The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
The Q Crew has finished one call ahead of FFE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
FFE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-26
latest 2016-07-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
649.34
last 4 Master vs avg 649.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.84)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
649.34 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRY 2 DA BONE ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRY 2 DA BONE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Piggy Blues BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Up in Smoke BBQ Bash every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 32nd
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.
FFE BBQ 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 146 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.
#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
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#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with FFE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
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#3817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 167.3828 | 157.6916 | 163.69 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 154.2516 | 158.84 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 161.6800 | 163.97 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 161.1200 | 162.85 | top 52% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 4 | 32 | 0 | top 69% | 2016-07-22 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2016-07-22
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.84)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
649.34
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
68–147 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1496) Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4916 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score656.4916 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.3828 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2016-07-22 |
| -4.3 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2013-07-26 |
| -3.9 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2015-07-24 |
| -1.4 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2014-07-25 |
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 77% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-22 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 36 / 47 (653.0628) | 30 (167.3828) | 44 (154.8800) | 25 (166.2400) | 24 (164.5600) |
| 2015-07-24 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 39 / 54 (643.9088) | 35 (164.5372) | 49 (154.2516) | 34 (161.6800) | 25 (163.4400) |
| 2014-07-25 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 32 / 52 (656.4916) | 30 (165.1428) | 22 (166.8344) | 35 (163.3944) | 32 (161.1200) |
| 2013-07-26 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 44 / 66 (643.9088) | 55 (157.6916) | 46 (159.3828) | 30 (164.5600) | 33 (162.2744) |