A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOLLOW Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOLLOW Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Atomik Kitchen
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
2021-09-10
latest 2024-09-20
Best ToY finish
#1178
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.10
last 4 Master vs avg 606.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.68 · weakest Pork (144.80)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$57K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
606.10 / 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.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 23rd
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.
Atomik Kitchen 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.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Atomik Kitchen's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Atomik Kitchen 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 | 164.5372 | 153.0972 | 159.68 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 144.5144 | 155.09 | top 82% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5368 | 134.1828 | 144.80 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 141.0972 | 146.53 | top 91% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | 4 | 23 | 0 | top 91% | 2024-09-20 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2021-09-10 → 2024-09-20
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.68 · weakest Pork (144.80)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
606.10
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
74
10–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$56,500
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2021-09-10 → 2022-09-16
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score615.8172 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1491) Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5372 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- 2024
- Most recent contest Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | 2024-09-20 |
| -9.4 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | 2022-09-16 |
| -9.2 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | 2021-09-10 |
| -7 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | 2023-09-15 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-20 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 23 / 26 (605.5200) | 18 (162.2744) | 14 (163.9656) | 26 (134.1828) | 23 (145.0972) |
| 2023-09-15 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 23 / 26 (614.6972) | 18 (164.5372) | 21 (156.5260) | 23 (152.5368) | 25 (141.0972) |
| 2022-09-16 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 37 / 39 (588.3544) | 35 (153.0972) | 38 (144.5144) | 37 (147.3484) | 38 (143.3944) |
| 2021-09-10 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 23 / 25 (615.8172) | 20 (158.8000) | 24 (155.3600) | 24 (145.1316) | 20 (156.5256) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1178 (61 pts) | #1148 (86 pts) | #1141 (106 pts) | #1550 (51 pts) | #1200 (61 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1248 (61 pts) | #1212 (86 pts) | #1386 (71 pts) | #1282 (61 pts) | #1620 (51 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1225 (75 pts) | #1584 (55 pts) | #1539 (55 pts) | #1193 (75 pts) |