High-water mark
663.4284
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.4284 at *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-04-08
Sandgroper BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1518 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-02-04
latest 2019-09-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.70
last 3 Master vs avg 605.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±75.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.77 · weakest Brisket (163.06)
Road miles
1,716
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
605.70 / 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
2.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 (2019-09-14).
- last seen 2017-04-08
- back 2019-09-14
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.
Sandgroper 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 117 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.
#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sandgroper BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before Sandgroper BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before Sandgroper 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 158.7884 | 163.59 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 160.5600 | 165.41 | top 33% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 171.4628 | 163.4400 | 168.77 | top 19% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 161.7144 | 163.06 | top 50% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2017-02-04 → 2019-09-14
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.77 · weakest Brisket (163.06)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
605.70
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
52–27 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,716
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
2017-04-08 → 2019-09-14
Power rating
1504
peak 1518 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7656 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best overall score663.4284 *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1518) *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
- 2019
- First category win (Pork) The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4628 The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
- Most recent contest The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.8 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2017-02-04 |
| +6.3 | *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival | 2017-04-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 | 2019-09-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 94% | 69.3% | 69.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 92.1% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-14 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow, 6558 | 16 / 17 (498.9028) | 10 (165.7256) | — | 1 (171.4628) | 14 (161.7144) |
| 2017-04-08 | *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth, 8008 | 7 / 22 (663.4284) | 11 (166.2628) | 7 (170.2628) | 9 (163.4400) | 11 (163.4628) |
| 2017-02-04 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008 | 7 / 43 (654.7656) | 24 (158.7884) | 15 (160.5600) | 5 (171.4172) | 8 (164.0000) |