A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BLAKES'S PIT CREW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-06-23
latest 2017-08-19
Best ToY finish
#1491
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
593.96
last 3 Master vs avg 593.96 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.23 · weakest Brisket (142.06)
Road miles
253
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 126 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Master avg
593.96 / 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.
BLAKES'S PIT CREW 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 162 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.
#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after BLAKES'S PIT CREW did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLAKES'S PIT CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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 | 150.2516 | 142.1944 | 146.78 | top 98% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.3204 | 149.7028 | 155.23 | top 81% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 143.3712 | 149.88 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4172 | 132.4912 | 142.06 | top 89% |
“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 | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2017-06-23 → 2017-08-19
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Cooks most in
IL
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
Pork Ribs
averages 155.23 · weakest Brisket (142.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
593.96
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
7–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
253
3 mapped stops · furthest 126 mi
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1488) *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score619.3716 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)160.0228 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest *McHenry Rotary Blues Brews & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-07-14 |
| -11.7 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown | 2017-06-23 |
| -8.3 | *McHenry Rotary Blues Brews & BBQ | 2017-08-19 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-19 | *McHenry Rotary Blues Brews & BBQ McHenry, IL | 31 / 36 (579.2572) | 36 (142.1944) | 20 (158.3204) | 31 (146.2512) | 33 (132.4912) |
| 2017-07-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN | 27 / 27 (619.3716) | 27 (150.2516) | 25 (157.6800) | 20 (160.0228) | 24 (151.4172) |
| 2017-06-23 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL | 40 / 42 (583.2568) | 40 (147.8972) | 40 (149.7028) | 41 (143.3712) | 36 (142.2856) |
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 | #1491 (172 pts) | #1571 (172 pts) | #1437 (197 pts) | #1416 (197 pts) | #1528 (177 pts) |