A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Risky Brisket ahead in 100% of their meetings
Risky Brisket has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Johnny Ray's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-11-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Best overall
622.0456 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
564.24
last 4 Master vs avg 564.24 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
166.2284
Consistency
±69.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.41 · weakest Chicken (124.30)
Road miles
1,014
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 637 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
564.24 / 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.
Johnny Ray's 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 117 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.
#5274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1456
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Johnny Ray's BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Johnny Ray's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with Johnny Ray's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5273 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 164.0572 | 20.0000 | 124.30 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6344 | 130.8344 | 143.56 | top 87% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 147.9656 | 158.41 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3600 | 129.1544 | 137.97 | top 95% |
“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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grill Games | 3 | 30 | 0 | top 89% | 2015-08-28 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-11-11
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.41 · weakest Chicken (124.30)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
564.24
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
104
16–144 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,014
5 mapped stops · furthest 637 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2016-11-11
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Grill Games
- First call Grill Games
- Peak power rating (1494) Grill Games
- 2016
- Career-best overall score622.0456 *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2284 *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off
- Most recent contest *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | Grill Games | 2015-08-28 |
| -13.6 | Grill Games | 2014-08-22 |
| -10.3 | *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off | 2016-11-11 |
| -6.1 | Grill Games | 2013-08-23 |
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 | 100% | top 96% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 62.2% | 62.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-11 | *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC | 24 / 25 (622.0456) | 23 (154.8228) | 24 (149.6344) | 7 (166.2284) | 23 (151.3600) |
| 2015-08-28 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 49 / 49 (573.6456) | 32 (158.3084) | 49 (130.8344) | 46 (147.9656) | 46 (136.5372) |
| 2014-08-22 | Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-08-22 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 45 / 47 (448.0232) | 46 (20.0000) | 40 (145.1660) | 34 (153.7028) | 46 (129.1544) |
| 2013-08-23 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 30 / 43 (613.2344) | 17 (164.0572) | 29 (148.5944) | 10 (165.7484) | 42 (134.8344) |