A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
4:20 Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
4:20 Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
VIRGINIA BBQ PIRATES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1508 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2013-07-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.01
last 3 Master vs avg 636.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.15 · weakest Brisket (152.37)
Road miles
230
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
636.01 / 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.
VIRGINIA BBQ PIRATES 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 113 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.
#2899 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1539
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to VIRGINIA BBQ PIRATES)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team VIRGINIA BBQ PIRATES has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with VIRGINIA BBQ PIRATES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4286 | 155.9998 | 165.15 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.3428 | 158.8572 | 161.92 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4286 | 153.1426 | 156.58 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 142.2856 | 152.37 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2013-07-19
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
VA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.15 · weakest Brisket (152.37)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
636.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
153
85–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
230
3 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi
Schedule strength
1509
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Power rating
1508
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- First call Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- First overall top-10 Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7146 Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score657.7146 Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4286 Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1508) Que & Cruz
- Most recent contest Que & Cruz
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2013-06-28 |
| +4.1 | Que & Cruz | 2013-07-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.8 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | 2013-04-19 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 44% | 91.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-19 | Que & Cruz Louisa, VA | 18 / 45 (640.0344) | 9 (168.0116) | 4 (166.3428) | 24 (157.1544) | 35 (148.5256) |
| 2013-06-28 | Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Winchester, VA | 8 / 26 (657.7146) | 6 (171.4286) | 17 (160.5718) | 13 (159.4286) | 4 (166.2856) |
| 2013-04-19 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD | 66 / 106 (610.2852) | 65 (155.9998) | 34 (158.8572) | 70 (153.1426) | 88 (142.2856) |