BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4487

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1473

peak 1473 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-08-26

latest 2018-10-19

Best ToY finish

#1176

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

654.7428 / 720

Master · 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)

Perfect 180s

Current form

631.04 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 629.16 (+1.88)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8228

Pork Ribs · 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)

Consistency

±12.32

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.64 · weakest Brisket (152.72)

Road miles

1,107

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 564 mi

Schedule strength

81%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)

Master avg

629.16 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG "E" BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG "E" BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.93 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 152.72
Chicken avg 162.64
0 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RAGING MEAT SWEATS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1605 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1605 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.

6 rated 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.

149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

FOUNDING FATHERS BBQ

#4500 of the rated field

1473 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1505

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2016-08-26

⚔ Head-to-head

THE Q

#4495 of the rated field

1473 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1473

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

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BOOTLEGGERS BBQ

#4466 of the rated field

1473 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-08-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Hillbilly Couzin's BBQ

#4470 of the rated field

1473 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

No shared contest yet.

Level with BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-04-06

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Full Metal Brisket

#4476 of the rated field

1473 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-04-21

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CHAR WARS COMPETITION BBQ

#4480 of the rated field

1473 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-03-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE INFUSION	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
WICKED SMOKE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	0	168.5484	155.4172	162.64	top 66%
Pork Ribs	6	1	170.8228	147.9544	157.10	top 70%
Pork	6	1	168.5828	145.6228	156.71	top 72%
Brisket	6	0	161.1428	138.2400	152.72	top 77%

“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
WI	5	0	top 76%
TN	1	0	top 92%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 81%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	2	33	0	top 72%	2018-10-19
6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)	2	22	0	top 73%	2017-08-25

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2016-08-26 → 2018-10-19

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 4 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.64 · weakest Brisket (152.72)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 629.16 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 135 55–180 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,107 6 mapped stops · furthest 564 mi

Schedule strength 1605 average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests

Power rating 1473 peak 1473 · #4487 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2016
Aug 26 First tracked contest 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque
Aug 26 Peak power rating (1491) 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque
2017
Aug 25 First call 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)
Aug 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7428 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)
Aug 25 Career-best overall score654.7428 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)
Aug 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)
2018
Oct 19 Most recent contest *Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.4	6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)	2017-08-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque	2016-08-26
-7.7	Brew B Q	2017-11-10
-7	6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1)	2017-08-24
-6.6	*Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	2018-10-19
-1.2	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	2017-10-20

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 81%	85.8%	85.8%
2017	4	50%	top 76%	90.9%	88.1%
2016	1	0%	top 88%	86.1%	86.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-19	*Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI	34 / 42 (617.4396)	25 (159.9656)	34 (150.7656)	40 (149.6228)	29 (157.0856)
2017-11-10	Brew B Q Nashville, TN	24 / 26 (624.3768)	22 (168.5484)	22 (158.2400)	24 (159.3484)	26 (138.2400)
2017-10-20	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI	33 / 52 (631.3828)	27 (161.1428)	47 (147.9544)	10 (168.5828)	39 (153.7028)
2017-08-25	6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2) Washington Island, WI	22 / 39 (654.7428)	34 (155.4172)	6 (170.8228)	14 (167.4172)	24 (161.0856)
2017-08-24	6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1) Washington Island, WI	36 / 40 (627.2684)	28 (163.9656)	32 (156.5372)	39 (145.6228)	26 (161.1428)
2016-08-26	5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque Washington Island, WI	37 / 42 (619.7716)	19 (166.8228)	28 (158.2516)	38 (149.6456)	39 (145.0516)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1176 (251 pts)	#1267 (246 pts)	#1013 (361 pts)	#995 (366 pts)	#1280 (236 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2178 (90 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)