A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of JERRY KING MIDLAND TX in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Buffalo Bayou Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1516 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-02-27
latest 2015-09-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
649.10
last 3 Master vs avg 649.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.38 · weakest Brisket (157.70)
Road miles
302
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
649.10 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Buffalo Bayou 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 86 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.
#2637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Level with Buffalo Bayou Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2621 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Buffalo Bayou Que did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 148.5600 | 158.84 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4516 | 158.2516 | 164.18 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 168.0000 | 168.38 | top 20% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 153.7144 | 157.70 | top 49% |
“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 35% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2014-02-27 → 2015-09-04
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
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
averages 168.38 · weakest Brisket (157.70)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
649.10
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
148
96–58 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
302
3 mapped stops · furthest 104 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2014-04-04 → 2015-09-04
Power rating
1516
peak 1516 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3372 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score651.3372 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4516 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1516) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.8 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) | 2014-04-04 |
| +6.4 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2014-02-27 |
| +0.3 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2015-09-04 |
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 51% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 30% | 90.5% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 36 / 70 (649.6684) | 44 (160.0000) | 49 (158.8456) | 17 (168.5600) | 29 (162.2628) |
| 2014-04-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX | 12 / 50 (646.3088) | 38 (148.5600) | 1 (175.4516) | 8 (168.5828) | 32 (153.7144) |
| 2014-02-27 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 13 / 37 (651.3372) | 9 (167.9656) | 21 (158.2516) | 7 (168.0000) | 15 (157.1200) |