The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BREW HAWG has finished one call ahead of Team Awesome 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Team Awesome
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-01-17
latest 2016-08-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.83
last 3 Master vs avg 613.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.70 · weakest Brisket (143.22)
Road miles
1,796
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1769 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
613.83 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
Bad Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad Dog BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Roni's Ribs has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Team Awesome has 3 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 163 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.
#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
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#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Team Awesome did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Team Awesome on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2740 | 151.3944 | 152.35 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7148 | 150.2400 | 152.56 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 151.9656 | 165.70 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3944 | 141.1316 | 143.22 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 93% | 2016-08-05 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2015-01-17 → 2016-08-05
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.70 · weakest Brisket (143.22)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
613.83
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
10–117 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,796
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,769 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- First call Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- Peak power rating (1489) Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- 2016
- Career-best overall score618.8008 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- Most recent contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2015-08-07 |
| -10.9 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled | 2015-01-17 |
| -8.5 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2016-08-05 |
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 89% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 93% | 85.9% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-05 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 32 / 36 (618.8008) | 33 (151.3944) | 31 (153.7148) | 8 (172.5600) | 32 (141.1316) |
| 2015-08-07 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 56 / 58 (603.8740) | 54 (154.2740) | 53 (150.2400) | 53 (151.9656) | 54 (147.3944) |
| 2015-03-20 | 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-01-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled Hartselle, AL | 32 / 36 (618.8008) | 33 (151.3944) | 31 (153.7148) | 8 (172.5600) | 32 (141.1316) |