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.
TANGLED UP IN 'CUE has 2 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 146 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TANGLED UP IN 'CUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after TANGLED UP IN 'CUE did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with TANGLED UP IN 'CUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 137.1200 | 150.54 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5828 | 144.5256 | 148.55 | top 86% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7028 | 145.1084 | 149.41 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0000 | 142.2172 | 149.11 | top 80% |
“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.
| 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 98% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-22 | Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN | 40 / 41 (604.4112) | 27 (163.9656) | 38 (144.5256) | 39 (153.7028) | 40 (142.2172) |
| 2013-08-23 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | 52 / 55 (590.8112) | 55 (137.1200) | 44 (152.5828) | 53 (145.1084) | 34 (156.0000) |