High-water mark
685.1316
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.1316 at Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-03
Black Cloud BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1509
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-11-01
latest 2014-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.35
last 4 Master vs avg 665.35 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.83 · weakest Pork (165.55)
Road miles
225
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 86 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
665.35 / 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 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.
Black Cloud 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 99 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.
#2888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Black Cloud BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Black Cloud BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
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#2857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Black Cloud BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
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#2882 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 158.8228 | 167.83 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 159.9884 | 165.56 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 158.2512 | 165.55 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.2856 | 166.41 | top 44% |
“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
0.9 yrs
2013-11-01 → 2014-10-03
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.83 · weakest Pork (165.55)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
665.35
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
87
56–55 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
225
4 mapped stops · furthest 86 mi
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1509
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff
- First call Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1940 Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff
- 2014
- First overall top-10 Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score685.1316 Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1509) Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | 2014-10-03 |
| +1.3 | Smokelawn | 2014-05-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Bucks, Ducks & BBQ | 2014-07-18 |
| -1.6 | Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff | 2013-11-01 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 47% | 95.2% | 92.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-03 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR | 4 / 25 (685.1316) | 14 (164.5488) | 2 (174.8800) | 6 (172.5828) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2014-07-18 | Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR | 19 / 26 (666.1708) | 14 (172.5600) | 23 (159.9884) | 20 (166.2512) | 16 (167.3712) |
| 2014-05-02 | Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR | 20 / 39 (651.9196) | 29 (158.8228) | 19 (165.7028) | 16 (165.1084) | 16 (162.2856) |
| 2013-11-01 | Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff Harrison, AR | 16 / 25 (658.1940) | 5 (175.4056) | 18 (161.6800) | 20 (158.2512) | 13 (162.8572) |