The comeback
3.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.4 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Sep 8, 2022).
- last seen May 3, 2019
- back Sep 8, 2022
E4
E4 is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 49th of 35 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Sep 8, 2022 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 125%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 149.66 · weakest Chicken (144.21)
Road miles
4
across 5 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
293.87 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The teams rated closest to E4, each with one reason worth a look.
E4 has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 151 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,317 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
Level with E4 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,328 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before E4's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They've been 1507 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before E4's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.4800 | 143.9428 | 144.21 | top 123% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 142.8228 | 149.66 | top 102% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 140% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 109% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
180
finished ahead 18 times, behind 195
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Sep 8, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best overall score300.9828 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)156.5028 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | 0% | top 140% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 109% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 49 / 35 (300.9828) | 54 (144.4800) | 32 (156.5028) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 59 / 54 (286.7656) | 50 (143.9428) | 61 (142.8228) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |