The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS has finished one call ahead of Parruthead's Tact-i-Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Parruthead's Tact-i-Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2017-09-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.25
last 4 Master vs avg 623.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.15 · weakest Brisket (147.67)
Road miles
166
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
623.25 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
T-MAC SMOKIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
T-MAC SMOKIN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Birdies Barnyard BBQ (2016-07-29).
- last seen 2014-07-11
- back 2016-07-29
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.
Parruthead's Tact-i-Que 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 143 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.
#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with Parruthead's Tact-i-Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
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#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Parruthead's Tact-i-Que did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
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#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 150.8460 | 156.42 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 152.0116 | 159.01 | top 57% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 149.1544 | 160.15 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2744 | 143.3600 | 147.67 | 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2017-09-08
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.15 · weakest Brisket (147.67)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
623.25
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
46–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
166
4 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2016-07-29
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest The Masters in May
- Peak power rating (1495) The Masters in May
- First call Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- 2016
- Career-best overall score631.3832 Birdies Barnyard BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.0344 Puckaway Pigfest
- Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2017-09-08 |
| -5.2 | The Masters in May | 2014-05-02 |
| -2.3 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | 2014-07-11 |
| -2.2 | Birdies Barnyard BBQ | 2016-07-29 |
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 | 100% | top 77% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 66% | 86.4% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 24 / 31 (620.5720) | 28 (150.8460) | 24 (152.0116) | 6 (168.0344) | 27 (149.6800) |
| 2016-07-29 | Birdies Barnyard BBQ Kohler, WI | 12 / 17 (631.3832) | 14 (158.8344) | 13 (158.8572) | 7 (163.4172) | 13 (150.2744) |
| 2014-07-11 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI | 26 / 42 (618.8460) | 24 (154.2972) | 6 (168.0344) | 33 (149.1544) | 32 (147.3600) |
| 2014-05-02 | The Masters in May Fremont, WI | 44 / 62 (622.2060) | 25 (161.7144) | 38 (157.1316) | 27 (160.0000) | 59 (143.3600) |