A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Stink-Eye BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
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 4 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
597.83
last 4 Master vs avg 597.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±67.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.14 · weakest Chicken (151.22)
Road miles
76
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
597.83 / 720
4 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
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DOLF'S BBQ in 3 of their 4 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.
Stink-Eye BBQ 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 134 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.
#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Stink-Eye BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Stink-Eye BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 141.1430 | 151.22 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2858 | 160.5600 | 163.14 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 157.1428 | 162.57 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4400 | 151.9772 | 158.70 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' On The River | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 88% | 2014-06-13 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2015-06-12
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.14 · weakest Chicken (151.22)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
597.83
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
132
49–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
76
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the River
- Peak power rating (1493) Smokin' on the River
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0968 Smokin' On The River
- Career-best overall score649.0968 Smokin' On The River
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2628 Smokin' On The River
- Most recent contest Smokin' On The River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Smokin' On The River | 2014-06-13 |
| -7.4 | Smokin' on the River | 2013-06-14 |
| -5.4 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2014-08-15 |
| -1.2 | Smokin' On The River | 2015-06-12 |
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 64% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.8% | 77.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-12 | Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN | 38 / 59 (649.0968) | 52 (151.4056) | 32 (163.9884) | 17 (170.2628) | 32 (163.4400) |
| 2014-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 45 / 60 (631.9320) | 45 (161.1088) | 34 (160.5600) | 42 (158.2860) | 45 (151.9772) |
| 2014-06-13 | Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN | 52 / 52 (482.2856) | — | 29 (161.7372) | 23 (164.5828) | 36 (155.9656) |
| 2013-06-14 | Smokin' on the River Jeffersonville, IN | 39 / 52 (628.0000) | 51 (141.1430) | 19 (166.2858) | 38 (157.1428) | 26 (163.4284) |