A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Prime BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Prime BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Alpha Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-25
latest 2019-06-15
Best ToY finish
#1165
Master 2019
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
Current form
613.01
last 3 Master vs avg 613.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.58
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.78 · weakest Pork (151.42)
Road miles
376
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
613.01 / 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.
Alpha Barbecue 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 130 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.
#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Alpha Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5712 | 141.6228 | 151.58 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 152.5488 | 155.78 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 148.5256 | 151.42 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 148.4800 | 154.23 | top 67% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QC | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2019-05-25 → 2019-06-15
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Cooks most in
QC
1 of 3 contests · 2 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 Ribs
averages 155.78 · weakest Pork (151.42)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
613.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
14–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
376
3 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Capital BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1492) Capital BBQ Festival
- First call Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.8572 Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score619.8396 514 BBQ
- Most recent contest 514 BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | 2019-06-08 |
| -9.1 | 514 BBQ | 2019-06-15 |
| -8 | Capital BBQ Festival | 2019-05-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 85% | 86.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-15 | 514 BBQ Saint-Léonard, QC | 20 / 23 (619.8396) | 13 (160.5712) | 13 (154.2056) | 20 (156.5828) | 23 (148.4800) |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec, G1G 4C7 | 21 / 24 (606.1716) | 24 (141.6228) | 11 (152.5488) | 16 (149.1428) | 5 (162.8572) |
| 2019-05-25 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 35 / 43 (613.0284) | 36 (152.5600) | 23 (160.5944) | 40 (148.5256) | 34 (151.3484) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1165 (202 pts) | #1163 (222 pts) | #988 (297 pts) | #1161 (227 pts) | #992 (292 pts) |