High-water mark
681.5884
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.5884 at Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-10-18
Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1528 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2014-06-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.21
last 4 Master vs avg 668.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.42 · weakest Chicken (163.10)
Road miles
253
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 168 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
668.21 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 2 category wins
- average top 26%
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Tiki Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks has 4 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 95 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.
#2381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1533
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.7028 | 150.2172 | 163.10 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1544 | 158.8456 | 166.70 | top 37% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 161.1544 | 165.99 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 165.6684 | 172.42 | top 23% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | 2 | 0 | top 37% |
| IN | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 15% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2014-06-06
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 172.42 · weakest Chicken (163.10)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
668.21
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
112
106–46 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
253
4 mapped stops · furthest 168 mi
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Power rating
1524
peak 1528 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- First call Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- First category win (Brisket) Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8460 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- First overall top-10 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score681.5884 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1528) Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
- 2014
- Most recent contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2013-10-18 |
| +11 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | 2013-07-19 |
| +1.6 | Thunder in the Park | 2013-08-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.9 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff | 2014-06-06 |
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 65% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 26% | 94.7% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-06 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY | 22 / 34 (662.7884) | 26 (164.5372) | 24 (158.8456) | 21 (167.4056) | 8 (172.0000) |
| 2013-10-18 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY | 4 / 40 (681.5884) | 1 (177.7028) | 19 (163.9428) | 17 (166.8228) | 6 (173.1200) |
| 2013-08-31 | Thunder in the Park Connersville, IN | 13 / 27 (661.6000) | 25 (150.2172) | 2 (177.1544) | 6 (168.5600) | 14 (165.6684) |
| 2013-07-19 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN | 11 / 57 (666.8460) | 39 (159.9544) | 12 (166.8572) | 31 (161.1544) | 1 (178.8800) |