The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Blount County BBQ Bash (2018-06-22).
- last seen 2016-06-10
- back 2018-06-22
TRI-STATE BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-10
latest 2018-09-28
Best ToY finish
#1724
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
597.14
last 3 Master vs avg 597.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.40 · weakest Brisket (142.63)
Road miles
701
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 521 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)
Master avg
597.14 / 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.
TRI-STATE BBQ TEAM 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 141 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.
#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after TRI-STATE BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with TRI-STATE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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 | 158.8228 | 149.7144 | 155.40 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 137.0972 | 147.55 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 145.6456 | 151.55 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2512 | 132.5028 | 142.63 | top 94% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2016-06-10 → 2018-09-28
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
1 of 3 contests · 3 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
Chicken
averages 155.40 · weakest Brisket (142.63)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
597.14
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
98
6–93 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
701
3 mapped stops · furthest 521 mi
Schedule strength
1595
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-06-10 → 2018-06-22
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park
- Peak power rating (1488) The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park
- 2018
- Career-best overall score612.3544 Blount County BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.6456 Blount County BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest *Rock The Grill
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park | 2016-06-10 |
| -10.1 | *Rock The Grill | 2018-09-28 |
| -8.2 | Blount County BBQ Bash | 2018-06-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85% | 84.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 80.6% | 80.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-28 | *Rock The Grill Rock Hill, SC | 27 / 27 (598.6280) | 21 (158.8228) | 26 (143.9084) | 27 (145.6456) | 25 (150.2512) |
| 2018-06-22 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 33 / 36 (612.3544) | 32 (157.6688) | 23 (161.6456) | 35 (147.9084) | 33 (145.1316) |
| 2016-06-10 | The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park New Castle, DE | 36 / 39 (580.4228) | 36 (149.7144) | 38 (137.0972) | 21 (161.1084) | 38 (132.5028) |
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 | #1724 (112 pts) | #1540 (132 pts) | #1604 (122 pts) | #1772 (112 pts) | #1744 (112 pts) |