A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Old Mill Eatery & Smokehouse
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-08-17
latest 2019-09-20
Best ToY finish
#1955
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
585.65
last 3 Master vs avg 585.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 150.50 · weakest Pork (140.91)
Road miles
292
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 92 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
585.65 / 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.
Old Mill Eatery & Smokehouse 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 134 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.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Old Mill Eatery & Smokehouse on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Old Mill Eatery & Smokehouse's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8344 | 141.1656 | 144.56 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.6288 | 148.0116 | 150.50 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.2400 | 138.8000 | 140.91 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4060 | 146.8228 | 149.69 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2018-08-17 → 2019-09-20
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 3 contests
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 150.50 · weakest Pork (140.91)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
585.65
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
5–116 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
292
3 mapped stops · furthest 92 mi
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,750
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score592.5376 *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)152.6288 *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1490) *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- 2019
- Most recent contest 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2019-07-12 |
| -12.4 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2019-09-20 |
| -10.3 | *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off | 2018-08-17 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.3% | 80.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-20 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship 🏅 | 44 / 44 (579.3028) | 43 (145.6684) | 42 (148.0116) | 44 (138.8000) | 40 (146.8228) |
| 2019-07-12 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 29 / 31 (585.1088) | 29 (141.1656) | 28 (150.8572) | 30 (141.6800) | 28 (151.4060) |
| 2018-08-17 | *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA | 24 / 27 (592.5376) | 24 (146.8344) | 23 (152.6288) | 25 (142.2400) | 24 (150.8344) |
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 | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |