The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Oinktoberfest (2018-09-22).
- last seen 2016-09-23
- back 2018-09-22
BABZ BBQ
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
2016-09-23
latest 2018-09-22
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 146.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.72)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Master avg
577.01 / 720
2 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.
BABZ BBQ 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 142 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BABZ BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with BABZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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#4340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2972 | 139.4284 | 146.86 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0116 | 135.4284 | 141.72 | top 88% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.7768 | 139.3600 | 143.07 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2628 | 140.4456 | 145.35 | top 75% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-09-23 → 2018-09-22
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 146.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.72)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
577.01
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
7–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-09-23 → 2018-09-22
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Oinktoberfest
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)154.2972 Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
- 2018
- Career-best overall score577.0628 Oinktoberfest
- Most recent contest Oinktoberfest
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-22 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 44 / 51 (577.0628) | 48 (139.4284) | 40 (148.0116) | 46 (139.3600) | 27 (150.2628) |
| 2016-09-23 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY | 54 / 54 (576.9480) | 39 (154.2972) | 53 (135.4284) | 49 (146.7768) | 52 (140.4456) |
| 2015-09-19 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
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) |