A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bad Azz BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad Azz BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Secret Wood
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-17
latest 2016-05-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.40
last 4 Master vs avg 624.40 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.65
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.85 · weakest Chicken (151.12)
Road miles
2,824
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1353 mi
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1505)
Master avg
624.40 / 720
4 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.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
HawgWash BBQ. has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Secret Wood 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 151 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.
#4315 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1511
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Secret Wood)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Secret Wood has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Secret Wood did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Secret Wood on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
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#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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 | 158.2628 | 139.9544 | 151.12 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1884 | 144.0116 | 151.30 | top 81% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 157.1200 | 160.13 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.0344 | 151.9772 | 161.85 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| MB | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 83% | 2015-08-21 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2013-08-17 → 2016-05-21
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
1 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 161.85 · weakest Chicken (151.12)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
624.40
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
54
25–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,824
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,353 mi
Schedule strength
1505
average field rating faced — tougher than 4% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-16 → 2015-08-21
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1487) Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- 2014
- First call Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- First category win (Brisket) Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score640.5944 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0344 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Triple B Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival | 2013-08-17 |
| -5.9 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2015-08-21 |
| -4.4 | Triple B Festival | 2016-05-21 |
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 | 100% | top 71% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 54% | 89% | 89% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-21 | Triple B Festival Kenora, ON | 12 / 17 (635.9428) | 15 (157.7144) | 16 (155.9772) | 13 (160.5484) | 10 (161.7028) |
| 2015-08-21 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg, MB | 16 / 22 (620.5484) | 20 (148.5600) | 11 (157.1884) | 17 (157.1200) | 10 (157.6800) |
| 2014-08-16 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, | 14 / 26 (640.5944) | 17 (158.2628) | 25 (144.0116) | 14 (162.2856) | 1 (176.0344) |
| 2013-08-17 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA | 24 / 26 (600.5260) | 24 (139.9544) | 22 (148.0116) | 12 (160.5828) | 20 (151.9772) |