A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Kilted Kilby BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1511 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2016-06-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.16
last 5 Master vs avg 641.16 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.14)
Road miles
3,046
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1523 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
641.16 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The weak link
−4.4
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.36 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 158.14
- Chicken avg 162.50
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Texas Smoke in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The long haul
3,046
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,046 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,523 miles to Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition.
- 5 mapped stops
- furthest 1,523 mi
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 41st
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.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Kilted Kilby BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 150.8572 | 162.50 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 143.3600 | 158.14 | top 62% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 155.4056 | 159.52 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 149.0856 | 161.00 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 4 | 0 | top 71% |
| PR | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 71% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 4 | 41 | 0 | top 71% | 2016-06-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2016-06-10
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.14)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
641.16
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
218
129–227 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,046
5 mapped stops · furthest 1,523 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1493
peak 1511 · #3483 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2014
- First call Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6228 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score661.6228 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1511) Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.9 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition | 2014-02-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2015-06-12 |
| -7.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2016-06-10 |
| -2 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -0.9 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2014-06-13 |
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% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 91.9% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-10 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 62 / 76 (634.7200) | 18 (173.1316) | 61 (156.5600) | 69 (155.9428) | 70 (149.0856) |
| 2015-06-12 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 67 / 78 (618.7084) | 47 (163.3944) | 77 (143.3600) | 53 (158.8456) | 61 (153.1084) |
| 2014-06-13 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 41 / 73 (653.0168) | 48 (162.2512) | 52 (159.3600) | 59 (155.4056) | 6 (176.0000) |
| 2014-02-21 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 5 / 38 (661.6228) | 14 (162.8456) | 6 (169.7028) | 8 (166.2744) | 9 (162.8000) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 57 / 97 (637.7142) | 80 (150.8572) | 42 (161.7146) | 58 (161.1426) | 31 (163.9998) |