High-water mark
671.8860
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8860 at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-09-08
Firepower BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-13
latest 2022-09-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.57
last 3 Master vs avg 657.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.60 · weakest Brisket (159.18)
Road miles
336
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.57 / 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Firepower 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 129 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.
#3300 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1503
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Firepower BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Firepower BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with Firepower BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Firepower BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Firepower 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 | 169.1200 | 162.8000 | 166.83 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 154.2288 | 163.97 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 159.3828 | 167.60 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 153.6344 | 159.18 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 51% | 2022-09-08 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2021-08-13 → 2022-09-08
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.60 · weakest Brisket (159.18)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
657.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
167
105–120 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
336
3 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.2916 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First call Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
- 2022
- Career-best overall score671.8860 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1497) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2021-12-02 |
| -2.8 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 81% | 91% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 12 / 35 (671.8860) | 23 (162.8000) | 15 (168.5372) | 3 (174.8572) | 13 (165.6916) |
| 2021-12-02 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 18 / 19 (645.5320) | 13 (169.1200) | 19 (154.2288) | 8 (168.5488) | 17 (153.6344) |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 33 / 49 (655.2916) | 24 (168.5600) | 18 (169.1316) | 43 (159.3828) | 42 (158.2172) |