The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (2021-06-18).
- last seen 2019-05-17
- back 2021-06-18
Country Roads BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-17
latest 2021-09-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.14
last 3 Master vs avg 618.14 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.26 · weakest Brisket (148.71)
Road miles
1,132
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1084 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.14 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Country Roads 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Country Roads BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 154.8456 | 158.06 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 146.8228 | 153.12 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 152.5484 | 158.26 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3716 | 136.5028 | 148.71 | 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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2021-09-04
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
1 of 3 contests · 3 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
averages 158.26 · weakest Brisket (148.71)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
618.14
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
97
8–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,132
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,084 mi
Schedule strength
1601
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$30,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2021-06-18
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.7028 Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival
- 2021
- Career-best overall score632.3432 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge
- Most recent contest Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival | 2019-05-17 |
| -9.2 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | 2021-06-18 |
| -5 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge | 2021-09-04 |
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 | 0% | top 87% | 87.8% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-04 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE | 21 / 25 (632.3432) | 25 (155.9200) | 18 (164.5372) | 23 (156.5144) | 21 (155.3716) |
| 2021-06-18 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV | 25 / 28 (609.6456) | 25 (154.8456) | 26 (147.9888) | 24 (152.5484) | 22 (154.2628) |
| 2019-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival 🏅 Ayden, NC | 35 / 36 (612.4456) | 29 (163.4172) | 34 (146.8228) | 15 (165.7028) | 36 (136.5028) |