The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
TRIPLETS BBQ has finished one call ahead of Hell Hound BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Hell Hound BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-20
latest 2022-05-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
603.90
last 3 Master vs avg 603.90 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±44.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.08 · weakest Brisket (131.03)
Road miles
68
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
91%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1631)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
603.90 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
Can Country Outlaw BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Can Country Outlaw BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1631
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 91% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1631 power rating — a tougher draw than 91% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
Hell Hound 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 152 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.
#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Hell Hound BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hell Hound BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Hell Hound BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Hell Hound 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 | 156.5256 | 146.7884 | 153.10 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 158.2516 | 166.08 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 134.8228 | 153.69 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8688 | 82.2744 | 131.03 | top 91% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2021-08-20 → 2022-05-14
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.08 · weakest Brisket (131.03)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
603.90
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
6–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
68
3 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
1631
average field rating faced — tougher than 91% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,840
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- First call Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score643.3484 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1494) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- 2022
- Most recent contest 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 | 2022-05-13 |
| -8.4 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 | 2022-05-14 |
| -6.4 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | 2021-08-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 87.1% | 81.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-14 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 🏅 Union City, TN | 23 / 23 (627.3144) | 23 (146.7884) | 22 (158.2516) | 17 (163.4056) | 22 (158.8688) |
| 2022-05-13 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 🏅 Union City, TN | 25 / 25 (541.0512) | 23 (156.5256) | 13 (167.4284) | 25 (134.8228) | 25 (82.2744) |
| 2021-08-20 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest 🏅 Cape Girardeau, MO | 21 / 27 (643.3484) | 21 (156.0000) | 2 (172.5600) | 16 (162.8456) | 21 (151.9428) |