High-water mark
669.7488
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.7488 at Oinktoberfest — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-09-21
NICKEL CITY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-07-19
latest 2021-09-11
Best ToY finish
#870
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.12
last 3 Master vs avg 656.12 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±9.78
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.92 · weakest Brisket (159.62)
Road miles
471
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 371 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.12 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Jack 9 Memorial (2021-09-11).
- last seen 2019-09-21
- back 2021-09-11
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.
NICKEL CITY 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 117 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.
#2925 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1517
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to NICKEL CITY BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NICKEL CITY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 41%
- Peak
- 1507
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to NICKEL CITY BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Level with NICKEL CITY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7488 | 157.0856 | 161.69 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 160.0000 | 165.89 | top 41% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 168.5256 | 168.92 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 150.2744 | 159.62 | top 57% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2019-07-19 → 2021-09-11
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
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
Pork
averages 168.92 · weakest Brisket (159.62)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
656.12
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
88
54–39 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
471
3 mapped stops · furthest 371 mi
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-21 → 2021-09-11
Power rating
1507
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3372 Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- First call Oinktoberfest
- First overall top-10 Oinktoberfest
- Career-best overall score669.7488 Oinktoberfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 Oinktoberfest
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1507) Jack 9 Memorial
- Most recent contest Jack 9 Memorial
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.1 | Oinktoberfest | 2019-09-21 |
| +1.4 | Jack 9 Memorial | 2021-09-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.4 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl | 2019-07-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 93% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-11 | Jack 9 Memorial Delhi, ON | 8 / 16 (647.2800) | 11 (162.2400) | 6 (166.2400) | 5 (168.5256) | 12 (150.2744) |
| 2019-09-21 | Oinktoberfest 🏅 Clarence, NY | 6 / 43 (669.7488) | 14 (165.7488) | 4 (171.4172) | 9 (168.5600) | 15 (164.0228) |
| 2019-07-19 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI | 23 / 28 (651.3372) | 25 (157.0856) | 21 (160.0000) | 11 (169.6800) | 17 (164.5716) |
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 | #870 (136 pts) | #1075 (111 pts) | #901 (156 pts) | #823 (166 pts) | #1075 (106 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1070 (238 pts) | #1369 (168 pts) | #1023 (283 pts) | #1035 (268 pts) | #1214 (203 pts) |