A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Foothills Mountain BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
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
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
550.01
last 3 Master vs avg 550.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±62.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.16 · weakest Brisket (145.70)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
550.01 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival (2016-06-10).
- last seen 2014-06-13
- back 2016-06-10
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.
Foothills Mountain 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 133 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.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Foothills Mountain BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Foothills Mountain BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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 | 165.1200 | 150.2172 | 156.16 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4172 | 140.5712 | 146.84 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9544 | 147.9996 | 149.88 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8228 | 136.5714 | 145.70 | top 89% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 3 | 68 | 0 | top 95% | 2016-06-10 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2016-06-10
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.16 · weakest Brisket (145.70)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
550.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
163
13–229 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-06-13 → 2016-06-10
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1486) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1200 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score608.4116 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -11.5 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2014-06-13 |
| -10.5 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2016-06-10 |
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 95% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 64.4% | 64.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 80.3% | 80.3% |
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 | 72 / 76 (608.4116) | 74 (150.2172) | 67 (151.4172) | 76 (151.9544) | 61 (154.8228) |
| 2014-06-13 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 68 / 73 (463.3368) | 37 (165.1200) | 67 (148.5256) | 66 (149.6912) | — |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 93 / 97 (578.2848) | 75 (153.1426) | 92 (140.5712) | 92 (147.9996) | 94 (136.5714) |