A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Liberty Lions Club BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-04
latest 2014-08-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
569.76
last 3 Master vs avg 569.76 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±82.17
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.77 · weakest Brisket (153.52)
Road miles
11
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
569.76 / 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.
Liberty Lions Club 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 139 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.
#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with Liberty Lions Club BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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 | 161.1656 | 154.2860 | 156.77 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1660 | 150.9032 | 154.03 | top 84% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4744 | 152.5484 | 156.77 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 141.1428 | 153.52 | top 68% |
“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
1.3 yrs
2013-05-04 → 2014-08-30
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
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
Chicken
averages 156.77 · weakest Brisket (153.52)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
569.76
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
7–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Water
- Peak power rating (1485) Smokin' on the Water
- 2014
- Career-best overall score633.1656 Thunder in the Park BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.2856 Thunder in the Park BBQ
- Most recent contest Thunder in the Park BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | Smokin' on the Water | 2013-05-04 |
| -10.4 | Thunder in the Park BBQ | 2014-08-30 |
| -9.5 | Thunder in the Park | 2013-08-31 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.4% | 74.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-30 | Thunder in the Park BBQ Connersville, IN | 27 / 29 (633.1656) | 24 (161.1656) | 23 (157.1660) | 28 (152.5484) | 13 (162.2856) |
| 2013-08-31 | Thunder in the Park Connersville, IN | 23 / 27 (622.3888) | 23 (154.8684) | 24 (150.9032) | 20 (159.4744) | 20 (157.1428) |
| 2013-05-04 | Smokin' on the Water Liberty, IN | 36 / 37 (453.7146) | 28 (154.2860) | — | 25 (158.2858) | 32 (141.1428) |