The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2018-06-15).
- last seen 2016-06-17
- back 2018-06-15
LOW N' SLOW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-03
latest 2018-06-15
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
623.72
last 3 Master vs avg 623.72 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.72)
Road miles
681
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 675 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
623.72 / 720
3 Master contests · 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.
LOW N' SLOW 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 140 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#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with LOW N' SLOW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 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#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 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#4265 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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 157.7144 | 164.96 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9888 | 144.5144 | 148.72 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 152.5028 | 159.02 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 138.8116 | 151.02 | top 77% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.7 yrs
2014-10-03 → 2018-06-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.72)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
623.72
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
21–93 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
681
3 mapped stops · furthest 675 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-06-17 → 2018-06-15
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score641.6228 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1495) Downtown BBQ Showdown
- 2018
- First call Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Most recent contest Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Peak City Pigfest | 2016-06-17 |
| -5.1 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2018-06-15 |
| -4.7 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2014-10-03 |
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 77% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 34 / 44 (636.0004) | 10 (170.8572) | 33 (155.9888) | 19 (161.7144) | 38 (147.4400) |
| 2016-06-17 | Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC | 44 / 46 (593.5432) | 38 (157.7144) | 44 (144.5144) | 45 (152.5028) | 44 (138.8116) |
| 2014-10-03 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 18 / 27 (641.6228) | 16 (166.2972) | 24 (145.6572) | 19 (162.8456) | 13 (166.8228) |