A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
DEGUELLO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DEGUELLO BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Branded 72
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-26
latest 2013-11-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
599.97
last 4 Master vs avg 599.97 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.71)
Road miles
837
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 474 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
599.97 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
Going the wrong way
-28
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 28 points across 4 contests since 2013-04-26 — from 1488 down to 1461.
- 4 contests since 2013-04-26
- now 1461
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.
Branded 72 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 119 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.
#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Branded 72 did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with Branded 72 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
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#5068 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
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#5086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9998 | 151.4286 | 158.27 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 128.0000 | 143.71 | top 83% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8570 | 143.4286 | 150.58 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1428 | 141.1428 | 147.42 | top 72% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.6 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2013-11-15
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
MD
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.71)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
599.97
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
195
31–185 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
837
4 mapped stops · furthest 474 mi
Schedule strength
1507
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score610.2858 BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9998 BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1488) BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -11.8 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2013-04-26 |
| -10.4 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2013-05-03 |
| -5.3 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | 2013-11-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 84.8% | 83.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-11-15 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Charleston, SC | 26 / 35 (607.3256) | 25 (152.5028) | 23 (154.2628) | 27 (152.5944) | 27 (147.9656) |
| 2013-06-14 | Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival Frederick, MD | 57 / 63 (585.1426) | 30 (161.1428) | 62 (128.0000) | 37 (154.8570) | 55 (141.1428) |
| 2013-05-03 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 46 / 55 (597.1432) | 41 (151.4286) | 51 (141.1432) | 38 (151.4286) | 26 (153.1428) |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 62 / 71 (610.2858) | 14 (167.9998) | 54 (151.4288) | 69 (143.4286) | 55 (147.4286) |