Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 59%.
CAJUN BLAZE ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAJUN BLAZE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.46 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at The River Grill before the Big Chill (2014-10-10).
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.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smokin' Cats on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2854 | 149.0400 | 157.68 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 143.4282 | 157.11 | top 77% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 151.4172 | 159.97 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 148.4800 | 161.57 | top 58% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| LA | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 81% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The River Grill before the Big Chill | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 76% | 2015-10-09 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2015-05-29 |
| +1.5 | The River Grill before the Big Chill | 2015-10-09 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | The River Grill before the Big Chill | 2014-10-10 |
| -12.4 | Hammond Blues and BBQ | 2013-03-22 |
| -6.4 | Smokin Blues & BBQ | 2015-03-27 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 59% | 91.4% | 89.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | 25 / 45 (653.5888) | 36 (162.8688) | 38 (156.5028) | 38 (161.0972) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2015-05-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 12 / 31 (658.2288) | 21 (155.9772) | 22 (160.5488) | 5 (170.2628) | 7 (171.4400) |
| 2015-03-27 | Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA | 47 / 56 (625.4284) | 56 (149.0400) | 24 (166.2512) | 42 (161.6572) | 49 (148.4800) |
| 2014-10-10 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | 47 / 49 (621.5776) | 45 (154.2516) | 43 (158.8116) | 46 (151.4172) | 39 (157.0972) |
| 2013-03-22 | Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA | 45 / 50 (622.8558) | 27 (166.2854) | 50 (143.4282) | 45 (155.4282) | 40 (157.7140) |