A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Tau's HardWood BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-08-22
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.70
last 3 Master vs avg 612.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 155.03 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.50)
Road miles
212
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
612.70 / 720
3 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.
Tau's HardWood 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 136 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Tau's HardWood BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Tau's HardWood BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 153.1428 | 154.28 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1316 | 145.7032 | 149.50 | top 78% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 147.4400 | 153.89 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 141.7028 | 155.03 | top 57% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA BBQ Championships | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 81% | 2015-08-21 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 155.03 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.50)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.70
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
23–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
212
3 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2016-09-23
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest VA BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1495) VA BBQ Championships
- 2016
- First call Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!
- Career-best overall score626.7884 Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!
- Career-best single call (Brisket)163.9656 Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!
- Most recent contest Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | VA BBQ Championships | 2015-08-21 |
| -5.5 | VA BBQ Championships | 2014-08-22 |
| -4.4 | Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! Cape Charles, VA | 16 / 22 (626.7884) | 15 (153.1428) | 17 (149.6800) | 16 (160.0000) | 7 (163.9656) |
| 2015-08-21 | VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA | 41 / 46 (620.4916) | 37 (153.7256) | 37 (153.1316) | 44 (154.2172) | 26 (159.4172) |
| 2014-08-22 | VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA | 31 / 43 (590.8232) | 20 (155.9772) | 33 (145.7032) | 31 (147.4400) | 35 (141.7028) |