A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HELPING U BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HELPING U BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
THE FINGER LICKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2014-05-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.25
last 3 Master vs avg 610.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.93 · weakest Brisket (148.94)
Road miles
55
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
610.25 / 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.
THE FINGER LICKERS 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 151 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.
#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE FINGER LICKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after THE FINGER LICKERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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 | 164.6056 | 146.2744 | 153.72 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 146.8116 | 156.93 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 146.2972 | 150.66 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 137.6688 | 148.94 | top 71% |
“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 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2014-05-30
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.93 · weakest Brisket (148.94)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.25
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
22–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
55
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1515
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- First call 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- Peak power rating (1497) 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- Career-best overall score631.4512 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.6056 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- 2014
- Most recent contest 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2014-05-30 |
| -9.1 | 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska | 2013-08-16 |
| -3.3 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2013-05-31 |
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 97% | 80.2% | 80.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 87.7% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-30 | 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 29 / 30 (577.5892) | 30 (146.2744) | 29 (146.8116) | 29 (146.8344) | 29 (137.6688) |
| 2013-08-16 | 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE | 35 / 43 (631.4512) | 26 (164.6056) | 27 (160.5484) | 42 (146.2972) | 24 (160.0000) |
| 2013-05-31 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 21 / 34 (621.7142) | 25 (150.2856) | 8 (163.4288) | 18 (158.8572) | 21 (149.1426) |