A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LOVE 2 Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LOVE 2 Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CUZ ITS GOOD
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-02
latest 2017-09-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.43
last 3 Master vs avg 616.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.41 · weakest Brisket (143.35)
Road miles
14
mi across 3 mapped stops
Master avg
616.43 / 720
3 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
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) (2017-09-01).
- last seen 2015-10-14
- back 2017-09-01
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.
CUZ ITS GOOD has 2 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.
#4195 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CUZ ITS GOOD)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CUZ ITS GOOD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after CUZ ITS GOOD did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Level with CUZ ITS GOOD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 159.4168 | 150.3084 | 154.10 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 158.7884 | 163.41 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 147.9084 | 155.57 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.2400 | 130.2288 | 143.35 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2017-09-01
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.41 · weakest Brisket (143.35)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
616.43
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
791
71–896 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
3 mapped stops
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2015-10-14 → 2017-09-01
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- First call Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL)
- First overall top-10 Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best overall score641.1196 Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.0228 Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL)
- 2017
- Most recent contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
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 90% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 367 / 407 (614.0224) | 311 (159.4168) | 299 (158.7884) | 271 (162.2400) | 397 (133.5772) |
| 2015-10-14 | Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, MO | 8 / 12 (641.1196) | 12 (150.3084) | 5 (168.0228) | 11 (156.5484) | 2 (166.2400) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 525 / 552 (594.1372) | 479 (152.5828) | 283 (163.4172) | 512 (147.9084) | 541 (130.2288) |