A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
WeQ4U ahead in 100% of their meetings
WeQ4U has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
MIDWEST BOTTOM FEEDERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2021-10-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.55
last 4 Master vs avg 634.55 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.71 · weakest Brisket (153.39)
Road miles
708
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 424 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.55 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Smokin' in the Hills (2021-09-24).
- last seen 2019-07-26
- back 2021-09-24
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.
MIDWEST BOTTOM FEEDERS has 4 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 138 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with MIDWEST BOTTOM FEEDERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before MIDWEST BOTTOM FEEDERS's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 149.7256 | 165.71 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 147.5316 | 161.89 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.7884 | 139.4628 | 153.55 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0344 | 149.0972 | 153.39 | top 80% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2019-04-26 → 2021-10-08
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
1 of 4 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.71 · weakest Brisket (153.39)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
634.55
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
24–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
708
4 mapped stops · furthest 424 mi
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2019-07-26 → 2021-09-24
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Smokin For Garrett
- First call Smokin For Garrett
- Peak power rating (1492) Smokin For Garrett
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4228 Fire on the Mountain
- Career-best overall score652.4228 Fire on the Mountain
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Smokin For Garrett | 2019-04-26 |
| -7 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off | 2021-10-08 |
| -4.6 | Fire on the Mountain | 2019-07-26 |
| -3 | Smokin' in the Hills | 2021-09-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 75% | 89.2% | 86% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 90.6% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC | 21 / 26 (642.2172) | 2 (176.0000) | 18 (162.2972) | 25 (154.8228) | 24 (149.0972) |
| 2021-09-24 | Smokin' in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 18 / 26 (596.7544) | 20 (149.7256) | 21 (147.5316) | 22 (139.4628) | 12 (160.0344) |
| 2019-07-26 | Fire on the Mountain 🏅 Leburn, KY | 20 / 25 (652.4228) | 22 (164.5716) | 9 (170.2628) | 18 (162.7884) | 22 (154.8000) |
| 2019-04-26 | Smokin For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 20 / 26 (646.8224) | 6 (172.5600) | 17 (167.4856) | 21 (157.1312) | 24 (149.6456) |