A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
TREE WISE GUYS
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
2016-08-19
latest 2018-08-17
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.45
last 3 Master vs avg 635.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.78 · weakest Pork (152.35)
Road miles
8
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Master avg
635.45 / 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.
TREE WISE GUYS 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 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 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with TREE WISE GUYS 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.
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#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 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 | 163.9428 | 160.5256 | 162.04 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 152.4800 | 157.28 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 147.3712 | 152.35 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 158.8000 | 163.78 | top 58% |
“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
2 yrs
2016-08-19 → 2018-08-17
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
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
Brisket
averages 163.78 · weakest Pork (152.35)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.45
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
38–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% 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 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- Career-best overall score646.7316 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- Peak power rating (1497) Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Brisket)166.2972 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- 2018
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2018-08-17 |
| -5.9 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2017-08-18 |
| -2.8 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | 2016-08-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87% | 87% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 49 / 54 (632.9484) | 46 (161.6456) | 48 (156.5372) | 53 (148.5256) | 31 (166.2400) |
| 2017-08-18 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 43 / 55 (626.6740) | 44 (160.5256) | 46 (152.4800) | 51 (147.3712) | 24 (166.2972) |
| 2016-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN | 42 / 63 (646.7316) | 37 (163.9428) | 41 (162.8344) | 43 (161.1544) | 46 (158.8000) |
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 | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2230 (65 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |