The comeback
10.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 10.2 years, then back at Capital Kosher BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2026-08-29).
- last seen 2016-06-11
- back 2026-08-29
Wolf Pack
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-11
latest 2026-08-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (126.26)
Road miles
2,084
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1593 mi
Purse competed for
$3K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
563.34 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Wolf Pack has 1 rated contest — 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 148 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Wolf Pack did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Wolf Pack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Wolf Pack's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Wolf Pack'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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 160.0228 | 160.0228 | 160.02 | top 20% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126.2628 | 126.2628 | 126.26 | top 100% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137.6572 | 137.6572 | 137.66 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139.3944 | 139.3944 | 139.39 | top 100% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.2 yrs
2016-06-11 → 2026-08-29
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
1 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
1 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (126.26)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
563.34
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
18
2–16 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,084
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,593 mi
Purse competed for
$2,600
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
10.2 yrs
2016-06-11 → 2026-08-29
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2016
- First call Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016
- First overall top-10 Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016
- Career-best overall score563.3372 Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.0228 Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016
- 2026
- Most recent contest Capital Kosher BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR SERIES)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 78.2% | 78.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | Capital Kosher BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Waynesboro, PA | 8 / 10 (453.4860) | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-06-11 | Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016 Richmond, Qu JOB2H0 | 10 / 10 (563.3372) | 2 (160.0228) | 10 (126.2628) | 10 (137.6572) | 10 (139.3944) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | — | — | — | — | — |