A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Half Ton BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-07-17
latest 2017-06-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
521.97
last 3 Master vs avg 521.97 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±136.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.09)
Road miles
109
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Master avg
521.97 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Half Ton BBQ 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 133 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Half Ton BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Half Ton BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 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-head#4232 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 | 165.7028 | 148.5256 | 158.82 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3828 | 150.7884 | 151.09 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 157.6800 | 161.50 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 148.5144 | 151.38 | top 78% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 79% | 2016-07-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2015-07-17 → 2017-06-23
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.09)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
521.97
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
80
18–87 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
109
3 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7028 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- Peak power rating (1494) BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- 2016
- Career-best overall score631.2684 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Rotary Rockn Ribs
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | *Rotary Rockn Ribs | 2017-06-23 |
| -6.5 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2015-07-17 |
| -5.8 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2016-07-15 |
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 92% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 45.7% | 45.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | *Rotary Rockn Ribs LaCrosse, WI | 34 / 37 (605.5084) | 35 (148.5256) | 31 (150.7884) | 26 (157.6800) | 32 (148.5144) |
| 2016-07-15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too Waterloo, IA | 25 / 32 (631.2684) | 25 (162.2400) | 28 (151.3828) | 18 (163.4056) | 22 (154.2400) |
| 2015-07-17 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 31 / 39 (329.1200) | 23 (165.7028) | — | 18 (163.4172) | — |