A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CAPERSQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAPERSQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
South African Cook Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-17
latest 2016-05-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.93
last 3 Master vs avg 616.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.54 · weakest Brisket (144.92)
Road miles
2,779
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1353 mi
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
616.93 / 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
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Triple B Festival (2016-05-21).
- last seen 2014-08-16
- back 2016-05-21
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.
South African Cook Boys 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 139 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after South African Cook Boys did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with South African Cook Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7484 | 147.9884 | 158.30 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1888 | 145.7028 | 161.54 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 138.7884 | 152.17 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 134.2628 | 144.92 | top 82% |
“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 100% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
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 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
1 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.54 · weakest Brisket (144.92)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
46
15–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,779
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,353 mi
Schedule strength
1504
average field rating faced — tougher than 4% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2014-08-16 → 2016-05-21
Power rating
1472
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First call Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score633.7488 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1888 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1501) Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Triple B Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.6 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival | 2013-08-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | Triple B Festival | 2016-05-21 |
| -13.5 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2014-08-16 |
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 100% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 92% | 84% | 84% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 88% | 88% |
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 | 17 / 17 (612.5256) | 12 (161.1772) | 17 (145.7028) | 8 (164.5600) | 17 (141.0856) |
| 2014-08-16 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, | 24 / 26 (604.5252) | 9 (165.7484) | 12 (165.7256) | 26 (138.7884) | 26 (134.2628) |
| 2013-08-17 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA | 13 / 26 (633.7488) | 20 (147.9884) | 2 (173.1888) | 20 (153.1544) | 12 (159.4172) |