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.
RIVER BANK BAR-B-QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2018-09-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.60
last 3 Master vs avg 613.60 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.69 · weakest Brisket (145.85)
Road miles
11
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Master avg
613.60 / 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 Grilling & Chillin BBQ (2018-09-21).
- last seen 2016-09-23
- back 2018-09-21
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.
RIVER BANK BAR-B-QUE 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 144 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.
#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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with RIVER BANK BAR-B-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1470
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 | 156.5716 | 154.8572 | 155.99 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 157.1200 | 157.69 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7144 | 151.9772 | 154.07 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 132.4800 | 145.85 | top 88% |
“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
3 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2018-09-21
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
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 157.69 · weakest Brisket (145.85)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
613.60
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
74
9–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-09-23 → 2018-09-21
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Grillin N Chillin BBQ
- Peak power rating (1488) Grillin N Chillin BBQ
- 2016
- Career-best overall score621.6456 Grillin and Chillin
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.2516 Grilling & Chillin BBQ
- Most recent contest Grilling & Chillin BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ | 2015-09-25 |
| -9.8 | Grillin and Chillin | 2016-09-23 |
| -8.5 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ | 2018-09-21 |
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 92% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 34 / 37 (599.2460) | 30 (156.5372) | 22 (158.2516) | 34 (151.9772) | 36 (132.4800) |
| 2016-09-23 | Grillin and Chillin Owensboro, KY | 36 / 39 (621.6456) | 37 (154.8572) | 33 (157.7028) | 37 (152.5256) | 31 (156.5600) |
| 2015-09-25 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 35 / 38 (619.9204) | 35 (156.5716) | 29 (157.1200) | 34 (157.7144) | 33 (148.5144) |