A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Fishing Buddies
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2017-09-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.69
last 3 Master vs avg 609.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.46)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Master avg
609.69 / 720
3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of FULLY RACK'D BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge (2016-09-09).
- last seen 2013-09-13
- back 2016-09-09
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.
Fishing Buddies 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 146 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.
#4431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 152
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1708
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Fishing Buddies)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Fishing Buddies has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Fishing Buddies did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Fishing Buddies on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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 | 165.7600 | 141.6572 | 155.43 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 138.2744 | 146.46 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6912 | 147.3944 | 153.12 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 148.5600 | 154.67 | top 70% |
“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 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 82% | 2017-09-08 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2017-09-08
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.46)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
14–101 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2016-09-09
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Peak power rating (1487) Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- 2016
- Career-best overall score625.7712 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7600 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- 2017
- Most recent contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2013-09-13 |
| -8.7 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2016-09-09 |
| -4.8 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2017-09-08 |
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 79% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO | 22 / 28 (620.5372) | 19 (158.8800) | 23 (154.2628) | 27 (147.3944) | 14 (160.0000) |
| 2016-09-09 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 42 / 49 (625.7712) | 23 (165.7600) | 46 (146.8572) | 37 (157.6912) | 38 (155.4628) |
| 2013-09-13 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 40 / 42 (582.7544) | 42 (141.6572) | 39 (138.2744) | 36 (154.2628) | 34 (148.5600) |