WNW BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4570

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1471

peak 1471 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2016-07-29

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

665.6916 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

632.72 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 621.97 (+10.75)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.9028

Pork Ribs · Cass County

Consistency

±36.63

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 158.28 · weakest Brisket (152.24)

Road miles

1,532

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 250 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Master avg

621.97 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

High-water mark

665.6916 career-best overall

92.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.6916 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 92.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-07-31

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

WHEN PIGS DIE ahead in 86% of their meetings

WHEN PIGS DIE has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.05 points below their pork, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 152.24
Pork avg 158.28
2 calls in 9 entries

Pork nemesis

5 of 5 shared pork entries lost

PORK PATROL BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PORK PATROL BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork entries.

A July team

Top 59% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 59% across 4 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.

4 July contests
top 71% the rest of the year

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.

128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

II-IV Que

#4588 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-04-18

⚔ Head-to-head

RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ

#4562 of the rated field

1471 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2015-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

DBQ

#4557 of the rated field

1471 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-05-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Critters

#4567 of the rated field

1471 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Level with WNW BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-03-31

⚔ Head-to-head

You Don't Win Friends with Salad

#4576 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

FIREWEED BARBECUE

#4578 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-09-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WHEN PIGS DIE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PORK PATROL BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	169.7144	141.6344	155.78	top 70%
Pork Ribs	9	1	1	174.9028	135.3828	155.67	top 65%
Pork	9	1	0	168.0344	142.2512	158.28	top 61%
Brisket	9	2	0	173.1200	136.5600	152.24	top 73%

“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
NE	5	0	top 80%
IA	4	0	top 59%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 71%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 68%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	10	top 40%	2016-07-29
Cass County	2	20	top 71%	2014-08-08
Pony Express BBQ Challenge	2	26	top 92%	2014-04-25

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2016-07-29

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NE 5 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 158.28 · weakest Brisket (152.24)

Walk rate 56% a top-10 call in 5 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 1 of 9 contests

Master average 621.97 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 185 83–191 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,532 9 mapped stops · furthest 250 mi

Schedule strength 1546 average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests

Power rating 1471 peak 1471 · #4570 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest Pony Express BBQ Challenge
Aug 9 First call Cass County
Aug 9 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.9028 Cass County
Aug 9 Peak power rating (1490) Cass County
2015
Jul 31 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.6916 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 31 Career-best overall score665.6916 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Jul 29 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-07-31
+6.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-07-29
+3.4	Cass County	2013-08-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	Pony Express BBQ Challenge	2013-04-26
-12.2	Pony Express BBQ Challenge	2014-04-25
-11.9	Cass County	2014-08-08
-4.7	Back to Mayberry BBQ	2015-07-03
-4.6	Whiting BBQ Cookoff	2014-07-03

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0%	top 46%	92.2%	92.2%
2015	3	1	100%	top 62%	92.5%	89.6%
2014	3	0	33%	top 89%	86.5%	82.9%
2013	2	0	50%	top 68%	89.8%	83.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-07-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	13 / 28 (663.9888)	11 (169.7144)	15 (165.1428)	12 (168.0116)	17 (161.1200)
2015-09-18	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	18 / 25 (627.8972)	8 (165.7028)	20 (151.3944)	15 (157.0856)	21 (153.7144)
2015-07-31	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	10 / 30 (665.6916)	14 (166.2628)	13 (164.0116)	16 (162.2972)	7 (173.1200)
2015-07-03	Back to Mayberry BBQ Whiting, IA	20 / 25 (642.2172)	23 (141.6344)	15 (163.4056)	15 (165.7372)	5 (171.4400)
2014-08-08	Cass County Weeping Water, NE	34 / 35 (563.8056)	33 (146.2172)	35 (135.3828)	34 (142.2512)	33 (139.9544)
2014-07-03	Whiting BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA	16 / 21 (622.8004)	20 (147.9544)	15 (157.6916)	6 (168.0344)	18 (149.1200)
2014-04-25	Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE	26 / 28 (603.3372)	18 (161.7144)	22 (153.6572)	24 (151.4056)	28 (136.5600)
2013-08-09	Cass County Weeping Water, NE	20 / 44 (646.3088)	31 (159.4288)	3 (174.9028)	13 (164.0228)	40 (147.9544)
2013-04-26	Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE	43 / 47 (561.7138)	45 (143.4284)	42 (135.4284)	42 (145.7140)	45 (137.1430)

WNW BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (5 found in this team's record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

Pork nemesis

A July team

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By state / province

By contest size

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)