The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (2015-07-24).
- last seen 2013-06-21
- back 2015-07-24
Pork Belly's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2016-07-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.99
last 3 Master vs avg 606.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 156.35 · weakest Pork (147.04)
Road miles
481
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 302 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
606.99 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Pork Belly's 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 132 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Pork Belly's BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pork Belly's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 169.7028 | 144.5144 | 153.50 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0344 | 148.5716 | 150.10 | top 81% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 139.4284 | 147.04 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 147.3944 | 156.35 | top 53% |
“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 82% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2016-07-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
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
Brisket
averages 156.35 · weakest Pork (147.04)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
606.99
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
141
33–126 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
481
3 mapped stops · furthest 302 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2015-07-24
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1489) 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.2512 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7028 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
- 2016
- Most recent contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -8.5 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2016-07-08 |
| -3 | 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic | 2015-07-24 |
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 82% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 81.8% | 81.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-08 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 31 / 38 (585.5660) | 29 (144.5144) | 27 (149.6800) | 35 (143.9772) | 24 (147.3944) |
| 2015-07-24 | 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA | 37 / 54 (646.2512) | 24 (169.7028) | 46 (152.0344) | 45 (157.7028) | 23 (166.8112) |
| 2013-06-21 | 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA | 61 / 70 (589.1430) | 65 (146.2858) | 60 (148.5716) | 67 (139.4284) | 38 (154.8572) |