A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bill's Best BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2017-08-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.85
last 5 Master vs avg 613.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±32.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 158.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.14)
Road miles
372
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
613.85 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 weak link
−15.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.71 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Pork Ribs avg 143.14
- Brisket avg 158.84
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG AL'S BIG TIME BBQ 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 Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River (2017-08-11).
- last seen 2015-05-15
- back 2017-08-11
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.
155 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bill's Best BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 145.1430 | 155.42 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 110.5944 | 143.14 | top 76% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 142.2856 | 156.45 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 149.7142 | 158.84 | top 40% |
“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 95% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 53% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2017-08-11
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 158.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.14)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
613.85
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
107–136 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
372
5 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2017-08-11
Power rating
1489
peak 1503 · #3682 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- First call The Great American Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1503) The Great American Cookoff
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9772 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score655.9772 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1200 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- 2017
- Most recent contest Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2015-05-15 |
| +1.8 | The Great American Cookoff | 2013-07-26 |
| +1.4 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship | 2013-05-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River | 2017-08-11 |
| -4.5 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2014-05-16 |
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 95% | 77.7% | 77.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 88.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-11 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River Ceres, CA | 20 / 21 (559.0860) | 19 (150.2744) | 21 (110.5944) | 19 (147.9772) | 14 (150.2400) |
| 2015-05-15 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 25 / 53 (655.9772) | 22 (166.2972) | 34 (158.2744) | 12 (169.1200) | 24 (162.2856) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 39 / 56 (609.6340) | 44 (152.5372) | 44 (148.5256) | 49 (142.2856) | 12 (166.2856) |
| 2013-07-26 | The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA | 26 / 53 (636.5596) | 25 (162.8572) | 43 (146.2856) | 22 (161.7256) | 8 (165.6912) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 31 / 65 (608.0004) | 53 (145.1430) | 38 (152.0002) | 20 (161.1430) | 33 (149.7142) |