Announced themselves early
Finished 4 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Fatboys Canadian Capital Classic BBQ Competition (2015-08-08).
- 2015-08-08
- 22-team field
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Finished 4 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Fatboys Canadian Capital Classic BBQ Competition (2015-08-08).
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.
Amberwood BBQ has 2 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 109 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Amberwood BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Amberwood BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Amberwood BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Amberwood BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before Amberwood BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.0344 | 156.0344 | 156.03 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8572 | 129.6456 | 138.25 | top 77% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 146.2512 | 154.54 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 155.4288 | 155.70 | top 25% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| 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 78% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-06 | Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship Ottawa, CA | 32 / 41 (587.9084) | 13 (156.0344) | 41 (129.6456) | 28 (146.2512) | 9 (155.9772) |
| 2015-08-08 | Fatboys Canadian Capital Classic BBQ Competition Ottawa, ON | 4 / 22 (621.1432) | 9 (156.0344) | 12 (146.8572) | 5 (162.8228) | 6 (155.4288) |