High-water mark
672.0684
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.0684 at *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-02-03
U-Gotta-B-Chitlin-Me
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1519 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-04-10
latest 2018-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.36
last 5 Master vs avg 648.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.25 · weakest Brisket (153.46)
Road miles
935
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 619 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
648.36 / 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−15.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.79 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Brisket avg 153.46
- Chicken avg 169.25
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) (2017-02-03).
- last seen 2015-04-10
- back 2017-02-03
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.
U-Gotta-B-Chitlin-Me 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 92 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.
#2582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Level with U-Gotta-B-Chitlin-Me on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
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#2608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before U-Gotta-B-Chitlin-Me's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#2606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before U-Gotta-B-Chitlin-Me's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 158.2972 | 169.25 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 153.6456 | 158.24 | top 63% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 155.9428 | 167.41 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 135.3716 | 153.46 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 156 | 0 | top 80% | 2018-09-15 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2015-04-10 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.25 · weakest Brisket (153.46)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
648.36
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
675
365–520 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
935
5 mapped stops · furthest 619 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2015-04-10 → 2017-02-03
Power rating
1517
peak 1519 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.0684 *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score672.0684 *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1519) *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) | 2017-02-03 |
| +6 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-03-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.2 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| -0.9 | Cedar Fest BBQ | 2015-04-10 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 90.2% | 90.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 93.3% | 91.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 302 / 467 (649.5196) | 160 (169.6800) | 390 (155.9084) | 192 (166.8228) | 344 (157.1084) |
| 2018-09-14 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 156 / 164 (647.2800) | 22 (176.0000) | 162 (153.6456) | 159 (155.9428) | 148 (161.6916) |
| 2017-03-31 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 22 / 70 (647.3256) | 10 (168.5600) | 26 (159.9656) | 11 (168.0000) | 44 (150.8000) |
| 2017-02-03 | *Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX | 15 / 136 (672.0684) | 5 (173.7256) | 72 (160.0228) | 4 (176.0000) | 52 (162.3200) |
| 2015-04-10 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 30 / 53 (625.6000) | 32 (158.2972) | 23 (161.6456) | 5 (170.2856) | 49 (135.3716) |