The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
N.C Ribs on Wheels, LLC has finished one call ahead of True Southern Smoke BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
True Southern Smoke BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-16
latest 2017-05-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
547.04
last 3 Master vs avg 547.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 152.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (125.25)
Road miles
9
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
547.04 / 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off (2017-05-19).
- last seen 2015-05-15
- back 2017-05-19
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.
True Southern Smoke 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 141 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.
#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with True Southern Smoke BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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 | 161.1084 | 146.8228 | 152.54 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.6572 | 122.1828 | 125.25 | top 98% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 132.5372 | 141.11 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.0228 | 123.9544 | 128.15 | top 93% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2017-05-19
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 152.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (125.25)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
547.04
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
75
7–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2017-05-19
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Chesapeake Jubilee
- Career-best overall score556.4228 Chesapeake Jubilee
- Peak power rating (1487) Chesapeake Jubilee
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.1084 *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Chesapeake Jubilee | 2014-05-16 |
| -12 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-05-15 |
| -9.9 | *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-05-19 |
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 91% | 76.5% | 76.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 74.1% | 74.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 77.3% | 77.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-19 | *Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA | 31 / 34 (551.1428) | 13 (161.1084) | 34 (123.8972) | 32 (137.6684) | 31 (128.4688) |
| 2015-05-15 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA | 34 / 36 (533.5656) | 28 (146.8228) | 35 (122.1828) | 34 (132.5372) | 32 (132.0228) |
| 2014-05-16 | Chesapeake Jubilee Chesapeake, VA | 30 / 32 (556.4228) | 22 (149.6912) | 31 (129.6572) | 20 (153.1200) | 32 (123.9544) |