A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ACES HIGH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ACES HIGH BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pregamers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-08-24
latest 2021-08-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
496.78
last 3 Master vs avg 496.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±151.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.69 · weakest Chicken (143.14)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
496.78 / 720
3 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 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 13th Annual Big Island BBQ (2021-08-20).
- last seen 2019-08-23
- back 2021-08-20
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.
Pregamers 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 162 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Pregamers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pregamers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 127.7828 | 143.14 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4288 | 142.2172 | 152.16 | top 90% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4056 | 155.9656 | 157.69 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5032 | 140.5372 | 144.52 | top 97% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2018-08-24 → 2021-08-20
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.69 · weakest Chicken (143.14)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
496.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
7–124 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,400
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2021-08-20
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest 11th Annual Big Island BBQ
- Peak power rating (1489) 11th Annual Big Island BBQ
- 2019
- Career-best overall score606.0804 Big Island BBQ
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)159.4288 13th Annual Big Island BBQ
- Most recent contest 13th Annual Big Island BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ | 2021-08-20 |
| -10.6 | 11th Annual Big Island BBQ | 2018-08-24 |
| -10.6 | Big Island BBQ | 2019-08-23 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 39.3% | 39.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ 🏅 Albert Lea, MN | 34 / 35 (601.6228) | 35 (145.6912) | 28 (159.4288) | 32 (155.9656) | 35 (140.5372) |
| 2019-08-23 | Big Island BBQ 🏅 Alberta Lea, MN | 47 / 50 (606.0804) | 45 (155.9544) | 49 (142.2172) | 43 (159.4056) | 47 (148.5032) |
| 2018-08-24 | 11th Annual Big Island BBQ Alberta Lea, MN | 46 / 49 (282.6284) | 46 (127.7828) | 45 (154.8456) | — | — |