A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Black Iron Smokin' BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2023-04-14
Best ToY finish
#1540
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
601.77
last 3 Master vs avg 601.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.77 · weakest Brisket (148.33)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
601.77 / 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.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2021-07-23).
- last seen 2019-06-14
- back 2021-07-23
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.
Black Iron Smokin' BBQ 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Black Iron Smokin' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Black Iron Smokin' BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Black Iron Smokin' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 135.4056 | 151.22 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5144 | 147.3944 | 151.77 | top 95% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 142.2740 | 150.45 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4288 | 141.0744 | 148.33 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 73% | 2023-04-14 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.8 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2023-04-14
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 151.77 · weakest Brisket (148.33)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
601.77
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
68
20–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1600
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,225
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2021-07-23
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Peak power rating (1489) Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- 2021
- Career-best overall score634.6744 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2744 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- 2023
- Most recent contest Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2023-04-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2019-06-14 |
| -7.9 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2021-07-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 34% | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-14 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 11 / 32 (148.5944) | 32 (135.4056) | 29 (151.4056) | 31 (145.6572) | 31 (141.0744) |
| 2021-07-23 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 27 / 30 (634.6744) | 14 (170.2744) | 28 (156.5144) | 23 (163.4056) | 30 (144.4800) |
| 2019-06-14 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 36 / 38 (597.0860) | 34 (147.9888) | 38 (147.3944) | 37 (142.2740) | 20 (159.4288) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1565 (57 pts) | #1597 (57 pts) | #1693 (57 pts) | #1570 (57 pts) | #1577 (57 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1540 (55 pts) | #1087 (110 pts) | #1584 (55 pts) | #1247 (65 pts) | #1531 (55 pts) |