A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PORK BARREL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORK BARREL BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Top Tier BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-22
latest 2014-08-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.71
last 3 Master vs avg 623.71 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.79 · weakest Brisket (148.74)
Road miles
209
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 97 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
623.71 / 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.
Top Tier 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 157 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.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Top Tier BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Top Tier BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
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 | 158.8344 | 143.3600 | 153.11 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 148.5144 | 158.07 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 162.2858 | 163.79 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 137.7142 | 148.74 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| DC | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2013-06-22 → 2014-08-22
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.79 · weakest Brisket (148.74)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
623.71
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
35–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
209
3 mapped stops · furthest 97 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Peak power rating (1498) Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Career-best overall score638.1488 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-08-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-08-23 |
| -2.3 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2013-06-22 |
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 | 100% | top 55% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD | 16 / 29 (638.1488) | 27 (143.3600) | 7 (166.2744) | 4 (166.2400) | 12 (162.2744) |
| 2013-08-23 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA | 24 / 29 (616.4120) | 20 (158.8344) | 23 (148.5144) | 10 (162.8344) | 25 (146.2288) |
| 2013-06-22 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 25 / 42 (616.5716) | 22 (157.1428) | 25 (159.4288) | 15 (162.2858) | 30 (137.7142) |