A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Pig Skin BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Pig Skin BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Chuck Wagon BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2014-06-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.83
last 3 Master vs avg 622.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.14 · weakest Pork (154.28)
Road miles
76
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
622.83 / 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.
Chuck Wagon 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 149 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.
#3931 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Chuck Wagon BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Chuck Wagon BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Chuck Wagon BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with Chuck Wagon BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
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 | 165.1200 | 145.7152 | 155.79 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 154.8572 | 157.14 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 143.4056 | 154.28 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2860 | 152.0002 | 155.62 | top 70% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 68% | 2014-06-20 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2014-06-20
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
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
Pork Ribs
averages 157.14 · weakest Pork (154.28)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
622.83
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
67
22–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
76
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1494) State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score641.7032 State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1544 State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.6 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship | 2014-06-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Kings of BBQ 2013 | 2013-09-20 |
| -6.4 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship | 2013-06-14 |
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 60% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 85.8% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-20 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA | 15 / 25 (641.7032) | 14 (165.1200) | 16 (154.8572) | 11 (165.1544) | 18 (156.5716) |
| 2013-09-20 | Kings of BBQ 2013 Des Moines, IA | 30 / 35 (617.6460) | 28 (156.5372) | 21 (159.4172) | 35 (143.4056) | 23 (158.2860) |
| 2013-06-14 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA | 21 / 28 (609.1438) | 27 (145.7152) | 22 (157.1428) | 21 (154.2856) | 20 (152.0002) |