A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIG NEWTON ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIG NEWTON has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
RED HOT POPS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-24
latest 2016-08-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.49
last 4 Master vs avg 640.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.43 · weakest Brisket (152.67)
Road miles
107
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
640.49 / 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.
RED HOT POPS 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 136 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after RED HOT POPS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Level with RED HOT POPS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 171.4284 | 150.2400 | 163.13 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5944 | 160.5716 | 166.43 | top 45% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 153.7144 | 158.26 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3600 | 141.1656 | 152.67 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 78% | 2016-08-05 |
| Sugar Mound BBQ Festival | 2 | 40 | 0 | top 77% | 2015-05-23 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2014-05-24 → 2016-08-05
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.43 · weakest Brisket (152.67)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
640.49
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
170
51–182 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
107
4 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
1563
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-07-31 → 2016-08-05
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Sugar Mound BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) Sugar Mound BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0744 Sugar Mound BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score657.0744 Sugar Mound BBQ Festival
- 2016
- First call Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5944 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
- Most recent contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival | 2014-05-24 |
| -7.1 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | 2015-07-31 |
| -4.9 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | 2016-08-05 |
| -0.4 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival | 2015-05-23 |
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 | 100% | top 74% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 91.3% | 90.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-05 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO | 37 / 50 (649.0404) | 33 (162.8344) | 9 (172.5944) | 45 (155.3716) | 38 (158.2400) |
| 2015-07-31 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO | 31 / 38 (649.6000) | 14 (171.4284) | 31 (160.5716) | 35 (158.2400) | 31 (159.3600) |
| 2015-05-23 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS | 40 / 62 (657.0744) | 33 (168.0000) | 15 (171.4400) | 38 (165.7028) | 53 (151.9316) |
| 2014-05-24 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS | 78 / 87 (606.2400) | 80 (150.2400) | 48 (161.1200) | 73 (153.7144) | 77 (141.1656) |