A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE GRISWOLDS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE GRISWOLDS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Soldiers Wish
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-05-06
latest 2018-05-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
392.90
last 3 Master vs avg 392.90 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±144.11
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 147.95 · weakest Chicken (147.02)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
392.90 / 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.
Soldiers Wish 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 123 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.
#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Soldiers Wish on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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 | 154.2856 | 139.9084 | 147.02 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5944 | 142.8456 | 147.24 | top 84% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9544 | 147.9544 | 147.95 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9544 | 147.9544 | 147.95 | top 84% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 3 | 62 | 0 | top 96% | 2018-05-04 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-05-06 → 2018-05-04
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
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
Pork
averages 147.95 · weakest Chicken (147.02)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
392.90
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
138
9–207 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- 2018
- Career-best overall score596.4688 *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)154.2856 *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Most recent contest *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2016-05-06 |
| -12.6 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-05-05 |
| -10.5 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2018-05-04 |
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 91% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 41.6% | 41.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 39.3% | 39.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-04 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 62 / 68 (596.4688) | 58 (154.2856) | 65 (146.2744) | 62 (147.9544) | 57 (147.9544) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK | 65 / 68 (299.4632) | 58 (146.8688) | 45 (152.5944) | — | — |
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 83 / 83 (282.7540) | 75 (139.9084) | 75 (142.8456) | — | — |