A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
STUBBORN BULL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
STUBBORN BULL BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Livin' the Q' Life
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-14
latest 2014-09-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.25
last 4 Master vs avg 619.25 (-0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.71 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Road miles
126
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
619.25 / 720
4 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.
Livin' the Q' Life 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 138 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Livin' the Q' Life on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Livin' the Q' Life did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1660 | 142.8572 | 154.43 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 147.9656 | 156.70 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 169.1544 | 151.9544 | 161.71 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5716 | 135.4056 | 146.41 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
| CT | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 62% | 2014-09-13 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-09-14 → 2014-09-27
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.71 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
619.25
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
40–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
126
4 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1494) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- 2014
- First call The Polish Hungry for Que BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- Career-best overall score637.7032 The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1544 The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- Most recent contest The Best BBQ Chef Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.2 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2014-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | The Polish Hungry for Que BBQ Bash | 2014-05-10 |
| -6.1 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2013-09-14 |
| -1.5 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition | 2014-09-27 |
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 | 100% | top 67% | 88.6% | 86.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-27 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT | 9 / 15 (637.7032) | 12 (150.8456) | 11 (161.1316) | 2 (169.1544) | 6 (156.5716) |
| 2014-09-13 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 23 / 43 (628.4804) | 13 (165.1660) | 17 (158.8228) | 9 (165.1200) | 42 (139.3716) |
| 2014-05-10 | The Polish Hungry for Que BBQ Bash Gardner, MA | 15 / 17 (597.7376) | 16 (142.8572) | 11 (158.8688) | 7 (160.6060) | 17 (135.4056) |
| 2013-09-14 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 30 / 42 (613.0632) | 24 (158.8572) | 37 (147.9656) | 34 (151.9544) | 22 (154.2860) |