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

Power ranking

#5412

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1452 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-13

latest 2022-08-05

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

623.9656 / 720

Master · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

Perfect 180s

Current form

609.18

last 5 Master vs avg 609.18 (+0.00)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

165.7144

Pork Ribs · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

Consistency

±16.62

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 154.96 · weakest Pork (150.27)

Road miles

6,684

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1521 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

609.18 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

310.07 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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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.

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.70 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork avg 150.27
Brisket avg 154.96
0 calls in 5 entries

The comeback

3.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-08-05).

last seen 2019-06-21
back 2022-08-05

The long haul

6,684 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,684 miles across 8 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,521 miles to BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay.

8 mapped stops
furthest 1,521 mi

The metronome

±2.28% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.28% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 85.2% 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.

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

BEEHIVE BARBEQUE

#5413 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

OLD COACHES BBQ

#5409 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2020-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

YARD PIRATES BBQ

#5405 of the rated field

1453 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Driftwood Smokers

#5402 of the rated field

1453 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after Q did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-08-15

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RedJaz BBQ

#5430 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

⚔ Head-to-head

ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE

#5428 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	160.0116	135.9200	152.56	top 74%
Pork Ribs	8	165.7144	144.0116	153.69	top 71%
Pork	5	154.8456	145.6684	150.27	top 87%
Brisket	5	161.7028	149.6572	154.96	top 68%

“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	Avg finish
MN	2	top 80%
WI	1	top 49%
TX	1	top 80%
OR	1	top 74%
CO	1	top 93%
GA	1	top 98%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 75%

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.9 yrs 2013-09-13 → 2022-08-05

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 2 of 8 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Brisket averages 154.96 · weakest Pork (150.27)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 609.18 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 310.07 out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 426 126–349 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,684 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,521 mi

Schedule strength 1531 average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests

Purse competed for $20,000 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.1 yrs 2019-06-21 → 2022-08-05

Power rating 1452 peak 1452 · #5412 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 13 First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1485) Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
2016
May 28 Career-best overall score623.9656 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 28 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.7144 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
2022
Aug 5 Most recent contest B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3	Minnesota in May	2019-05-10
+1.3	Bring'n Home the Bacon	2019-06-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.3	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival	2013-09-13
-12.1	Boats, Bands & BBQ	2015-06-05
-7.1	*Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)	2017-02-03
-6.8	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship	2016-03-04
-6.1	B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)	2022-08-05

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0%	top 81%	85.9%	85.9%
2019	2	0%	top 46%	88.6%	86.3%
2017	1	0%	top 80%	83.2%	83.2%
2016	2	0%	top 77%	86.7%	86.4%
2015	1	0%	top 93%	86.3%	86.3%
2013	1	0%	top 98%	80.7%	80.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-08-05	B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN	17 / 21 (309.1428)	18 (149.7256)	15 (159.4172)	—	—
2019-06-21	Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI	18 / 37 (318.8000)	21 (155.9772)	13 (162.8228)	—	—
2019-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅	25 / 57 (302.2744)	25 (154.3200)	30 (147.9544)	—	—
2017-02-03	*Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX	109 / 136 (599.2808)	99 (149.1088)	115 (149.0976)	116 (145.6684)	78 (155.4060)
2016-05-28	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	32 / 43 (623.9656)	34 (156.0112)	19 (165.7144)	33 (152.5828)	38 (149.6572)
2016-03-04	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN	47 / 59 (620.5716)	42 (159.4288)	47 (153.1200)	50 (154.8456)	47 (153.1772)
2015-06-05	Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO	28 / 30 (621.0744)	25 (160.0116)	30 (147.3716)	28 (151.9884)	13 (161.7028)
2013-09-13	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA	40 / 41 (581.0288)	41 (135.9200)	40 (144.0116)	38 (146.2400)	29 (154.8572)

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 ↗	Backyard	—	#313 (81 pts)	#296 (96 pts)	—	—