A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The Big Loins
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-04-25
latest 2016-09-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.01
last 5 Master vs avg 638.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.32
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.81 · weakest Brisket (157.69)
Road miles
207
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.01 / 720
5 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 weak link
−4.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.12 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 157.69
- Chicken avg 161.81
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1526
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to The Big Loins)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Big Loins has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Big Loins on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after The Big Loins did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 153.1316 | 161.81 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7488 | 153.0856 | 158.51 | top 68% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 154.8456 | 160.00 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 150.2744 | 157.69 | top 64% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2014-04-25 → 2016-09-09
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.81 · weakest Brisket (157.69)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
638.01
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
307
144–198 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
207
5 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2015-06-26 → 2016-09-09
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #3856 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin' N the Ville
- Peak power rating (1496) Smokin' N the Ville
- 2015
- First call Smokin' in the Ville
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.3548 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score650.3548 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.3200 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest *Derby BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge | 2014-08-01 |
| -3.9 | Smokin' N the Ville | 2014-04-25 |
| -3.1 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2016-09-09 |
| -1.7 | Smokin' in the Ville | 2015-04-24 |
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 71% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 89.9% | 89.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 87.5% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-09 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 27 / 38 (650.3548) | 36 (153.1316) | 30 (158.3088) | 17 (168.5944) | 17 (170.3200) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 84 / 183 (635.2912) | 31 (169.1084) | 134 (153.6572) | 133 (154.8800) | 91 (157.6456) |
| 2015-04-24 | Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 18 / 29 (647.4060) | 23 (158.2400) | 14 (165.7488) | 10 (166.2972) | 20 (157.1200) |
| 2014-08-01 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS | 56 / 70 (630.1824) | 14 (169.1428) | 60 (153.0856) | 63 (154.8456) | 53 (153.1084) |
| 2014-04-25 | Smokin' N the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 18 / 27 (626.8112) | 19 (159.4400) | 15 (161.7256) | 17 (155.3712) | 22 (150.2744) |