A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
4 BOXERS Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
4 BOXERS Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bottom of the Barrel
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1458
peak 1458 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2024-04-05
latest 2026-04-03
Best ToY finish
#368
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.56
last 3 Master vs avg 621.56 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.40)
Road miles
2,438
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 2421 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.56 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
296.47 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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
7.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.8 years, then back at The Ironman (2024-04-05).
- last seen 2016-06-24
- back 2024-04-05
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Tower of Smoke BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Bottom of the Barrel 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 120 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.
#5204 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5203 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Bottom of the Barrel's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5179 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bottom of the Barrel on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5193 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Bottom of the Barrel's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5201 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Bottom of the Barrel's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Bottom of the Barrel'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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 148.5372 | 159.11 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1432 | 140.5144 | 147.40 | top 98% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 149.6572 | 159.95 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 139.9316 | 151.75 | top 78% |
“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 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 101% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rekindled Ironman | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 87% | 2026-04-03 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-04-05 → 2026-04-03
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.40)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
621.56
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
296.47
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
7–132 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,438
5 mapped stops · furthest 2,421 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$26,000
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7.8 yrs
2016-06-24 → 2024-04-05
Power rating
1458
peak 1458 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships
- 2024
- First call The Ironman
- Peak power rating (1488) The Ironman
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4804 Rekindled Ironman
- Career-best overall score652.4804 Rekindled Ironman
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8344 Rekindled Ironman
- Most recent contest Rekindled Ironman
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Rekindled Ironman | 2025-04-04 |
| -11.6 | The Ironman | 2024-04-05 |
| -11.5 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 2025-07-25 |
| -7.6 | Rekindled Ironman | 2026-04-03 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 106% | 83.7% | 83% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 90% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 11 / 14 (652.4804) | 10 (169.1316) | 14 (146.2400) | 5 (170.8344) | 6 (166.2744) |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 35 / 30 (296.4688) | 35 (155.9544) | 35 (140.5144) | — | — |
| 2025-04-04 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 22 / 23 (602.6404) | 23 (148.5372) | 22 (145.6916) | 19 (159.3600) | 22 (149.0516) |
| 2024-04-05 | The Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 19 / 21 (609.5664) | 10 (162.8344) | 17 (157.1432) | 20 (149.6572) | 20 (139.9316) |
| 2016-06-24 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #368 (60 pts) | #371 (60 pts) | #380 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1138 (63 pts) | #1441 (58 pts) | #1288 (63 pts) | #1132 (78 pts) | #1179 (63 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1106 (76 pts) | #973 (121 pts) | #1208 (86 pts) | #1182 (71 pts) | #1161 (71 pts) |