#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 2.
⚔ Head-to-headHey Buds BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2014-06-27
latest 2014-07-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.55 · weakest Pork (157.11)
Road miles
337
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 337 mi
Master avg
651.27 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Hey Buds BBQ 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 158 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.
#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hey Buds 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Hey Buds BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ 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 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 170.8228 | 172.55 | top 21% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 156.5028 | 158.23 | top 75% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5712 | 149.6572 | 157.11 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 159.3712 | 163.38 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2014-07-25
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Cooks most in
TN
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 172.55 · weakest Pork (157.11)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
651.27
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
22–52 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
337
2 mapped stops · furthest 337 mi
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Super City Blues & Ques
- First call Super City Blues & Ques
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Super City Blues & Ques
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.2796 BBQ Fest Cooking Contest
- Career-best overall score659.2796 BBQ Fest Cooking Contest
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Cooking Contest
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 91.6% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 30 / 44 (659.2796) | 16 (170.8228) | 37 (156.5028) | 25 (164.5712) | 21 (167.3828) |
| 2014-06-27 | Super City Blues & Ques Metropolis, IL | 24 / 33 (643.2572) | 2 (174.2744) | 22 (159.9544) | 32 (149.6572) | 26 (159.3712) |