High-water mark
679.3140
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3140 at BBQ and Fly In on the River — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-08-19
Toad Hollar BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-15
latest 2016-08-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.59
last 4 Master vs avg 658.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.68 · weakest Chicken (161.97)
Road miles
392
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 188 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Master avg
658.59 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PORKY BUTTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORKY BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead 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.
Toad Hollar 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 115 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.
#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
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#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Toad Hollar BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
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#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Toad Hollar BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 153.6800 | 161.97 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 151.9544 | 163.11 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 163.3944 | 167.68 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 155.9428 | 165.83 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 64% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2016-08-19
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.68 · weakest Chicken (161.97)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
658.59
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
137
69–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
392
4 mapped stops · furthest 188 mi
Schedule strength
1572
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Power rating
1507
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- First call 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.9944 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Tri-City BBQ Fest
- 2016
- Career-best overall score679.3140 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Peak power rating (1507) BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Most recent contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2016-08-19 |
| +5.7 | Tri-City BBQ Fest | 2015-09-18 |
| +1.9 | 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Central Iowa Expo BBQ | 2015-04-25 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 92.2% | 90.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-19 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 18 / 56 (679.3140) | 25 (169.6684) | 12 (173.1316) | 14 (171.9656) | 26 (164.5484) |
| 2015-09-18 | Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 8 / 18 (663.9200) | 10 (165.1544) | 13 (161.6684) | 8 (168.5372) | 8 (168.5600) |
| 2015-04-25 | Central Iowa Expo BBQ Boone, IA | 39 / 41 (642.1256) | 41 (153.6800) | 29 (165.6800) | 24 (166.8228) | 36 (155.9428) |
| 2014-08-15 | 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE | 19 / 38 (648.9944) | 26 (159.3828) | 34 (151.9544) | 17 (163.3944) | 3 (174.2628) |