The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
A.F.U. - ALL FIRED UP has finished one call ahead of TIE DYE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
TIE DYE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
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 3 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
589.58
last 3 Master vs avg 589.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 153.30 · weakest Brisket (141.10)
Road miles
1,770
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1770 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
589.58 / 720
3 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
Bad Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad Dog 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.
TIE DYE BBQ 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 124 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.
#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with TIE DYE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after TIE DYE BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 146.8000 | 153.30 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5600 | 143.9200 | 145.47 | top 96% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8228 | 149.1544 | 149.71 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4400 | 135.9316 | 141.10 | top 93% |
“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 96% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 96% | 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
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 3 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
Chicken
averages 153.30 · weakest Brisket (141.10)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
589.58
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
5–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,770
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,770 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- Peak power rating (1486) Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- Career-best overall score617.1200 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2972 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- 2016
- Most recent contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled | 2015-01-17 |
| -12.1 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2016-08-05 |
| -10.5 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2015-08-07 |
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 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.7% | 82.8% |
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 | 36 / 36 (575.8060) | 35 (146.8000) | 35 (143.9200) | 36 (149.1544) | 34 (135.9316) |
| 2015-08-07 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 53 / 58 (617.1200) | 30 (166.2972) | 54 (148.5600) | 54 (150.8228) | 53 (151.4400) |
| 2015-01-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled Hartselle, AL | 36 / 36 (575.8060) | 35 (146.8000) | 35 (143.9200) | 36 (149.1544) | 34 (135.9316) |