A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOME COOKIN' BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOME COOKIN' BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Shu-B-Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2021-09-03
latest 2024-07-27
Best ToY finish
#1029
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.27
last 5 Master vs avg 620.27 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±33.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.57)
Road miles
77
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
620.27 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The weak link
−10.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.78 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Pork Ribs avg 149.57
- Chicken avg 160.35
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mark's Meats and Treats in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5358 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Shu-B-Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Shu-B-Que's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Level with Shu-B-Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Shu-B-Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Shu-B-Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| HOME COOKIN' BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 149.7260 | 160.35 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 141.6800 | 149.57 | top 91% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 131.3372 | 157.00 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 134.8344 | 153.35 | top 70% |
“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 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didsbury Lions BBQ | 3 | 15 | 0 | top 84% | 2024-07-27 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2021-09-03 → 2024-07-27
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AB
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.57)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
620.27
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
79
26–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
77
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2022-08-27 → 2023-09-02
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #5353 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Didsbury Lions BBQ
- Peak power rating (1487) Didsbury Lions BBQ
- 2022
- First call Didsbury Lions BBQ
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3828 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Career-best overall score655.3828 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2972 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- 2024
- Most recent contest Didsbury Lions BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | BBQ on the Bow | 2021-09-04 |
| -12.9 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2021-09-03 |
| -7.1 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2024-07-27 |
| -6.4 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2022-08-27 |
| -4.8 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2023-09-02 |
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 82% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 91% | 91% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 81.4% | 80.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 23 / 28 (646.2292) | 21 (162.8688) | 21 (162.8344) | 20 (164.5716) | 24 (155.9544) |
| 2023-09-02 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 25 / 40 (655.3828) | 14 (169.1428) | 37 (149.1200) | 6 (174.2972) | 20 (162.8228) |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 15 / 19 (639.3600) | 10 (161.7372) | 19 (151.3828) | 12 (163.4056) | 9 (162.8344) |
| 2021-09-04 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 29 / 29 (586.1716) | 23 (158.2628) | 28 (141.6800) | 25 (151.3944) | 28 (134.8344) |
| 2021-09-03 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 24 / 26 (574.1948) | 23 (149.7260) | 23 (142.8344) | 25 (131.3372) | 18 (150.2972) |
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 | #1169 (63 pts) | #1196 (73 pts) | #1271 (73 pts) | #1162 (78 pts) | #1480 (58 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1092 (115 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #825 (175 pts) | #1194 (85 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1175 (94 pts) | #1107 (119 pts) | #1359 (74 pts) | #1155 (109 pts) | #994 (129 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1029 (110 pts) | #961 (125 pts) | #1092 (115 pts) | #1091 (105 pts) | #892 (140 pts) |