The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
GRILLBILLIES SMOKEHOUSE BBQ has finished one call ahead of Barked Stock 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Barked Stock
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-18
latest 2018-06-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
593.68
last 3 Master vs avg 593.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.77 · weakest Brisket (142.46)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
593.68 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MOTLEY QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
MOTLEY QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Vegan Tears 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.
Barked Stock 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 149 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Barked Stock did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barked Stock on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0344 | 141.7372 | 149.34 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1428 | 142.2172 | 145.11 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4284 | 151.9996 | 156.77 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.1200 | 140.0000 | 142.46 | top 85% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 3 | 30 | 0 | top 80% | 2018-06-16 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-06-18 → 2018-06-16
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 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
Pork
averages 156.77 · weakest Brisket (142.46)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
593.68
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
26–103 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-06-10 → 2018-06-16
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score607.4284 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.0344 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1494) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- 2018
- Most recent contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2017-06-10 |
| -9 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2018-06-16 |
| -6.2 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2016-06-18 |
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% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-16 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 42 / 51 (585.1424) | 47 (141.7372) | 38 (149.1428) | 27 (151.9996) | 44 (142.2628) |
| 2017-06-10 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 34 / 39 (588.4688) | 36 (142.2632) | 34 (142.2172) | 11 (158.8684) | 33 (145.1200) |
| 2016-06-18 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, CA | 30 / 42 (607.4284) | 13 (164.0344) | 36 (143.9656) | 13 (159.4284) | 35 (140.0000) |