The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BIG WOOD has finished one call ahead of RoShamBo 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
RoShamBo
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.65
last 3 Master vs avg 617.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.28 · weakest Brisket (146.27)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
617.65 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Q-CHIPS 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.
RoShamBo 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 148 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.
#4306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 3%
- Peak
- 1476
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to RoShamBo)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Outhouse BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4293 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#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with RoShamBo on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after RoShamBo did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 146.2744 | 155.97 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 148.5600 | 157.14 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 154.2284 | 158.28 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6804 | 135.9772 | 146.27 | 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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.28 · weakest Brisket (146.27)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
617.65
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,020
316–1,374 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2015-10-03
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1488) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- Career-best overall score635.9088 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4400 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -7.5 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| -4.2 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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 75% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 453 / 606 (629.6112) | 436 (158.8000) | 202 (167.4400) | 499 (154.2284) | 499 (149.1428) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 390 / 552 (635.9088) | 331 (162.8228) | 435 (155.4056) | 272 (164.0000) | 413 (153.6804) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 485 / 535 (587.4288) | 488 (146.2744) | 441 (148.5600) | 346 (156.6172) | 503 (135.9772) |