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.
B & G BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
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 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
592.15
last 4 Master vs avg 592.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±72.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.25 · weakest Chicken (123.69)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
592.15 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Pigs In Heat in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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 33rd
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.
B & G BBQ 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 147 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
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#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after B & G BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with B & G BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4380 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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#4382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 20.0000 | 123.69 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 130.0800 | 149.51 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 162.7884 | 165.25 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 146.8572 | 153.69 | top 76% |
“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 | 4 | 33 | 0 | top 77% | 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
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.25 · weakest Chicken (123.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
592.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
73–246 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #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 (1489) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7424 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score658.7424 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5600 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 |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2015-06-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2016-06-10 |
| -11.4 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -7.1 | 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 99% | 65.4% | 65.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
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 | 75 / 76 (470.6172) | 75 (20.0000) | 76 (130.0800) | 42 (165.1200) | 57 (155.4172) |
| 2015-06-12 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 33 / 78 (658.7424) | 33 (167.9884) | 20 (168.5600) | 21 (167.9656) | 59 (154.2284) |
| 2014-06-13 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 58 / 73 (628.3884) | 63 (157.0628) | 64 (150.2628) | 48 (162.7884) | 50 (158.2744) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 85 / 97 (610.8570) | 84 (149.7144) | 88 (149.1426) | 34 (165.1428) | 84 (146.8572) |