A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Three A-Meatgos
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-09-06
latest 2020-11-06
Best ToY finish
#1125
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.76
last 3 Master vs avg 622.76 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.78 · weakest Pork (150.27)
Road miles
137
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1617)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.76 / 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1617
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 86% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1617 power rating — a tougher draw than 86% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
Three A-Meatgos 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 148 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.
#4354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Three A-Meatgos)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Three A-Meatgos has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#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#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Three A-Meatgos on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 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#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 153.0856 | 159.59 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 154.8000 | 159.78 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4400 | 149.6684 | 150.27 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 141.6800 | 153.12 | top 85% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2019-09-06 → 2020-11-06
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
2 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 159.78 · weakest Pork (150.27)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
622.76
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
8–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
137
3 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi
Schedule strength
1617
average field rating faced — tougher than 86% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2019-11-01 → 2020-11-06
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest 15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1494) 15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL)
- 2020
- Career-best overall score631.9660 Currituck Bulls & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1544 Currituck Bulls & BBQ
- Most recent contest Currituck Bulls & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Currituck Heritage Bulls & BBQ Festival | 2019-11-01 |
| -8.8 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ | 2020-11-06 |
| -5.7 | 15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL) | 2019-09-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.4% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-06 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 26 / 28 (631.9660) | 21 (165.1544) | 28 (154.8000) | 27 (149.7144) | 22 (162.2972) |
| 2019-11-01 | Currituck Heritage Bulls & BBQ Festival 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 25 / 25 (606.7544) | 23 (153.0856) | 20 (160.5488) | 24 (151.4400) | 25 (141.6800) |
| 2019-09-06 | 15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Richmond, VA | 25 / 31 (629.5540) | 23 (160.5256) | 15 (163.9772) | 27 (149.6684) | 24 (155.3828) |
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 | #1564 (53 pts) | #1243 (73 pts) | #1600 (53 pts) | #1558 (53 pts) | #1218 (68 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #1125 (50 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #873 (75 pts) | #1117 (55 pts) | #1122 (50 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1684 (106 pts) | #1548 (126 pts) | #1282 (181 pts) | #1726 (111 pts) | #1695 (111 pts) |