A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Karnivorous ahead in 100% of their meetings
Karnivorous has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pickled Pellet Heads
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2015-05-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.21
last 3 Master vs avg 606.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.55
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.14 · weakest Chicken (146.85)
Road miles
34
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
606.21 / 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.
Pickled Pellet Heads 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 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Pickled Pellet Heads did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pickled Pellet Heads on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- 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 | 154.2860 | 142.2632 | 146.85 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 139.4288 | 151.40 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 143.4056 | 157.14 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7144 | 146.7428 | 150.82 | top 59% |
“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
2 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2015-05-15
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
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
Pork
averages 157.14 · weakest Chicken (146.85)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
606.21
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
108
59–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
34
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1500) Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score621.0976 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5944 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Most recent contest Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2015-05-15 |
| -0.9 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2014-05-16 |
| -0.1 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship | 2013-05-17 |
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 91% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 84% | 84% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-15 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 48 / 53 (592.9488) | 50 (142.2632) | 30 (160.5372) | 50 (143.4056) | 41 (146.7428) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 33 / 56 (621.0976) | 40 (154.2860) | 32 (154.2288) | 16 (164.5944) | 42 (147.9884) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 34 / 65 (604.5720) | 55 (144.0002) | 59 (139.4288) | 13 (163.4286) | 16 (157.7144) |