Poolhouse Taste BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5223

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1457

peak 1457 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-09-29

latest 2022-08-06

Best ToY finish

#422

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

648.9944 / 720

Master · Wild West Fest on Fire

Perfect 180s

Current form

629.80 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 630.50 (-0.70)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

170.3316

Pork · Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018

Consistency

±13.42

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.84 · weakest Brisket (156.10)

Road miles

751

mi across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Master avg

630.50 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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 almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE BARBECUBE has finished one call ahead of Poolhouse Taste BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

COOKLOUNGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

COOKLOUNGE BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork entries lost

White Squirrel BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, White Squirrel BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.86% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.86% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.6% of a perfect score
8 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.

128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Justice is Brined

#5228 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

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BIG ED'S MSU BBQ

#5202 of the rated field

1457 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before Poolhouse Taste BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Circle W Meats

#5232 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-04-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Trash Panda BBQ

#5229 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Level with Poolhouse Taste BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

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COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC

#5214 of the rated field

1457 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

UNCOMMON Q

#5230 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Poolhouse Taste BBQ's first contest.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-04-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SAUWALD BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	166.8228	144.4912	156.52	top 83%
Pork Ribs	8	4	167.3944	148.5600	158.05	top 70%
Pork	8	4	170.3316	148.5484	159.84	top 73%
Brisket	8	4	165.1428	147.3600	156.10	top 74%

“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)	6	0	top 80%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 84%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.9 yrs 2018-09-29 → 2022-08-06

Busiest season 2020 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 159.84 · weakest Brisket (156.10)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 38% 3 of 8 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests — and still running

Master average 630.50 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 57 26–101 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 751 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1574 average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs 2019-04-13 → 2020-07-24

Power rating 1457 peak 1457 · #5223 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2018
Sep 29 First tracked contest Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018
Sep 29 First call Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018
Sep 29 Career-best single call (Pork)170.3316 Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018
Sep 29 Peak power rating (1491) Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018
2021
Jul 23 First overall top-10 Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1
2022
Aug 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.9944 Wild West Fest on Fire
Aug 6 Career-best overall score648.9944 Wild West Fest on Fire
Aug 6 Most recent contest Wild West Fest on Fire

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.1	Wild West Fest on Fire	2022-08-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2	2020-07-25
-9.5	Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2	2021-07-24
-9	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018	2018-09-29
-6.4	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1	2020-07-24
-3.6	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition	2019-04-13

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	1	100%	top 64%	90.1%	90.1%
2021	2	2	100%	top 89%	87.8%	87%
2020	3	0	33%	top 86%	89.3%	86.5%
2019	1	0	0%	top 68%	88.6%	88.6%
2018	1	0	100%	top 84%	88.3%	88.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-08-06	Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215	7 / 11 (648.9944)	9 (162.8456)	4 (167.3944)	9 (162.8228)	9 (155.9316)
2021-07-24	Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651	10 / 10 (619.8172)	10 (147.8972)	10 (152.5144)	5 (166.8572)	10 (152.5484)
2021-07-23	Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651	7 / 9 (632.4228)	5 (163.3944)	9 (150.2516)	9 (154.2284)	5 (164.5484)
2020-09-19	6th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg, 5020	14 / 19 (642.8000)	13 (163.4284)	13 (158.8572)	14 (162.2628)	11 (158.2516)
2020-07-25	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna, 1030	21 / 21 (604.9712)	21 (144.4912)	12 (164.5716)	20 (148.5484)	20 (147.3600)
2020-07-24	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 Vienna, 1030	15 / 18 (620.9712)	17 (151.3712)	5 (166.2628)	16 (151.9888)	14 (151.3484)
2019-04-13	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol, A-6380	19 / 28 (638.0916)	17 (166.8228)	19 (155.9772)	18 (161.6572)	22 (153.6344)
2018-09-29	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018 Graz, 8010	16 / 19 (635.9656)	19 (151.9312)	19 (148.5600)	5 (170.3316)	8 (165.1428)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#929 (141 pts)	#1049 (121 pts)	#890 (186 pts)	#1042 (121 pts)	#1017 (121 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#623 (249 pts)	#625 (269 pts)	#719 (229 pts)	#600 (279 pts)	#631 (269 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#422 (258 pts)	#452 (253 pts)	#323 (383 pts)	#447 (258 pts)	#417 (283 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1795 (83 pts)	#1843 (93 pts)	#1884 (83 pts)	#1858 (88 pts)	#1960 (68 pts)