The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Smoking in the Foothills (2016-10-14).
- last seen 2013-09-20
- back 2016-10-14
Mountain Marinade
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2013-09-20
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
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.99 · weakest Pork (142.55)
Road miles
77
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Master avg
605.37 / 720
2 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.
Mountain Marinade has 2 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 144 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Mountain Marinade did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mountain Marinade on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 156.5716 | 145.7028 | 151.14 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 149.7140 | 159.99 | top 53% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2856 | 134.8228 | 142.55 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 149.0972 | 151.69 | top 80% |
“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
0.4 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2013-09-20
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.99 · weakest Pork (142.55)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.37
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
104
11–117 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
77
3 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2016-10-14
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score610.8568 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2628 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smoking in the Foothills
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% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.8% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 | Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 71 / 72 (599.8856) | 68 (145.7028) | 16 (170.2628) | 72 (134.8228) | 64 (149.0972) |
| 2013-05-10 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 48 / 58 (610.8568) | 45 (156.5716) | 49 (149.7140) | 54 (150.2856) | 41 (154.2856) |