A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Stone Cold Grillers ahead in 100% of their meetings
Stone Cold Grillers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Shae Hog BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-09-11
latest 2022-08-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
297.67
last 3 Backyard vs avg 297.67 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.20
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.76 · weakest Brisket (145.07)
Road miles
43
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Purse competed for
$2K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
604.10 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
297.67 / 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.
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
6.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.8 years, then back at Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-08-20).
- last seen 2015-10-16
- back 2022-08-20
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.
Shae Hog 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 146 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.
#4777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1467
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Shae Hog BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Shae Hog BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with Shae Hog BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Shae Hog BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ 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 Shae Hog 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 149.6912 | 155.76 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 135.9428 | 146.13 | top 78% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6456 | 147.9544 | 150.80 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3716 | 142.7772 | 145.07 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 15 | 0 | top 62% | 2022-08-20 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.9 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2022-08-20
Busiest season
—
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.76 · weakest Brisket (145.07)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
604.10
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
297.67
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
155
52–157 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
43
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$1,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
6.8 yrs
2015-10-16 → 2022-08-20
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2015
- Career-best overall score613.5656 Windy City BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1489) Windy City BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.3944 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- 2022
- Most recent contest Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | 2015-10-16 |
| -11.2 | Windy City BBQ Classic | 2015-09-11 |
| -8.7 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-08-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 84.6% | 82.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.2% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-20 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 33 / 41 (296.5372) | 23 (151.4400) | 34 (145.0972) | — | — |
| 2015-10-16 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL | 34 / 35 (594.6404) | 19 (163.3944) | 35 (140.5144) | 31 (147.9544) | 32 (142.7772) |
| 2015-09-11 | Windy City BBQ Classic Chicago, IL | 54 / 61 (613.5656) | 48 (158.2856) | 49 (154.2628) | 54 (153.6456) | 52 (147.3716) |
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 26 / 38 (291.9428) | 17 (156.0000) | 33 (135.9428) | — | — | |
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 15 / 39 (304.5256) | 21 (149.6912) | 15 (154.8344) | — | — |