The comeback
3.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.7 years, then back at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2017-05-05).
- last seen 2013-08-31
- back 2017-05-05
Big Johns Texas BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-01-25
latest 2017-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.75
last 4 Master vs avg 630.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.25)
Road miles
1,779
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 621 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
630.75 / 720
4 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.
Big Johns Texas 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 127 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.
#3982 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Big Johns Texas BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Johns Texas BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Big Johns Texas BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Johns Texas BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 149.7140 | 158.97 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8570 | 139.3256 | 156.25 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 142.2854 | 157.98 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 154.2854 | 157.56 | top 62% |
“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
4.3 yrs
2013-01-25 → 2017-05-05
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.25)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
630.75
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
261
91–194 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,779
4 mapped stops · furthest 621 mi
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2017-05-05
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2852 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score658.2852 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8570 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1491) The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2017
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.6 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2013-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2013-01-25 |
| -7.6 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
| -0.6 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
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 62% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 69% | 91.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 43 / 69 (656.3884) | 33 (165.6800) | 53 (158.8000) | 34 (167.3712) | 40 (164.5372) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 68 / 89 (605.4624) | 58 (154.7540) | 85 (139.3256) | 54 (154.8228) | 46 (156.5600) |
| 2013-05-03 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 30 / 62 (658.2852) | 31 (165.7144) | 10 (170.8570) | 23 (167.4284) | 48 (154.2854) |
| 2013-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 58 / 70 (602.8560) | 61 (149.7140) | 41 (155.9996) | 66 (142.2854) | 44 (154.8570) |