A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
CAVEMAN CUISINE ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAVEMAN CUISINE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Coach's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2017-06-02
latest 2018-07-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
615.26
last 5 Master vs avg 615.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.67
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 156.09 · weakest Pork (150.81)
Road miles
411
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)
Master avg
615.26 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 weak link
−5.3
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.28 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork avg 150.81
- Brisket avg 156.09
- 0 calls in 5 entries
They cook the hard rooms
1611
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 84% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1611 power rating — a tougher draw than 84% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 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.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
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#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Coach's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
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#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
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#5021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Coach's BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#5038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7488 | 141.6000 | 156.07 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 144.4916 | 152.29 | top 84% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 146.7772 | 150.81 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 151.3828 | 156.09 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 93% | 2018-07-27 |
| *Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 91% | 2018-06-01 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2017-06-02 → 2018-07-27
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 156.09 · weakest Pork (150.81)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
615.26
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
15–124 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
411
5 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
1611
average field rating faced — tougher than 84% of rated contests
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #5030 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Boots and BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1492) Boots and BBQ Festival
- 2018
- First call Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
- Career-best overall score631.9320 Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7488 Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
- Most recent contest Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | 2018-07-27 |
| -8.8 | *Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-06-01 |
| -8.4 | Boots and BBQ Festival | 2017-06-02 |
| -6.6 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | 2017-07-28 |
| -5.2 | Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival | 2017-10-27 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 95% | 87.8% | 86.1% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.4% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-27 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 26 / 27 (631.9320) | 4 (173.7488) | 27 (144.4916) | 22 (157.1200) | 22 (156.5716) |
| 2018-06-01 | *Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Claremore, OK | 28 / 30 (607.2116) | 30 (141.6000) | 25 (149.0860) | 27 (154.2400) | 19 (162.2856) |
| 2017-10-27 | Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 26 / 32 (614.6744) | 19 (159.9772) | 29 (152.5144) | 30 (146.7772) | 21 (155.4056) |
| 2017-07-28 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 24 / 27 (611.7940) | 24 (150.2400) | 17 (159.9428) | 26 (146.8112) | 24 (154.8000) |
| 2017-06-02 | Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 25 / 28 (610.6740) | 23 (154.7656) | 23 (155.4400) | 26 (149.0856) | 24 (151.3828) |