High-water mark
665.0512
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0512 at *Porktober Que — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-23
Open Gate BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.83
last 3 Master vs avg 648.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.38 · weakest Brisket (159.01)
Road miles
102
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Master avg
648.83 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WINK'S BARBEQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
WINK'S BARBEQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BACKYARD BISTRO in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Open Gate BBQ 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 158 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.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Open Gate BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 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-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 158.2056 | 162.23 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 159.3944 | 163.21 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 157.6684 | 164.38 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 150.8000 | 159.01 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.38 · weakest Brisket (159.01)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
648.83
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
33–115 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
102
3 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Porktober Que
- First call Porktober Que
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3716 Porktober Que
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4400 Porktober Que
- Peak power rating (1496) Porktober Que
- 2016
- Career-best overall score665.0512 *Porktober Que
- Most recent contest *Porktober Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.3 | *Porktober Que | 2016-09-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-03-11 |
| -4.3 | Porktober Que | 2015-09-25 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 92.4% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | *Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 19 / 36 (665.0512) | 24 (163.3828) | 17 (166.8228) | 26 (164.0344) | 14 (170.8112) |
| 2016-03-11 | Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA | 82 / 89 (626.0684) | 80 (158.2056) | 74 (159.3944) | 78 (157.6684) | 81 (150.8000) |
| 2015-09-25 | Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 17 / 26 (655.3716) | 17 (165.1084) | 16 (163.4060) | 8 (171.4400) | 23 (155.4172) |