A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Trav's Rib Shack
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2017-09-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.95
last 4 Master vs avg 641.95 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.85 · weakest Brisket (157.55)
Road miles
89
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
641.95 / 720
4 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
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Bikes, Blues and BBQ (2017-09-22).
- last seen 2013-09-20
- 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.
Trav's Rib Shack 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 145 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Trav's Rib Shack did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Trav's Rib Shack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 157.7484 | 163.85 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 155.4400 | 161.85 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 149.1428 | 158.70 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 154.8570 | 157.55 | top 68% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.5 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.85 · weakest Brisket (157.55)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
641.95
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
58–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
89
4 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2017-09-22
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK
- First call Smokin' in the Ozarks
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2852 Smokin' in the Ozarks
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4284 Smokin' in the Ozarks
- Peak power rating (1489) Smokin' in the Ozarks
- Career-best overall score654.7084 Bikes Blues & BBQ
- 2017
- Most recent contest Bikes, Blues and BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.5 | Smokin' in the Ozarks | 2013-04-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK | 2013-03-15 |
| -1.9 | Bikes, Blues and BBQ | 2017-09-22 |
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 66% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 65% | 90.9% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 25 / 38 (633.1084) | 27 (157.7484) | 28 (155.4400) | 28 (158.8000) | 18 (161.1200) |
| 2013-09-20 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 28 / 49 (654.7084) | 28 (163.9428) | 26 (166.2628) | 17 (167.4172) | 34 (157.0856) |
| 2013-04-26 | Smokin' in the Ozarks Rogers, AR | 18 / 34 (650.2852) | 14 (166.2858) | 10 (167.4284) | 24 (159.4284) | 25 (157.1426) |
| 2013-03-15 | Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK Miami, OK | 47 / 55 (629.7142) | 25 (167.4284) | 46 (158.2860) | 53 (149.1428) | 44 (154.8570) |