The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
WOODCHIP BBQ has finished one call ahead of HOT ROD ROASTERS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
HOT ROD ROASTERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1446 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-09-11
latest 2018-09-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 99%
overall standings
Best overall
472.5600 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
273.13
last 4 Master vs avg 273.13 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±128.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.32 · weakest Brisket (151.95)
Road miles
11
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
273.13 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PORK AVENUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORK AVENUE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
HOT ROD ROASTERS 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 104 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.
#5666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOT ROD ROASTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after HOT ROD ROASTERS did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#5655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5650 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.3200 | 158.3200 | 158.32 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.3200 | 154.3200 | 154.32 | top 83% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3544 | 145.6344 | 156.99 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9544 | 151.9544 | 151.95 | top 76% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 99% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 99% | 2018-09-07 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2018-09-07
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.32 · weakest Brisket (151.95)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
273.13
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
1–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Power rating
1446
peak 1446 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.3544 International Goat Days Championship BBQ
- Peak power rating (1485) International Goat Days Championship BBQ
- 2018
- Career-best overall score472.5600 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.4 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | 2015-09-11 |
| -13.8 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | 2016-09-09 |
| -13 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | 2017-09-08 |
| -11.7 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-09-07 |
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 97% | 65.6% | 65.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 41.7% | 41.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 21.3% | 21.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 23.1% | 23.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-07 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) Millington, TN | 33 / 34 (472.5600) | 29 (158.3200) | — | 20 (162.2856) | 26 (151.9544) |
| 2017-09-08 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN | 42 / 42 (299.9544) | — | 35 (154.3200) | 41 (145.6344) | — |
| 2016-09-09 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN | 29 / 29 (153.6684) | — | — | 24 (153.6684) | — |
| 2015-09-11 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN | 31 / 31 (166.3544) | — | — | 12 (166.3544) | — |