The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HOG N ASS has finished one call ahead of BSW BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
BSW BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-01
latest 2018-10-12
Best ToY finish
#1680
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.10
last 3 Master vs avg 588.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 152.93 · weakest Pork (141.30)
Road miles
187
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 124 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Master avg
588.10 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
KEVLAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
KEVLAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
BSW BBQ 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 148 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with BSW BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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 | 158.2628 | 149.7028 | 152.93 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8228 | 143.4628 | 146.09 | top 89% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8228 | 133.6912 | 141.30 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2972 | 143.9772 | 147.78 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 79% | 2018-10-12 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2017-09-01 → 2018-10-12
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 152.93 · weakest Pork (141.30)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
588.10
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
16–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
187
3 mapped stops · furthest 124 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1489) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score593.5428 *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.2628 *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-09-01 |
| -10.8 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | 2018-10-12 |
| -1.8 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | 2017-10-13 |
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 92% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 82.4% | 82% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-12 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI | 35 / 38 (582.7884) | 32 (150.8228) | 34 (143.9772) | 37 (133.6912) | 30 (154.2972) |
| 2017-10-13 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI | 21 / 32 (593.5428) | 19 (158.2628) | 25 (150.8228) | 25 (139.3828) | 26 (145.0744) |
| 2017-09-01 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 25 / 27 (587.9656) | 24 (149.7028) | 27 (143.4628) | 24 (150.8228) | 26 (143.9772) |
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 | #1680 (129 pts) | #1684 (144 pts) | #2019 (109 pts) | #1959 (114 pts) | #1993 (109 pts) |