A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
2 CASE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
2 CASE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Houligan's Pit
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1455
peak 1455 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2016-07-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
258.50
last 4 Master vs avg 258.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±57.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.11 · weakest Brisket (143.19)
Road miles
14
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
258.50 / 720
4 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 standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked BBQ'Loo & Blues Too every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 31st
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.
Houligan's Pit 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 129 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.
#5305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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#5306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Level with Houligan's Pit on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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#5317 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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#5300 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 142.1944 | 151.11 | top 75% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9544 | 136.5140 | 143.19 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 4 | 31 | 0 | top 95% | 2016-07-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2016-07-15
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
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 151.11 · weakest Brisket (143.19)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
258.50
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
80
8–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1455
peak 1455 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)160.0000 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- Peak power rating (1485) BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- 2016
- Career-best overall score304.5028 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Most recent contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2013-07-19 |
| -11.5 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2014-07-18 |
| -10.8 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2016-07-15 |
| -7.9 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2015-07-17 |
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 97% | 42.3% | 42.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 39.9% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 39.2% | 39.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 22.2% | 22.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too Waterloo, IA | 31 / 32 (304.5028) | — | 26 (156.5484) | — | 28 (147.9544) |
| 2015-07-17 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 34 / 39 (287.2916) | — | 33 (142.1944) | — | 29 (145.0972) |
| 2014-07-18 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 35 / 37 (282.1940) | — | 31 (145.6800) | — | 30 (136.5140) |
| 2013-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 35 / 35 (160.0000) | — | 18 (160.0000) | — | — |