A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG GUNS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG GUNS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Bastey Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1512 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-04
latest 2015-07-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.77
last 4 Master vs avg 624.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.42 · weakest Pork (151.39)
Road miles
343
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 172 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
624.77 / 720
4 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BOAR-N-Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 28 at their very first tracked contest, I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (2013-07-04).
- 2013-07-04
- 28-team field
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.
Bastey Boys has 4 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 116 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.
#2756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
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#2749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Bastey Boys did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bastey Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
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#2745 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
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#2758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1430 | 157.1200 | 163.42 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164.5712 | 151.9428 | 156.98 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 138.2854 | 151.39 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 165.1430 | 141.6572 | 152.98 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 3 | 0 | top 42% |
| MA | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 3 | 5 | 0 | top 42% | 2015-07-03 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-07-04 → 2015-07-03
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.42 · weakest Pork (151.39)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
624.77
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
69–56 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
343
4 mapped stops · furthest 172 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-07-04 → 2014-07-04
Power rating
1512
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First call I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First category win (Brisket) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score637.1426 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1430 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1512) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- 2015
- Most recent contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2013-07-04 |
| +0.7 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2014-07-04 |
| +0.4 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2015-07-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.9 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2014-09-13 |
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 55% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 87% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-03 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 17 / 31 (622.7544) | 10 (161.6800) | 9 (158.2972) | 8 (161.1200) | 29 (141.6572) |
| 2014-09-13 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 24 / 43 (626.7316) | 11 (165.7372) | 32 (151.9428) | 29 (155.3600) | 30 (153.6916) |
| 2014-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 14 / 27 (612.4572) | 15 (157.1200) | 11 (153.1200) | 18 (150.8000) | 16 (151.4172) |
| 2013-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 5 / 28 (637.1426) | 2 (169.1430) | 2 (164.5712) | 26 (138.2854) | 1 (165.1430) |