A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
A MAZIE Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
A MAZIE Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BIG ANIMAL BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-05-06
latest 2019-05-04
Best ToY finish
#1596
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
602.18
last 4 Master vs avg 602.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.69
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.14 · weakest Brisket (146.37)
Road miles
288
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
602.18 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival (2019-05-04).
- last seen 2017-08-25
- back 2019-05-04
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.
BIG ANIMAL BBQ has 4 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 144 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.
#4764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1467
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG ANIMAL BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG ANIMAL BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BIG ANIMAL BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG ANIMAL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 149.6912 | 156.14 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0344 | 129.6572 | 148.55 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 147.3828 | 151.13 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9200 | 137.0744 | 146.37 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 93% | 2019-05-04 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-05-06 → 2019-05-04
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CT
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.14 · weakest Brisket (146.37)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
602.18
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
110
36–117 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
288
4 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$6,600
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2017-08-25 → 2019-05-04
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- First call Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score632.5600 Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0344 Sun BBQ Fest
- 2019
- Most recent contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | *The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest | 2017-08-25 |
| -11.5 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2017-05-06 |
| -8.4 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2019-05-04 |
| -0.1 | Sun BBQ Fest | 2017-06-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 82% | 87.9% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-04 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT | 27 / 29 (592.4344) | 21 (161.1428) | 29 (129.6572) | 23 (155.9772) | 28 (145.6572) |
| 2017-08-25 | *The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest Fleischmanns, NY | 16 / 17 (600.9832) | 12 (160.5600) | 12 (146.2288) | 14 (147.3828) | 15 (146.8116) |
| 2017-06-03 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 43 / 73 (632.5600) | 55 (153.1656) | 7 (172.0344) | 59 (151.4400) | 47 (155.9200) |
| 2017-05-06 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | 35 / 38 (582.7312) | 32 (149.6912) | 33 (146.2628) | 26 (149.7028) | 34 (137.0744) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2549 (54 pts) | #1961 (74 pts) | #2553 (54 pts) | #2014 (64 pts) | #2546 (54 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1596 (147 pts) | #1591 (167 pts) | #1204 (272 pts) | #1617 (157 pts) | #1651 (152 pts) |