The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
B4BBQ has finished one call ahead of Oink, Cackle and Moo 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Oink, Cackle and Moo
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2015-06-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.87
last 3 Master vs avg 632.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.56 · weakest Pork (157.13)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
632.87 / 720
3 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of TEXAS RIB RANGERS 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.
Oink, Cackle and Moo 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 139 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.
#3822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Oink, Cackle and Moo)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Oink, Cackle and Moo has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Oink, Cackle and Moo did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Level with Oink, Cackle and Moo on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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 | 161.6684 | 154.2854 | 157.49 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 157.0972 | 160.56 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 141.6684 | 157.13 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 152.5712 | 157.70 | top 65% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 3 | 51 | 0 | top 70% | 2015-06-12 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2015-06-12
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.56 · weakest Pork (157.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
632.87
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
158
74–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1495) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score643.8628 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4400 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2015
- Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -4.4 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2015-06-12 |
| -4.2 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 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 73% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-12 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 57 / 78 (628.4572) | 53 (161.6684) | 25 (167.4288) | 76 (141.6684) | 47 (157.6916) |
| 2014-06-13 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 51 / 73 (643.8628) | 64 (156.5028) | 56 (157.0972) | 26 (167.4400) | 44 (162.8228) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 66 / 97 (626.2852) | 72 (154.2854) | 57 (157.1430) | 51 (162.2856) | 73 (152.5712) |