High-water mark
666.2856
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2856 at Rock'n Freedom — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-06-20
Rusty Pig
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-20
latest 2015-06-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.21
last 3 Master vs avg 645.21 (-0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.58 · weakest Brisket (154.05)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Master avg
645.21 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) ().
- 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.
Rusty Pig 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rusty Pig 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176.0344 | 165.1200 | 171.58 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7142 | 149.1428 | 156.26 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 150.7656 | 161.67 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 152.4916 | 154.05 | top 82% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 70% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock'n Freedom | 3 | 22 | 0 | top 70% | 2015-06-19 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-20 → 2015-06-19
Busiest season
—
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.58 · weakest Brisket (154.05)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
645.21
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
51–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-06-20 → 2014-06-20
Power rating
1489
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First call Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First category win (Chicken) Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First overall top-10 Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- 2013
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2856 Rock'n Freedom
- Career-best overall score666.2856 Rock'n Freedom
- Peak power rating (1503) Rock'n Freedom
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0344 Rock'n Freedom
- 2015
- Most recent contest Rock'n Freedom
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3 | Rock'n Freedom | 2013-06-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Rock'n Freedom | 2015-06-19 |
| -2.4 | Rock'n Freedom | 2014-06-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 25% | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO | 35 / 36 (623.7488) | 26 (165.1200) | 33 (155.3716) | 35 (150.7656) | 31 (152.4916) |
| 2014-06-20 | Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO | 22 / 33 (645.6004) | 3 (176.0344) | 29 (154.8116) | 23 (162.2400) | 26 (152.5144) |
| 2013-06-20 | Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO | 23 / 50 (666.2856) | 7 (171.4286) | 25 (165.7142) | 9 (172.0000) | 41 (157.1428) |
| Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated BlueIsland, IL | 4 / 16 (322.8800) | 1 (173.7372) | 12 (149.1428) | — | — |