The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS has finished one call ahead of BACKFORTY BANDITS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
BACKFORTY BANDITS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-04-30
latest 2016-07-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.61
last 3 Master vs avg 611.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.43)
Road miles
135
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Master avg
611.61 / 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
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead in 100% of their meetings
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 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.
BACKFORTY BANDITS 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 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.
#4769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BACKFORTY BANDITS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BACKFORTY BANDITS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1516
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BACKFORTY BANDITS)
They've been 1516 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with BACKFORTY BANDITS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BACKFORTY BANDITS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 150.2400 | 154.99 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9888 | 143.3828 | 150.43 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 153.6456 | 155.19 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 147.9772 | 151.01 | top 83% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2016-04-30 → 2016-07-09
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Cooks most in
WI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 155.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.43)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
611.61
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
9–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
135
3 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Masters in May- The Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.0856 Masters in May- The Classic
- Peak power rating (1491) Masters in May- The Classic
- Career-best overall score619.8860 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat
- Most recent contest Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Poor Que | 2016-06-03 |
| -9.9 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat | 2016-07-09 |
| -9 | Masters in May- The Classic | 2016-04-30 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.1% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-09 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat Green Bay, WI | 53 / 55 (619.8860) | 54 (150.2400) | 40 (159.9888) | 50 (155.3944) | 46 (154.2628) |
| 2016-06-03 | Poor Que Montello, WI | 29 / 30 (601.4512) | 22 (153.6456) | 28 (143.3828) | 23 (153.6456) | 22 (150.7772) |
| 2016-04-30 | Masters in May- The Classic Appleton, WI | 52 / 58 (613.4968) | 42 (161.0856) | 55 (147.9084) | 46 (156.5256) | 54 (147.9772) |