A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Devil's Handshake
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2016-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
590.34
last 3 Master vs avg 590.34 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.59 · weakest Pork (144.36)
Road miles
6
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
590.34 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Battle of the Brisket (2016-09-16).
- last seen 2014-06-27
- back 2016-09-16
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.
Devil's Handshake 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 126 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.
#4974 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Devil's Handshake)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Devil's Handshake has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Devil's Handshake on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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 | 157.6684 | 145.1428 | 149.68 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8684 | 134.7544 | 151.59 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 136.5140 | 144.36 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 132.4572 | 144.71 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 167 | 0 | top 91% | 2014-06-27 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2016-09-16
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
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
Pork Ribs
averages 151.59 · weakest Pork (144.36)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
590.34
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
260
34–363 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1507
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2016-09-16
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8684 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2016
- Career-best overall score594.0800 Battle of the Brisket
- Most recent contest Battle of the Brisket
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -12.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| -12.2 | Battle of the Brisket | 2016-09-16 |
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% | top 94% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 81% | 81% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-16 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 31 / 33 (594.0800) | 31 (146.2400) | 33 (134.7544) | 24 (158.8456) | 18 (154.2400) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 167 / 184 (593.5080) | 120 (157.6684) | 33 (166.8684) | 178 (136.5140) | 180 (132.4572) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 168 / 183 (583.4284) | 164 (145.1428) | 126 (153.1430) | 174 (137.7142) | 139 (147.4284) |