A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOT COLE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOT COLE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BANKRUPT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-07-08
latest 2018-07-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.43
last 3 Master vs avg 633.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.67 · weakest Brisket (149.87)
Road miles
6
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
90%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1628)
Master avg
633.43 / 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1628
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 90% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1628 power rating — a tougher draw than 90% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 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.
BANKRUPT 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 148 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with BANKRUPT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after BANKRUPT BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 154.2400 | 159.96 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 150.8000 | 156.93 | top 93% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 162.8800 | 166.67 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5832 | 145.0632 | 149.87 | top 96% |
“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 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-07-08 → 2018-07-13
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.67 · weakest Brisket (149.87)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
633.43
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
66
7–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1628
average field rating faced — tougher than 90% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-07-08 → 2018-07-13
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In
- First call Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2628 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In
- Peak power rating (1493) Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In
- 2017
- Career-best overall score645.0860 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1)
- 2018
- Most recent contest Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) | 2017-07-08 |
| -7.5 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1 | 2018-07-13 |
| -7.4 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In | 2016-07-08 |
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 95% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 82% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-13 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1 Jamestown, TN | 38 / 40 (618.7432) | 38 (154.2400) | 37 (156.5600) | 34 (162.8800) | 39 (145.0632) |
| 2017-07-08 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) Jamestown, TN | 35 / 36 (645.0860) | 36 (155.3712) | 34 (163.4288) | 18 (169.7028) | 34 (156.5832) |
| 2016-07-08 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In Jamestown, TN | 18 / 22 (636.4572) | 10 (170.2628) | 20 (150.8000) | 12 (167.4172) | 21 (147.9772) |