A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BarrelHead Cookers ahead in 100% of their meetings
BarrelHead Cookers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Potbelly Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-28
latest 2019-05-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.68
last 3 Master vs avg 628.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.20 · weakest Pork (146.64)
Road miles
44
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.68 / 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
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) (2019-05-10).
- last seen 2016-08-26
- back 2019-05-10
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.
Potbelly Smokers 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 135 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Potbelly Smokers did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Potbelly Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
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 | 167.4400 | 148.5828 | 158.10 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 153.7028 | 160.74 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1084 | 135.9656 | 146.64 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 158.2284 | 163.20 | top 42% |
“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 68% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.7 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2019-05-10
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
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
Brisket
averages 163.20 · weakest Pork (146.64)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
628.68
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
144
47–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
44
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,800
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2016-08-26 → 2019-05-10
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- Career-best overall score634.7884 Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4056 Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- Peak power rating (1497) Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- 2019
- Most recent contest Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2016-08-26 |
| -4.9 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2019-05-10 |
| -3.5 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | 2015-08-28 |
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 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 26 / 38 (623.3140) | 25 (158.2744) | 28 (153.7028) | 28 (153.1084) | 23 (158.2284) |
| 2016-08-26 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 57 / 72 (627.9308) | 62 (148.5828) | 21 (168.5484) | 64 (150.8340) | 40 (159.9656) |
| 2015-08-28 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 37 / 57 (634.7884) | 28 (167.4400) | 38 (159.9772) | 54 (135.9656) | 5 (171.4056) |