A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Nice Rack BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Nice Rack BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MUDDY WATTERS SAUCE CO.
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-11-18
latest 2017-07-14
Best ToY finish
#1712
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.77
last 3 Master vs avg 628.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.58 · weakest Brisket (152.90)
Road miles
115
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Master avg
628.77 / 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.
MUDDY WATTERS SAUCE CO. 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 155 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.
#4651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MUDDY WATTERS SAUCE CO.)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MUDDY WATTERS SAUCE CO. has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with MUDDY WATTERS SAUCE CO. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 154.8000 | 158.81 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9884 | 154.8000 | 157.49 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 155.4056 | 159.58 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 144.4916 | 152.90 | top 88% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2016-11-18 → 2017-07-14
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.58 · weakest Brisket (152.90)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.77
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
6–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
115
4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
1587
average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest The National BBQ Cup
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1490) Que'n in Cumming (Day 1)
- 2017
- Career-best overall score631.1996 Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1200 The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig
- Most recent contest The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) | 2017-04-22 |
| -10.4 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) | 2016-11-18 |
| -8.5 | The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig | 2017-07-14 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.7% | 87.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 | The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig Cummings, GA | 37 / 41 (624.4000) | 39 (154.8000) | 35 (159.9884) | 25 (165.1200) | 40 (144.4916) |
| 2017-04-22 | Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) Hampton, GA | 22 / 23 (631.1996) | 21 (158.2400) | 18 (157.6684) | 21 (158.2056) | 18 (157.0856) |
| 2016-11-18 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) Cumming, GA | 46 / 47 (630.7084) | 38 (163.3828) | 45 (154.8000) | 44 (155.4056) | 41 (157.1200) |
| 2015-11-20 | The National BBQ Cup Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | #1712 (123 pts) | #1763 (128 pts) | #1707 (143 pts) | #1762 (128 pts) | #1695 (143 pts) |