A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The Sweepers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2017-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.59
last 4 Master vs avg 632.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.53)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
632.59 / 720
4 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.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Brew-N-Que has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 47th
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.
The Sweepers 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 149 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.
#4807 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1528
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to The Sweepers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Sweepers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Sweepers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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#4818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 155.3712 | 160.82 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 146.2060 | 152.53 | top 87% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 150.2860 | 158.56 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.3944 | 160.68 | top 64% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 4 | 47 | 0 | top 84% | 2017-05-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2017-05-05
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.53)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
632.59
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
43–214 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2016-05-06
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- Peak power rating (1487) The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- 2016
- First call The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best overall score645.0056 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) | 2014-05-02 |
| -12.2 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2015-05-01 |
| -5.3 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
| -3.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2016-05-06 |
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 78% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87% | 87% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
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 | 54 / 69 (645.0056) | 59 (155.3712) | 50 (161.0972) | 54 (160.0000) | 27 (168.5372) |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 47 / 67 (637.6572) | 10 (174.2744) | 53 (153.6800) | 66 (150.2860) | 44 (159.4168) |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 59 / 63 (626.6288) | 56 (156.5028) | 61 (146.2060) | 40 (164.5372) | 47 (159.3828) |
| 2014-05-02 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL | 58 / 62 (621.0628) | 52 (157.1428) | 61 (149.1200) | 46 (159.4056) | 48 (155.3944) |