#4796 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-headHAUNTED GROUNDS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-08-26
latest 2017-07-21
Best ToY finish
#1585
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.73
last 3 Master vs avg 613.73 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.74 · weakest Brisket (148.51)
Road miles
1,278
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1277 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
613.73 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
HAUNTED GROUNDS 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 146 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.
#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with HAUNTED GROUNDS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#4818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4812 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 153.0512 | 155.38 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 149.6572 | 153.10 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 145.6800 | 156.74 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0856 | 143.9200 | 148.51 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2016-08-26 → 2017-07-21
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
1 of 3 contests · 3 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
averages 156.74 · weakest Brisket (148.51)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
613.73
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
8–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,278
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,277 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
- Peak power rating (1491) Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
- 2017
- First call Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia
- Career-best overall score629.0284 Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4400 Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia
- Most recent contest *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia | 2017-06-16 |
| -9.6 | *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) | 2017-07-21 |
| -9.2 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2016-08-26 |
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 | 50% | top 95% | 87.4% | 85.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-21 | *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL | 43 / 48 (596.9256) | 41 (153.0512) | 37 (149.6572) | 43 (145.6800) | 35 (148.5372) |
| 2017-06-16 | Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia Ogden, UT | 15 / 15 (629.0284) | 15 (157.6684) | 15 (150.8344) | 8 (167.4400) | 14 (153.0856) |
| 2016-08-26 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 34 / 37 (615.2456) | 32 (155.4172) | 30 (158.8228) | 31 (157.0856) | 36 (143.9200) |
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 | #1585 (150 pts) | #1657 (150 pts) | #1662 (150 pts) | #1423 (195 pts) | #1623 (155 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |