A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE COLLAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE COLLAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Hamhock Mafia
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2015-10-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.85
last 3 Master vs avg 612.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.13 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
612.85 / 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 SILVER FOX 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.
Hamhock Mafia 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 133 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Hamhock Mafia did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hamhock Mafia on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 167.4400 | 148.5256 | 157.13 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 153.0856 | 155.23 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 148.5600 | 154.83 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8572 | 133.6116 | 145.66 | top 73% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
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
Chicken
averages 157.13 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.85
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
26–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1507
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water
- First call Smoke on the Water
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4400 Smoke on the Water
- Peak power rating (1490) Smoke on the Water
- 2015
- Career-best overall score618.1484 Smoke on the Water
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Smoke on the Water | 2013-10-11 |
| -7.1 | Smoke on the Water | 2015-10-09 |
| -5.5 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee | 2014-10-10 |
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 76% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 84% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 25 / 33 (618.1484) | 31 (148.5256) | 24 (158.2972) | 17 (162.8000) | 27 (148.5256) |
| 2014-10-10 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 26 / 37 (616.5028) | 28 (155.4172) | 27 (153.0856) | 29 (153.1428) | 16 (154.8572) |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 36 / 43 (603.9088) | 10 (167.4400) | 27 (154.2972) | 36 (148.5600) | 41 (133.6116) |