A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Johnny Rockets BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2013-08-09
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
629.70
last 4 Master vs avg 629.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.71)
Road miles
172
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
629.70 / 720
4 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.
Johnny Rockets BBQ 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 135 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.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Johnny Rockets BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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 | 162.8572 | 160.0002 | 161.43 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7260 | 153.7142 | 155.71 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7142 | 152.5372 | 155.84 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 147.4286 | 156.71 | top 68% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2013-08-09
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
MN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.71)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
629.70
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
88
25–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
172
4 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Schedule strength
1517
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1486) Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score641.0972 Med City BBQ & Musicfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)166.8456 Med City BBQ & Musicfest
- Most recent contest Med City BBQ & Musicfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition | 2013-06-21 |
| -12.6 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off | 2013-06-28 |
| -9.6 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast | 2013-07-12 |
| -0.4 | Med City BBQ & Musicfest | 2013-08-09 |
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% | 89% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-09 | Med City BBQ & Musicfest Rochester, MN | 30 / 50 (641.0972) | 31 (161.1544) | 32 (157.1200) | 41 (155.9772) | 14 (166.8456) |
| 2013-07-12 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast Madelia, MN | 20 / 23 (637.7032) | 18 (162.8572) | 19 (157.7260) | 23 (152.5372) | 12 (164.5828) |
| 2013-06-28 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off Mankato, MN | 28 / 30 (616.5712) | 21 (161.7144) | 24 (153.7142) | 28 (153.1428) | 29 (147.9998) |
| 2013-06-21 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition Hutchinson, MN | 18 / 19 (623.4286) | 17 (160.0002) | 16 (154.2856) | 12 (161.7142) | 18 (147.4286) |