A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
IRON BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
IRON BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
BBQ Outcooker
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2018-09-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.65
last 5 Master vs avg 613.65 (-0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.58
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.99)
Road miles
407
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
613.65 / 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
−10.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.16 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Pork Ribs avg 147.99
- Pork avg 158.15
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 (2017-09-22).
- last seen 2014-10-10
- back 2017-09-22
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.
139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4631 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1470
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BBQ Outcooker)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ Outcooker has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BBQ Outcooker did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ Outcooker on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 151.4056 | 155.86 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 118.2516 | 147.99 | top 72% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 147.4060 | 158.15 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 138.8344 | 151.65 | top 66% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2018-09-22
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
EU
1 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.99)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
613.65
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
164
57–197 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
407
5 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2017-09-22
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #4617 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Ruhrpott BBQ
- Peak power rating (1486) Ruhrpott BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2744 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- 2018
- First call BBQ an der Burg 2018
- Career-best overall score631.4172 BBQ an der Burg 2018
- Most recent contest 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Ruhrpott BBQ | 2014-10-10 |
| -8.1 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 | 2018-09-22 |
| -4.6 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
| -2.5 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 | 2018-04-28 |
| -1.1 | BBQ an der Burg 2018 | 2018-06-30 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 70% | 87.7% | 86.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-22 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop, | 61 / 73 (605.5772) | 57 (152.5028) | 61 (149.6800) | 38 (155.9772) | 55 (147.4172) |
| 2018-06-30 | BBQ an der Burg 2018 Geestland, 27574 | 18 / 30 (631.4172) | 27 (151.4056) | 27 (150.3088) | 8 (165.1200) | 9 (164.5828) |
| 2018-04-28 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof, 51580 | 21 / 32 (626.8348) | 18 (162.8800) | 16 (158.2744) | 29 (147.4060) | 20 (158.2744) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 47 / 66 (625.6576) | 55 (153.1200) | 24 (163.4288) | 12 (170.2744) | 63 (138.8344) |
| 2014-10-10 | Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU | 55 / 58 (578.7544) | 33 (159.4056) | 57 (118.2516) | 40 (151.9772) | 40 (149.1200) |