A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ WIESEL ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ WIESEL has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Ruhrgold BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2018-04-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.02
last 3 Master vs avg 630.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.23 · weakest Pork (148.37)
Road miles
61
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
630.02 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 (2017-09-22).
- last seen 2015-09-25
- back 2017-09-22
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.
Ruhrgold 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 130 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.
#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Ruhrgold BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ruhrgold 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3483 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 169.2000 | 143.3712 | 158.66 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 173.7144 | 167.9656 | 171.23 | top 7% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 141.1316 | 148.37 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1316 | 149.6684 | 151.76 | top 75% |
“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 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2018-04-28
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 171.23 · weakest Pork (148.37)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
630.02
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
71–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
61
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-09-22
Power rating
1493
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- First call 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.3316 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- Career-best overall score650.3316 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- Peak power rating (1503) 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- 2018
- First category win (Pork Ribs) KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
- Most recent contest KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.8 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 | 2018-04-28 |
| -4.3 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
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 | 1 | 100% | top 84% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-28 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof, 51580 | 27 / 32 (617.5656) | 30 (143.3712) | 1 (172.0116) | 24 (149.7028) | 27 (152.4800) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 23 / 66 (650.3316) | 13 (169.2000) | 2 (173.7144) | 44 (154.2856) | 41 (153.1316) |
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 44 / 67 (622.1600) | 35 (163.3944) | 9 (167.9656) | 65 (141.1316) | 52 (149.6684) |