The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Westgrove Smokehouse has finished one call ahead of BREW HAWG 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
BREW HAWG
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2015-01-17
latest 2016-08-05
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.86 · weakest Brisket (146.26)
Road miles
1,770
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1770 mi
Master avg
624.49 / 720
2 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.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Team Awesome has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
BREW HAWG has 2 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 114 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.
#4029 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with BREW HAWG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where BREW HAWG's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after BREW HAWG did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 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 2.
⚔ 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1312 | 157.1312 | 157.13 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 154.2400 | 154.24 | top 83% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 166.8572 | 166.86 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2628 | 146.2628 | 146.26 | 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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2015-01-17 → 2016-08-05
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.86 · weakest Brisket (146.26)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
624.49
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
35
10–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,770
2 mapped stops · furthest 1,770 mi
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2015-01-17 → 2016-08-05
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- 2016
- Career-best overall score624.4912 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8572 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- Most recent contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-05 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 31 / 36 (624.4912) | 31 (157.1312) | 30 (154.2400) | 18 (166.8572) | 31 (146.2628) |
| 2015-01-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled Hartselle, AL | 31 / 36 (624.4912) | 31 (157.1312) | 30 (154.2400) | 18 (166.8572) | 31 (146.2628) |
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2141 (95 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |