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.
THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-04-08
latest 2017-04-07
Best ToY finish
#2175
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
607.67
last 3 Master vs avg 607.67 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.57 · weakest Brisket (144.89)
Road miles
96
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
607.67 / 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.
THERE'S NO CRYING IN 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 121 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.
#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 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-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 165.0740 | 154.8344 | 159.57 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2744 | 147.9888 | 151.62 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 150.2400 | 151.58 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9200 | 136.4912 | 144.89 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-04-08 → 2017-04-07
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
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 159.57 · weakest Brisket (144.89)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
607.67
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
112
30–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
96
3 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest NYC BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score613.5656 NYC BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1498) NYC BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.0740 Que for the Troops
- 2017
- Most recent contest NYC BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Que for the Troops | 2016-06-03 |
| -4.9 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | 2017-04-07 |
| -1.9 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | 2016-04-08 |
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)
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 74% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 85.2% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-07 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 32 / 43 (602.7660) | 28 (154.8344) | 36 (147.9888) | 26 (153.6800) | 36 (146.2628) |
| 2016-06-03 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 61 / 67 (606.6736) | 24 (165.0740) | 47 (154.2744) | 57 (150.8340) | 65 (136.4912) |
| 2016-04-08 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 22 / 35 (613.5656) | 23 (158.8112) | 21 (152.5944) | 25 (150.2400) | 22 (151.9200) |
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) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2175 (75 pts) | #2283 (70 pts) | #2240 (80 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2252 (75 pts) |