The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships (2016-06-24).
- last seen 2014-06-27
- back 2016-06-24
.Cutting Edge BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1493 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-06-22
latest 2018-06-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.30 · weakest Brisket (139.34)
Road miles
1
mi across 4 mapped stops
Master avg
619.30 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
.Cutting Edge BBQ has 1 rated contest — 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 125 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.
#3484 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1518
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to .Cutting Edge BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team .Cutting Edge BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with .Cutting Edge BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
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#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 158.2744 | 158.27 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 155.3944 | 155.39 | top 80% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 166.2972 | 166.30 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.3372 | 139.3372 | 139.34 | top 92% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2018-06-22 → 2018-06-22
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
1 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.30 · weakest Brisket (139.34)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
619.30
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
48
9–39 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
4 mapped stops
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2016-06-24
Power rating
1493
peak 1493 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- 2018
- Career-best overall score619.3032 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2972 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
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 82% | 86% | 86% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-22 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 40 / 49 (619.3032) | 37 (158.2744) | 39 (155.3944) | 19 (166.2972) | 45 (139.3372) |
| 2017-06-23 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-06-24 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-06-27 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |