A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
2 BALD GUYS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-07-15
latest 2018-07-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.49
last 3 Master vs avg 632.49 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.99 · weakest Brisket (152.53)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Master avg
632.49 / 720
3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of LTS BBQ in 3 of their 3 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.
2 BALD GUYS BBQ has 3 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 146 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.
#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after 2 BALD GUYS BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with 2 BALD GUYS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3750 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 157.7144 | 163.99 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 139.3944 | 153.50 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 159.4400 | 162.47 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 142.7772 | 152.53 | top 70% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | 3 | 19 | 0 | top 73% | 2018-07-20 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-07-15 → 2018-07-20
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.99 · weakest Brisket (152.53)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
632.49
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
67
27–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1579
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-07-14 → 2018-07-20
Power rating
1488
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- First call BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5256 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Career-best overall score660.5256 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.0344 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Peak power rating (1500) BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- 2018
- Most recent contest BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO!
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.1 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2016-07-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | 2018-07-20 |
| -2.3 | *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | 2017-07-14 |
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 93% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-20 | BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! Waterloo, IA | 39 / 42 (607.8976) | 39 (157.7144) | 41 (139.3944) | 23 (164.0000) | 38 (146.7888) |
| 2017-07-14 | *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! Waterloo, IA | 22 / 33 (629.0400) | 16 (166.2856) | 17 (160.5372) | 20 (159.4400) | 29 (142.7772) |
| 2016-07-15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too Waterloo, IA | 19 / 32 (660.5256) | 18 (167.9656) | 20 (160.5600) | 17 (163.9656) | 10 (168.0344) |