#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headCARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-02
latest 2016-09-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.02
last 3 Master vs avg 646.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.77 · weakest Brisket (151.98)
Road miles
1,243
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 625 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Master avg
646.02 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
CARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS has 3 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 124 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.
#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with CARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 157.7028 | 164.93 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 158.2288 | 160.34 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 159.9884 | 168.77 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 140.5488 | 151.98 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2016-09-02 → 2016-09-30
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Cooks most in
VA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.77 · weakest Brisket (151.98)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
646.02
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
40–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,243
3 mapped stops · furthest 625 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Power rating
1495
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest *Low Country Hog Fest
- First call *Low Country Hog Fest
- First overall top-10 *Low Country Hog Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0628 *Low Country Hog Fest
- Career-best overall score657.0628 *Low Country Hog Fest
- Peak power rating (1506) *Low Country Hog Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Que & Cruz
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.4 | *Low Country Hog Fest | 2016-09-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.4 | Que & Cruz | 2016-09-30 |
| -4.6 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 91.3% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-30 | Que & Cruz Louisa, VA | 24 / 31 (629.6572) | 23 (157.7028) | 21 (160.5256) | 3 (170.8800) | 30 (140.5488) |
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 47 / 64 (651.3492) | 44 (163.9772) | 56 (158.2288) | 6 (175.4400) | 55 (153.7032) |
| 2016-09-02 | *Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC | 10 / 26 (657.0628) | 5 (173.1084) | 11 (162.2744) | 17 (159.9884) | 12 (161.6916) |