Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Bordertown BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1546
peak 1546 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-06-14
latest 2017-09-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 16%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.18
last 4 Master vs avg 648.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
and counting
Consistency
±3.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.85 · weakest Brisket (157.10)
Road miles
518
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
Master avg
648.18 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
Happy hunting ground
Top 12%
average finish here
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 12%
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HOUSE OF Q has finished one call ahead of Bordertown BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 75% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKAPALOOZA in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at BBQ on the Bow (2017-09-02).
- last seen 2015-06-19
- back 2017-09-02
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Porkapalooza BBQ Festival (2014-06-14).
- 2014-06-14
- 29-team field
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.
Bordertown 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 73 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.
#1833 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#1826 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Bordertown BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#1837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bordertown BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 70%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 169.1428 | 166.2972 | 167.85 | top 13% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 157.1088 | 161.28 | top 27% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 159.3712 | 161.96 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 151.3828 | 157.10 | top 38% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 15% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 12% | 2015-06-19 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2014-06-14 → 2017-09-02
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.85 · weakest Brisket (157.10)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
4 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests — and still running
Master average
648.18
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
96
111–17 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
518
4 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
1508
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2015-06-19 → 2017-09-02
Power rating
1546
peak 1546 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1428 Barbecue on the Bow
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1944 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score654.1944 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1546) BBQ on the Bow
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2014-06-14 |
| +11.8 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2015-06-19 |
| +10.3 | Barbecue on the Bow | 2014-08-30 |
| +9.4 | BBQ on the Bow | 2017-09-02 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 89.8% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 8 / 42 (648.4000) | 3 (167.4056) | 16 (157.1088) | 10 (165.0856) | 12 (158.8000) |
| 2015-06-19 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | 4 / 30 (654.1944) | 5 (168.5488) | 10 (161.1428) | 7 (163.9772) | 8 (160.5256) |
| 2014-08-30 | Barbecue on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA | 7 / 32 (646.2168) | 7 (169.1428) | 5 (166.3200) | 15 (159.3712) | 21 (151.3828) |
| 2014-06-14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta Canada, T6J 0S4 | 3 / 29 (643.9204) | 2 (166.2972) | 6 (160.5488) | 8 (159.3944) | 9 (157.6800) |