High-water mark
680.5144
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.5144 at Stand By Your Grill — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-08-15
Cotton Patch Cooking Crew
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1501 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2014-10-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.61
last 5 Master vs avg 658.61 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.75
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.71 · weakest Brisket (157.33)
Road miles
503
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
658.61 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING ahead in 80% of their meetings
CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−12.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Brisket avg 157.33
- Chicken avg 169.71
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Misfits of Smoke 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.
105 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3157 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1503
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Cotton Patch Cooking Crew)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Cotton Patch Cooking Crew has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Cotton Patch Cooking Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 162.8228 | 169.71 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.8116 | 166.02 | top 46% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175.4400 | 155.3484 | 165.56 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 151.3488 | 157.33 | top 78% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 58% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stand By Your Grill | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 42% | 2014-08-15 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2014-10-17
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.71 · weakest Brisket (157.33)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
658.61
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
165
112–128 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
503
5 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Power rating
1501
peak 1501 · #3164 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.5884 Stand By Your Grill
- 2014
- First call Stand By Your Grill
- Career-best overall score680.5144 Stand By Your Grill
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 Stand By Your Grill
- First category win (Pork) Roast N' Boast
- Peak power rating (1501) Roast N' Boast
- Most recent contest Roast N' Boast
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.7 | Stand By Your Grill | 2014-08-15 |
| +3.2 | Roast N' Boast | 2014-10-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.6 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival | 2013-09-20 |
| -5.2 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | 2014-05-02 |
| -1.3 | Stand By Your Grill | 2013-08-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 48% | 94.5% | 92.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 91.9% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-17 | Roast N' Boast Columbus, MS | 11 / 25 (655.3376) | 8 (166.8228) | 16 (158.8116) | 1 (175.4400) | 19 (154.2632) |
| 2014-08-15 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 17 / 65 (680.5144) | 9 (176.0000) | 16 (171.9772) | 9 (174.2744) | 50 (158.2628) |
| 2014-05-02 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS | 29 / 40 (654.1256) | 12 (172.5716) | 19 (165.6684) | 36 (155.3484) | 33 (160.5372) |
| 2013-09-20 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS | 40 / 53 (641.4972) | 42 (162.8228) | 18 (168.5372) | 45 (158.7884) | 47 (151.3488) |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 36 / 62 (661.5884) | 21 (170.3200) | 36 (165.0972) | 38 (163.9428) | 41 (162.2284) |