The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at World Barbecue Championship (2016-11-11).
- last seen 2014-11-13
- back 2016-11-11
Estonian BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-25
latest 2016-11-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
167.9656
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.39 · weakest Pork (150.80)
Road miles
3,247
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1609 mi
Master avg
622.35 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 long haul
3,247
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,247 miles across 3 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,609 miles to World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series).
- 3 mapped stops
- furthest 1,609 mi
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.
Estonian BBQ Team has 1 rated contest — 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 140 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Estonian BBQ Team did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Estonian BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 166.8228 | 167.39 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 150.8112 | 158.06 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 130.7656 | 150.80 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3600 | 146.2400 | 151.17 | top 89% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-10-25 → 2016-11-11
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.39 · weakest Pork (150.80)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
622.35
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
180
17–167 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,247
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,609 mi
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-11-13 → 2016-11-11
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9656 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- 2016
- Career-best overall score636.9596 World Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest World Barbecue Championship
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-11 | World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL | 81 / 89 (636.9596) | 65 (166.8228) | 85 (150.8112) | 77 (159.9656) | 73 (159.3600) |
| 2014-11-13 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 37 (162.2856) | 34 (161.6800) | 42 (146.2400) |
| 2013-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 88 / 97 (607.7480) | 34 (167.9656) | 72 (161.0972) | 96 (130.7656) | 82 (147.9196) |