A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Grate Expectations ahead in 100% of their meetings
Grate Expectations has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Red Arrow BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-08-19
latest 2019-09-13
Best ToY finish
#1832
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.51
last 5 Master vs avg 610.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.13 · weakest Brisket (148.65)
Road miles
117
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.51 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 weak link
−12.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.48 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 148.65
- Pork Ribs avg 161.13
- 0 calls in 5 entries
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
UNRULY SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 17th
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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Red Arrow BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Red Arrow BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grate Expectations | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PAPA'S PIT CREW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5144 | 134.8344 | 150.70 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 155.4400 | 161.13 | top 60% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 129.6800 | 150.04 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 139.9432 | 148.65 | top 76% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 4 | 17 | 0 | top 78% | 2019-08-16 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2016-08-19 → 2019-09-13
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.13 · weakest Brisket (148.65)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
610.51
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
80
33–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
117
5 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #4440 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best overall score637.6000 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Peak power rating (1498) Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- 2019
- First call Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1656 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Most recent contest Smoke & Soul Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2018-08-17 |
| -8.9 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2017-08-18 |
| -3.7 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2019-09-13 |
| -2.7 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2019-08-16 |
| -1.7 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2016-08-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 87.5% | 86.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-13 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 20 / 28 (630.1148) | 22 (160.5144) | 16 (161.6804) | 11 (166.2744) | 27 (141.6456) |
| 2019-08-16 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 21 / 30 (609.0740) | 22 (157.6684) | 10 (169.1656) | 30 (129.6800) | 19 (152.5600) |
| 2018-08-17 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 27 / 30 (587.9092) | 29 (134.8344) | 25 (155.4400) | 25 (157.6916) | 28 (139.9432) |
| 2017-08-18 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 24 / 28 (587.8628) | 25 (143.9428) | 18 (158.2628) | 27 (140.5600) | 23 (145.0972) |
| 2016-08-19 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 17 / 26 (637.6000) | 20 (156.5372) | 16 (161.0856) | 21 (155.9772) | 12 (164.0000) |
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 | #1832 (78 pts) | #1976 (70 pts) | #1516 (130 pts) | #1562 (123 pts) | #1836 (85 pts) |