High-water mark
672.5484
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5484 at Porktober Que — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-09-25
Poolside BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2017-09-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.09
last 4 Master vs avg 655.09 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.41 · weakest Brisket (162.13)
Road miles
1,545
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 769 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
655.09 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
The Specialists ahead in 100% of their meetings
The Specialists 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 E.T.'S BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Porktober Que (2017-09-29).
- last seen 2015-09-25
- back 2017-09-29
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.
Poolside BBQ has 4 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 109 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.
#3132 of the rated field
- Contests
- 39
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1545
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Poolside BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Poolside BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Poolside BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with Poolside BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 162.2284 | 167.41 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 157.6572 | 162.71 | top 59% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 154.7540 | 162.84 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 150.2744 | 162.13 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porktober Que | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 47% | 2015-09-25 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2017-09-29
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.41 · weakest Brisket (162.13)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
655.09
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
51–59 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,545
5 mapped stops · furthest 769 mi
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-09-29
Power rating
1502
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest PorktoberQue
- First call PorktoberQue
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.9028 PorktoberQue
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Porktober Que
- Career-best overall score672.5484 Porktober Que
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2972 Porktober Que
- Peak power rating (1507) Porktober Que
- 2017
- Most recent contest Porktober Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | Porktober Que | 2015-09-25 |
| +2.8 | PorktoberQue | 2013-09-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | Porktober Que | 2017-09-29 |
| -0.2 | Porktober Que | 2014-09-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-29 | Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 24 / 30 (646.1024) | 19 (166.2856) | 26 (157.6572) | 28 (154.7540) | 13 (167.4056) |
| 2015-09-25 | Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 10 / 26 (672.5484) | 21 (162.2284) | 7 (170.8800) | 15 (165.1428) | 2 (174.2972) |
| 2014-09-26 | Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 16 / 29 (650.7888) | 5 (170.2744) | 18 (161.1200) | 20 (162.8572) | 21 (156.5372) |
| 2014-08-08 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-09-27 | PorktoberQue Dothan, AL | 13 / 29 (650.9028) | 6 (170.8456) | 17 (161.1656) | 9 (168.6172) | 24 (150.2744) |