High-water mark
685.7260
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.7260 at World Food Championships — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-11-03
Rooftop Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1529
peak 1533 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-10-23
latest 2018-10-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
674.92
last 4 Master vs avg 674.92 (-0.00)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
178.8572
Consistency
±11.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.94 · weakest Chicken (166.68)
Road miles
2,735
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1610 mi
Schedule strength
93%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1641)
Master avg
674.92 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of * Black Forest in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2017-10-27).
- last seen 2015-11-03
- back 2017-10-27
They cook the hard rooms
1641
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 93% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1641 power rating — a tougher draw than 93% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
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.
Rooftop Barbeque 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 77 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.
#2212 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2233 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rooftop Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2220 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before Rooftop Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2219 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2235 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 156.5256 | 166.68 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 164.0000 | 170.94 | top 34% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 162.8228 | 170.38 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 161.6684 | 169.22 | top 38% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | 3 | 23 | 0 | top 50% | 2018-10-26 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-10-23 → 2018-10-26
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 170.94 · weakest Chicken (166.68)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
674.92
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
281
190–154 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,735
6 mapped stops · furthest 1,610 mi
Schedule strength
1641
average field rating faced — tougher than 93% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-11-03 → 2017-10-27
Power rating
1529
peak 1533 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series)
- First call World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series)
- 2014
- First category win (Pork) World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.9084 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best overall score685.7260 World Food Championships
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1533) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- 2018
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2015-10-23 |
| +13.1 | World Food Championships | 2015-11-03 |
| +5.9 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2017-10-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.2 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-10-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 95.2% | 94.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-26 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 77 / 102 (654.6968) | 95 (156.5256) | 55 (168.5372) | 67 (162.8228) | 55 (166.8112) |
| 2017-10-27 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 46 / 95 (679.3368) | 47 (170.8228) | 4 (178.8572) | 57 (167.9884) | 75 (161.6684) |
| 2015-11-03 | World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL | 12 / 58 (685.7260) | 6 (176.5716) | 42 (164.0000) | 19 (171.4400) | 8 (173.7144) |
| 2015-10-23 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 23 / 93 (679.9084) | 77 (162.8000) | 26 (171.4056) | 16 (172.0000) | 9 (173.7028) |
| 2014-11-13 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 3 (176.0000) | 1 (177.7372) | 25 (167.4056) |
| 2013-11-07 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 24 (166.8572) | 9 (170.2972) | 7 (172.0000) |