The comeback
5.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.6 years, then back at Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) (2019-05-10).
- last seen 2013-09-20
- back 2019-05-10
Lucky 7
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1513 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-20
latest 2021-05-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
580.67
last 3 Master vs avg 580.67 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±79.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.59 · weakest Brisket (117.14)
Road miles
704
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 704 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
580.67 / 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.
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, Utah BBQ Festival (2013-09-20).
- 2013-09-20
- 16-team field
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.
Lucky 7 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 153 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Lucky 7 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 146.2628 | 154.65 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 148.5028 | 153.29 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 143.4056 | 155.59 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.4400 | 20.0000 | 117.14 | top 60% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 92% | 2021-05-14 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.6 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2021-05-14
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.59 · weakest Brisket (117.14)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
580.67
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
18–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
704
3 mapped stops · furthest 704 mi
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.6 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2019-05-10
Power rating
1489
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Utah BBQ Festival
- First call Utah BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Utah BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Utah BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5144 Utah BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score656.5144 Utah BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 Utah BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1513) Utah BBQ Festival
- 2021
- Most recent contest Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Utah BBQ Festival | 2013-09-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2019-05-10 |
| -9 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2021-05-14 |
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 85% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 65.3% | 65.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-14 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 28 / 33 (615.3144) | 31 (146.2628) | 22 (158.2744) | 30 (150.8000) | 20 (159.9772) |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 38 / 38 (470.1712) | 26 (158.2628) | 31 (148.5028) | 34 (143.4056) | 38 (20.0000) |
| 2013-09-20 | Utah BBQ Festival Coalville, UT | 3 / 16 (656.5144) | 6 (159.4172) | 14 (153.0972) | 2 (172.5600) | 3 (171.4400) |