A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Shadow BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-03-13
latest 2015-07-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.84
last 3 Master vs avg 638.84 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.91 · weakest Brisket (155.57)
Road miles
507
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 155 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
638.84 / 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.
Shadow BBQ 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 151 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.
#4321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1528
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Shadow BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Shadow BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Shadow BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Shadow BBQ 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 159.3600 | 164.91 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 158.8000 | 159.56 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 157.6456 | 158.80 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 145.6572 | 155.57 | top 82% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2015-03-13 → 2015-07-09
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.91 · weakest Brisket (155.57)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
638.84
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
173
35–189 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
507
4 mapped stops · furthest 155 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1489) Flames on the Flint
- First call Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1028 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score654.1028 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)
- Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Flames on the Flint | 2015-03-13 |
| -7 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-07-09 |
| -5.9 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) | 2015-05-22 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 85% | 90.8% | 88.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC | 72 / 90 (624.3544) | 69 (159.3600) | 54 (159.3716) | 58 (159.9656) | 79 (145.6572) |
| 2015-05-22 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 52 / 65 (654.1028) | 10 (174.2744) | 51 (160.5028) | 60 (157.6456) | 50 (161.6800) |
| 2015-03-13 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 68 / 72 (638.0684) | 67 (161.1084) | 67 (158.8000) | 70 (158.8000) | 58 (159.3600) |
| 2014-05-23 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA | — | — | — | — | — |