CAVE MAN BBQ VA
Rating
1488
peak 1502 · rated over 2 contests
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2019-11-09
Best ToY finish
#792
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.70 · weakest Pork (146.28)
Road miles
11607
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 11607 mi
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
608.63 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
309.12 / 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0460 | 156.0460 | 156.05 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 148.0000 | 153.72 | top 68% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6800 | 142.8800 | 146.28 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 161.7028 | 161.70 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (1 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (2 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 608.63 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 309.12 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2019-04-26 — First tracked contest · Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
- 📣 2019-11-09 — First call · Smokin in the Valley
- ⭐ 2019-11-09 — Career-best overall score (608.6288) · Smokin in the Valley
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 85.9% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-09 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA, 6056 | 16 / 17 (608.6288) | 13 (156.0460) | 15 (148.0000) | 17 (142.8800) | 8 (161.7028) |
| 2019-04-26 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 🏅 Lanexa, VA | 16 / 32 (309.1200) | — | 15 (159.4400) | 24 (149.6800) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #792 (87 pts) | #793 (102 pts) | #829 (92 pts) | #845 (82 pts) | #650 (137 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1781 (87 pts) | #1788 (102 pts) | #1839 (92 pts) | #1902 (82 pts) | #1461 (137 pts) |