A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RAZORRACKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
KELLY DEAN'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-26
latest 2018-09-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
589.50
last 3 Master vs avg 589.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±66.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.79 · weakest Brisket (156.26)
Road miles
9
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
589.50 / 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 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2016-09-30).
- last seen 2014-09-26
- back 2016-09-30
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.
KELLY DEAN'S BBQ 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 141 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.
#3596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1491
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to KELLY DEAN'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team KELLY DEAN'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after KELLY DEAN'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with KELLY DEAN'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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 | 164.0228 | 154.8000 | 159.60 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 167.4056 | 168.79 | top 24% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 151.4056 | 156.93 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4056 | 153.1200 | 156.26 | top 63% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-09-26 → 2018-09-28
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
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
Pork Ribs
averages 168.79 · weakest Brisket (156.26)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
589.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
49–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-09-26 → 2016-09-30
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- First call Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1491) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score643.3708 *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.3200 *Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest *Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.9 | *Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival | 2018-09-28 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2014-09-26 |
| -1.2 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2016-09-30 |
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 | 100% | top 53% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 68.8% | 68.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-28 | *Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 24 / 45 (629.6456) | 29 (154.8000) | 10 (170.3200) | 32 (151.4056) | 26 (153.1200) |
| 2016-09-30 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 26 / 44 (643.3708) | 17 (164.0228) | 15 (167.4056) | 33 (152.5368) | 30 (159.4056) |
| 2014-09-26 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 38 / 48 (495.4856) | 29 (159.9884) | 8 (168.6400) | 16 (166.8572) | — |