A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BEEFCAKE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-05-25
latest 2018-08-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.71
last 4 Master vs avg 634.71 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.68 · weakest Brisket (152.97)
Road miles
715
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 325 mi
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1612)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.71 / 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1612
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 84% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1612 power rating — a tougher draw than 84% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated 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.
BEEFCAKE BBQ 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 149 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.
#3922 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1512
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BEEFCAKE BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BEEFCAKE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with BEEFCAKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
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#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 154.8572 | 161.68 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 157.6800 | 161.54 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 149.6228 | 158.51 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6572 | 143.9544 | 152.97 | top 84% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2018-05-25 → 2018-08-31
Busiest season
2018
4 contests
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.68 · weakest Brisket (152.97)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
634.71
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
37–121 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
715
4 mapped stops · furthest 325 mi
Schedule strength
1612
average field rating faced — tougher than 84% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1493) *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score645.6000 *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5372 *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-08-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-05-25 |
| -6.6 | PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival | 2018-06-29 |
| -4.1 | Smoke in the Grove | 2018-07-27 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.7% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-31 | *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Ranson, WV | 25 / 40 (645.6000) | 22 (164.5256) | 26 (159.3828) | 12 (168.5372) | 34 (153.1544) |
| 2018-07-27 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 43 / 54 (627.8516) | 42 (154.8572) | 21 (165.7144) | 51 (149.6228) | 38 (157.6572) |
| 2018-06-29 | PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Hilliard, OH | 27 / 33 (644.4000) | 19 (163.9656) | 23 (163.3944) | 25 (159.9428) | 29 (157.0972) |
| 2018-05-25 | *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA | 30 / 35 (620.9716) | 21 (163.3828) | 27 (157.6800) | 28 (155.9544) | 33 (143.9544) |