A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
WILD MAN BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2015-06-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
470.24
last 4 Master vs avg 470.24 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±271.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.24 · weakest Brisket (154.64)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
470.24 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 CARNIVORES 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.
WILD MAN 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 128 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after WILD MAN BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with WILD MAN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
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 | 161.7256 | 154.2856 | 159.24 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 146.8570 | 155.22 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 150.8228 | 157.89 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 146.2172 | 154.64 | top 58% |
“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
2013-06-14 → 2015-06-19
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
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
Chicken
averages 159.24 · weakest Brisket (154.64)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
470.24
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
73–98 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-06-13 → 2015-06-19
Power rating
1495
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- Career-best overall score630.8568 Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4284 Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- Peak power rating (1503) Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- 2015
- Most recent contest 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge | 2013-06-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2015-06-19 |
| -2.1 | 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2014-06-13 |
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 | 0% | top 72% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 42 / 58 (621.0284) | 33 (161.7256) | 31 (162.2628) | 49 (150.8228) | 48 (146.2172) |
| 2014-06-13 | 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 33 / 55 (629.0856) | 46 (154.2856) | 37 (156.5372) | 39 (155.4056) | 25 (162.8572) |
| 2013-06-14 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO | 26 / 68 (630.8568) | 20 (161.7142) | 49 (146.8570) | 11 (167.4284) | 31 (154.8572) |