High-water mark
674.2632
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2632 at Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-09-08
THE WOLF PACK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-09-09
latest 2018-07-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.88
last 4 Master vs avg 653.88 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.56 · weakest Brisket (159.52)
Road miles
1,325
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 988 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Master avg
653.88 / 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
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 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.
THE WOLF PACK 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 108 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.
#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE WOLF PACK)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE WOLF PACK has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3070 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1522
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to THE WOLF PACK)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after THE WOLF PACK did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE WOLF PACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8460 | 159.4060 | 164.13 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8460 | 166.2628 | 166.56 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 148.4916 | 163.67 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 153.0740 | 159.52 | top 66% |
“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 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2016-09-09 → 2018-07-20
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SD
4 of 5 contests · 2 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
Pork Ribs
averages 166.56 · weakest Brisket (159.52)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
653.88
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
59–79 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,325
5 mapped stops · furthest 988 mi
Schedule strength
1584
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Hamond BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2916 Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll
- 2017
- First call Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
- Career-best overall score674.2632 Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1503) *Cookin On Kampeska
- Most recent contest *Cookin On Kampeska
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.9 | Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll | 2017-09-08 |
| +3.9 | *Cookin On Kampeska | 2018-07-20 |
| +2.8 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll | 2016-09-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | *Original SD BBQ Championships | 2017-06-02 |
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 | 100% | top 49% | 92% | 92% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 93.6% | 90.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-20 | *Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD | 22 / 45 (662.1600) | 28 (164.5488) | 19 (166.2628) | 7 (170.8456) | 26 (160.5028) |
| 2017-09-08 | Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD | 14 / 31 (674.2632) | 15 (170.8460) | 14 (166.2972) | 8 (172.5600) | 15 (164.5600) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 29 / 32 (627.8176) | 26 (159.4060) | 14 (166.8460) | 30 (148.4916) | 30 (153.0740) |
| 2016-09-09 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD | 18 / 34 (651.2916) | 19 (161.7144) | 11 (166.8228) | 20 (162.8000) | 22 (159.9544) |
| 2016-03-25 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |