A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Risky Brisket ahead in 100% of their meetings
Risky Brisket has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Low Dough" B-Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-18
latest 2015-10-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.00
last 3 Master vs avg 614.00 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.26 · weakest Brisket (143.95)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
614.00 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Seabass BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Low Dough" B-Que 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 144 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.
#4196 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Low Dough" B-Que)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Low Dough" B-Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Low Dough" B-Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Low Dough" B-Que did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 151.4172 | 157.73 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 156.5256 | 158.26 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 147.4056 | 154.07 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3944 | 135.3600 | 143.95 | top 84% |
“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 83% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-18 → 2015-10-16
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 3 contests
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 158.26 · weakest Brisket (143.95)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
614.00
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
32–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)
- Peak power rating (1493) 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)
- 2014
- First call 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- Career-best overall score626.2400 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7372 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- 2015
- Most recent contest 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | 2015-10-16 |
| -7.3 | 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) | 2013-10-18 |
| -5.5 | 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | 2014-10-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 87% | 87% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-16 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL | 29 / 35 (614.1600) | 34 (151.4172) | 21 (160.5372) | 13 (166.8456) | 34 (135.3600) |
| 2014-10-17 | 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL | 30 / 42 (626.2400) | 8 (169.7372) | 29 (157.7028) | 39 (147.4056) | 33 (151.3944) |
| 2013-10-18 | 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) Libertyville, IL | 40 / 54 (601.6112) | 42 (152.0228) | 28 (156.5256) | 41 (147.9656) | 42 (145.0972) |