A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Old Buzzard Cookers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-02-27
latest 2019-02-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.04
last 5 Master vs avg 630.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.64 · weakest Pork (152.41)
Road miles
54
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.04 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 weak link
−11.2
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.23 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Pork avg 152.41
- Brisket avg 163.64
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Sigma Chi in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff (2017-08-11).
- last seen 2015-02-26
- back 2017-08-11
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.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
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#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Old Buzzard Cookers did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Old Buzzard Cookers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
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#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
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#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 147.9200 | 157.00 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 142.7772 | 156.98 | top 66% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 140.4452 | 152.41 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7600 | 153.6800 | 163.64 | top 41% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 4 | 18 | 0 | top 65% | 2019-02-15 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2014-02-27 → 2019-02-15
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 163.64 · weakest Pork (152.41)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
630.04
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
150
69–121 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
54
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
2015-02-26 → 2017-08-11
Power rating
1488
peak 1502 · #3750 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1502) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.7600 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2018
- Career-best overall score644.4112 *Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2019
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.9 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2014-02-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2019-02-15 |
| -3.9 | *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff | 2017-08-11 |
| -3.5 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
| -0.1 | *Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2018-02-16 |
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 85% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-15 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX | 28 / 33 (631.2796) | 23 (162.3084) | 26 (161.1088) | 32 (140.4452) | 19 (167.4172) |
| 2018-02-16 | *Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 23 / 38 (644.4112) | 20 (164.5256) | 30 (152.5028) | 14 (167.4400) | 24 (159.9428) |
| 2017-08-11 | *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff Conroe, TX | 17 / 26 (618.0688) | 17 (153.6800) | 25 (142.7772) | 15 (154.2056) | 5 (167.4060) |
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 40 / 61 (630.8684) | 46 (156.5828) | 31 (163.4056) | 56 (141.1200) | 6 (169.7600) |
| 2014-02-27 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 18 / 37 (625.5544) | 30 (147.9200) | 10 (165.1088) | 21 (158.8456) | 20 (153.6800) |