#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headHEY GOOD BUDDY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2015-10-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.83
last 3 Master vs avg 648.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.34 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.39)
Road miles
401
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 374 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
648.83 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
HEY GOOD BUDDY 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 126 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.
#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Level with HEY GOOD BUDDY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 169.1200 | 159.9656 | 164.34 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 152.5144 | 159.39 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 160.5256 | 163.60 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9888 | 154.8228 | 161.50 | top 57% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2015-10-02
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.34 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.39)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
648.83
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
46–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
401
3 mapped stops · furthest 374 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2014-04-18 → 2015-10-02
Power rating
1494
peak 1494 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0516 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.6916 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- 2015
- First call Squealin' on the Square
- Career-best overall score658.6856 Squealin' on the Square
- Peak power rating (1494) Squealin' on the Square
- Most recent contest Squealin' on the Square
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2014-04-18 |
| +2.3 | Squealin' on the Square | 2015-10-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue | 2013-09-27 |
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 | 100% | top 48% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-02 | Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC | 12 / 25 (658.6856) | 11 (163.9312) | 12 (166.2400) | 20 (160.5256) | 9 (167.9888) |
| 2014-04-18 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 26 / 55 (653.0516) | 19 (169.1200) | 32 (159.4172) | 12 (169.6916) | 45 (154.8228) |
| 2013-09-27 | Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue Xenia, OH | 31 / 35 (634.7428) | 28 (159.9656) | 33 (152.5144) | 25 (160.5828) | 19 (161.6800) |