The comeback
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (2021-05-28).
- last seen 2018-09-14
- back 2021-05-28
EAT_A_COW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-09-14
latest 2021-05-28
Best ToY finish
#1567
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.66 · weakest Brisket (129.11)
Road miles
71
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
581.56 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
304.00 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
EAT_A_COW has 2 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 152 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.
#4324 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#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with EAT_A_COW 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 | 158.8572 | 148.0572 | 151.83 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 137.6344 | 147.37 | top 80% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 153.0740 | 155.66 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.2972 | 123.9200 | 129.11 | top 95% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2018-09-14 → 2021-05-28
Busiest season
—
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 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 155.66 · weakest Brisket (129.11)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
581.56
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
304.00
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
10–74 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
71
2 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Purse competed for
$11,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2018-09-14 → 2021-05-28
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2018
- Career-best overall score583.8628 America's Finest BBQ State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.8572 America's Finest BBQ State Championship
- 2021
- Most recent contest Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-28 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA | 25 / 27 (579.2568) | 23 (148.5712) | 26 (148.5256) | 20 (158.2400) | 25 (123.9200) |
| 2018-09-14 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA | 39 / 40 (583.8628) | 30 (158.8572) | 40 (137.6344) | 37 (153.0740) | 39 (134.2972) |
| Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Spring Valley, CA | 13 / 20 (304.0000) | 14 (148.0572) | 9 (155.9428) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1567 (52 pts) | #1274 (62 pts) | #1606 (52 pts) | #1206 (77 pts) | #1557 (52 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |