A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Zack's Century 21
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-15
latest 2018-08-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.17
last 4 Master vs avg 611.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.95 · weakest Pork (147.41)
Road miles
8
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Master avg
611.17 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval (2016-08-19).
- last seen 2014-08-15
- back 2016-08-19
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.
Zack's Century 21 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 119 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.
#5138 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
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#5146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#5142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with Zack's Century 21 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
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#5123 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
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#5144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before Zack's Century 21's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 157.6568 | 159.95 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 144.0000 | 154.11 | top 81% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7144 | 141.0856 | 147.41 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9884 | 142.8344 | 149.69 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2 | 48 | 0 | top 93% | 2018-08-17 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2018-08-17
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.95 · weakest Pork (147.41)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
611.17
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
129
18–210 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2016-08-19
Power rating
1459
peak 1459 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1487) Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1088 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- 2018
- Career-best overall score633.6804 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2014-08-15 |
| -10 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | 2016-08-19 |
| -9.8 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2017-08-18 |
| -7.8 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2018-08-17 |
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 89% | 88% | 88% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86% | 86% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 48 / 54 (633.6804) | 49 (159.4288) | 42 (160.5488) | 49 (153.7144) | 41 (159.9884) |
| 2017-08-18 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 51 / 55 (598.8232) | 42 (162.2284) | 52 (144.0000) | 55 (144.0228) | 48 (148.5720) |
| 2016-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN | 57 / 63 (619.2688) | 48 (160.5028) | 34 (165.1088) | 62 (150.8228) | 62 (142.8344) |
| 2014-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 58 / 60 (592.9024) | 50 (157.6568) | 58 (146.7772) | 59 (141.0856) | 50 (147.3828) |