUAMBA MN)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BLOW N SMOKE BBQ QUAMBA MN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BLOW N SMOKE BBQ QUAMBA MN did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ 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.
Level with BLOW N SMOKE BBQ QUAMBA MN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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 | 166.2744 | 150.2856 | 158.66 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 142.2744 | 151.99 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.9028 | 141.0972 | 156.01 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6916 | 131.4172 | 145.51 | 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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-03-04 → 2017-03-03
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
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
Chicken
averages 158.66 · weakest Brisket (145.51)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.17
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
114
16–158 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
166
3 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- First call Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.9028 Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- Peak power rating (1488) Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- Career-best overall score619.4060 Minnesota in May
- 2017
- Most recent contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | 2016-03-04 |
| -12.4 | Minnesota in May | 2016-05-13 |
| -7.4 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | 2017-03-03 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 93% | 86% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-03 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN | 40 / 47 (618.2288) | 21 (166.2744) | 32 (159.4400) | 47 (141.0972) | 34 (151.4172) |
| 2016-05-13 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 66 / 71 (619.4060) | 54 (159.4172) | 58 (154.2628) | 65 (152.0344) | 58 (153.6916) |
| 2016-03-04 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN | 55 / 59 (598.8800) | 50 (150.2856) | 57 (142.2744) | 5 (174.9028) | 59 (131.4172) |
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 | #2212 (60 pts) | #2146 (80 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1775 (120 pts) | #1883 (120 pts) | #1884 (120 pts) | #1305 (245 pts) | #1839 (120 pts) |