A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Wildebeest BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2015-05-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.69
last 3 Master vs avg 624.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.91 · weakest Brisket (152.36)
Road miles
2
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
624.69 / 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.
Wildebeest 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 142 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Wildebeest BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Wildebeest BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 161.1316 | 146.7884 | 153.12 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 157.1426 | 165.91 | top 31% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 148.5144 | 153.30 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 147.9772 | 152.36 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast BBQ Classic | 2 | 41 | 0 | top 78% | 2015-05-08 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2015-05-08
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
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.91 · weakest Brisket (152.36)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
624.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
100
40–127 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest West Coast BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1493) West Coast BBQ Classic
- 2014
- First call West Coast BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score635.9316 West Coast BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.3200 West Coast BBQ Classic
- 2015
- Most recent contest West Coast BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | West Coast BBQ Classic | 2015-05-08 |
| -7.1 | West Coast BBQ Classic | 2013-05-10 |
| -4.2 | West Coast BBQ Classic | 2014-05-09 |
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 86% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-08 | West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA | 49 / 57 (621.5772) | 53 (146.7884) | 12 (170.2744) | 48 (156.5372) | 52 (147.9772) |
| 2014-05-09 | West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA | 41 / 59 (635.9316) | 36 (161.1316) | 6 (170.3200) | 53 (148.5144) | 38 (155.9656) |
| 2013-05-10 | West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA | 40 / 54 (616.5710) | 45 (151.4284) | 33 (157.1426) | 39 (154.8570) | 34 (153.1430) |