The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
QUE-N-BREW has finished one call ahead of TRIPLETS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
TRIPLETS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2022-03-18
latest 2022-07-22
Best ToY finish
#611
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.30
last 5 Master vs avg 637.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.54 · weakest Brisket (151.93)
Road miles
815
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 217 mi
Schedule strength
92%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1634)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.30 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Heavy Smoke BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Heavy Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−12.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.60 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Brisket avg 151.93
- Chicken avg 164.54
- 0 calls in 5 entries
They cook the hard rooms
1634
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 92% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1634 power rating — a tougher draw than 92% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated contests
Going the wrong way
-25
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 25 points across 5 contests since 2022-03-18 — from 1493 down to 1467.
- 5 contests since 2022-03-18
- now 1467
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Hell Hound BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before TRIPLETS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before TRIPLETS BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with TRIPLETS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before TRIPLETS 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 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 153.6456 | 164.54 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 155.3832 | 164.45 | top 68% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 149.6572 | 158.47 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 143.3604 | 151.93 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 5 | 0 | top 77% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2022-03-18 → 2022-07-22
Busiest season
2022
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.54 · weakest Brisket (151.93)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
637.30
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
139
44–152 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
815
5 mapped stops · furthest 217 mi
Schedule strength
1634
average field rating faced — tougher than 92% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$48,840
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #4771 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First call Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1493) Smoke on The Shores
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1488 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best overall score658.1488 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Most recent contest EffingHAM-JAM
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 | 2022-05-13 |
| -7.5 | Smoke on The Shores | 2022-03-18 |
| -7 | EffingHAM-JAM | 2022-07-22 |
| -6.9 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 | 2022-05-14 |
| -3.6 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2022-05-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | — | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 91.4% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-22 | EffingHAM-JAM 🏅 Effingham, IL | 23 / 25 (628.9712) | 25 (155.4056) | 16 (166.2516) | 23 (159.9428) | 24 (147.3712) |
| 2022-05-20 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 23 / 30 (658.1488) | 15 (168.5372) | 27 (160.5144) | 20 (167.4400) | 21 (161.6572) |
| 2022-05-14 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 🏅 Union City, TN | 22 / 23 (634.1376) | 15 (171.4056) | 17 (169.7144) | 23 (149.6572) | 23 (143.3604) |
| 2022-05-13 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 🏅 Union City, TN | 24 / 25 (626.6060) | 24 (153.6456) | 24 (155.3832) | 21 (162.8000) | 24 (154.7772) |
| 2022-03-18 | Smoke on The Shores 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 55 / 63 (638.6288) | 49 (165.0972) | 29 (168.5484) | 59 (152.4916) | 56 (152.4916) |
| Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 11 / 36 (511.3716) | 3 (173.1200) | 13 (166.2744) | — | — |
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 | #611 (303 pts) | #577 (368 pts) | #622 (353 pts) | #607 (328 pts) | #644 (303 pts) |