A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bruno's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2016-08-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
602.51
last 4 Master vs avg 602.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.65)
Road miles
73
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
602.51 / 720
4 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.
Bruno's BBQ has 4 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.
#5238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Bruno's BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#5254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bruno's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 150.2056 | 159.23 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6568 | 135.3828 | 142.65 | top 96% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 146.2400 | 153.83 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 140.5260 | 146.80 | top 88% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2 | 49 | 0 | top 90% | 2015-08-21 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2016-08-19
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.65)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
602.51
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
18–220 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
73
4 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2014-08-15
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- Peak power rating (1487) Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- 2014
- Career-best overall score619.7936 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9656 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | 2013-07-19 |
| -11.9 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2015-08-21 |
| -11.3 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | 2016-08-19 |
| -8 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2014-08-15 |
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 97% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 82% | 82% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN | 61 / 63 (608.3428) | 59 (150.2056) | 61 (143.3372) | 52 (157.7028) | 49 (157.0972) |
| 2015-08-21 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 63 / 64 (590.6860) | 47 (161.7028) | 63 (142.2172) | 62 (146.2400) | 60 (140.5260) |
| 2014-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 49 / 60 (619.7936) | 28 (167.9656) | 54 (149.6568) | 46 (155.9656) | 51 (146.2056) |
| 2013-07-19 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN | 53 / 57 (591.2340) | 45 (157.0628) | 56 (135.3828) | 46 (155.4284) | 54 (143.3600) |