The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
SILVER FOX BBQ has finished one call ahead of Old Old 50 BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Old Old 50 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1422
peak 1422 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2016-04-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.67 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 599.25 (-10.58)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.27 · weakest Brisket (142.66)
Road miles
206
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
599.25 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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 tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE BUCKET BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE BUCKET BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.61 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 142.66
- Chicken avg 154.27
- 0 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of R U Rdy 4 BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
8 of 8
shared chicken entries lost
BLUE BUCKET BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BLUE BUCKET BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared chicken entries.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Smoke in the Spring every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 61st
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.
34 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6137 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
Level with Old Old 50 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6148 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#6146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1508 at their best, 86 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#6144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE BUCKET BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBS N BIBS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FRONT DOOR GANG | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LIL' FIDDLER'S | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Lazy Butt BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| INDIGO PIG | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| R BUTTS R SMOKIN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PELLET ENVY | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| OLD STYLE BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKERS WILD | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BAD HABIT | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SILVER FOX BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Hillbilly Smoke Club | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 146.8116 | 154.27 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 133.0516 | 149.98 | top 82% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 138.8228 | 152.34 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5144 | 131.3600 | 142.66 | 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring | 4 | 61 | 0 | top 92% | 2016-04-08 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2016-04-08
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.27 · weakest Brisket (142.66)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
599.25
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
237
39–458 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
206
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1422
peak 1422 · #6142 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
- Peak power rating (1487) Smoke In The Spring
- Career-best overall score643.8860 Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5600 Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Smoke In The Spring | 2013-04-12 |
| -12.5 | 9th Annual WildBlue BBQ | 2013-07-19 |
| -11.9 | 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ | 2014-07-18 |
| -10.6 | Smoke in the Spring | 2015-04-10 |
| -9.9 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ | 2015-07-17 |
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 93% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.8% | 80.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.3% | 82.7% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.4% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 101 / 109 (591.3488) | 92 (150.2516) | 104 (142.8228) | 83 (156.5944) | 101 (141.6800) |
| 2015-07-17 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS | 47 / 48 (564.9260) | 47 (146.8116) | 48 (133.0516) | 44 (153.7028) | 47 (131.3600) |
| 2015-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 94 / 97 (595.8744) | 76 (156.5372) | 69 (158.8000) | 94 (144.5828) | 94 (135.9544) |
| 2014-07-18 | 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS | 41 / 41 (591.2572) | 36 (153.6800) | 33 (154.2744) | 41 (138.8228) | 38 (144.4800) |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 61 / 73 (599.9200) | 57 (151.4400) | 43 (157.1544) | 54 (154.2628) | 70 (137.0628) |
| 2013-08-23 | Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 18 / 26 (643.8860) | 17 (164.5600) | 15 (161.7144) | 22 (157.0972) | 14 (160.5144) |
| 2013-07-19 | 9th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS | 38 / 40 (613.0516) | 31 (160.5828) | 39 (143.4172) | 33 (159.3944) | 36 (149.6572) |
| 2013-04-12 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 66 / 71 (593.7140) | 64 (150.2858) | 67 (148.5712) | 59 (154.2856) | 67 (140.5714) |