A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Storm Troopers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2014-08-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
553.32
last 3 Master vs avg 553.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 147.58 · weakest Brisket (115.72)
Road miles
18
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
553.32 / 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.
Storm Troopers 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 125 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.
#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Storm Troopers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 139.4056 | 147.58 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0856 | 140.0344 | 145.12 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2400 | 139.3372 | 144.90 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.3144 | 103.9088 | 115.72 | top 98% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 94% | 2014-08-22 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2014-08-22
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 147.58 · weakest Brisket (115.72)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
553.32
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
6–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
18
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1489) Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score582.6060 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8116 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2014
- Most recent contest Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 2014-08-22 |
| -13.5 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2013-09-20 |
| -11.3 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 2013-08-23 |
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 100% | 73.9% | 73.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 80.9% | 78.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-22 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 29 / 29 (531.7372) | 28 (139.4056) | 24 (149.0856) | 27 (139.3372) | 29 (103.9088) |
| 2013-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 51 / 53 (582.6060) | 31 (162.8116) | 49 (146.2400) | 50 (150.2400) | 52 (123.3144) |
| 2013-08-23 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 27 / 31 (545.6112) | 26 (140.5368) | 29 (140.0344) | 27 (145.1084) | 30 (119.9316) |