A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Team Money Muscle
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2018-08-10
latest 2024-06-07
Best ToY finish
#856
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.07 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 625.73 (-4.66)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.16)
Road miles
16
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1624)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.73 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
−19.0
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 19.03 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 144.16
- Pork avg 163.19
- 0 calls in 7 entries
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) (2020-06-19).
- last seen 2018-08-10
- back 2020-06-19
They cook the hard rooms
1624
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1624 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.
- 6 rated 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.
116 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Level with Team Money Muscle on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Team Money Muscle's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Team Money Muscle's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Team Money Muscle's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5546 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Team Money Muscle'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CHIP BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TIRE SMOKE BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WeQ4U | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SI2 BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOOSIERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 147.9772 | 158.45 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 96.8344 | 144.16 | top 94% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 151.3484 | 163.19 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 142.8344 | 152.05 | top 92% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 93% | 2022-06-17 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.8 yrs
2018-08-10 → 2024-06-07
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.16)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
625.73
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
134
16–243 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1624
average field rating faced — tougher than 89% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,500
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2018-08-10 → 2020-06-19
Power rating
1450
peak 1450 · #5529 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Big Blue Barbecue
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0284 *Big Blue Barbecue
- Career-best overall score649.0284 *Big Blue Barbecue
- Peak power rating (1492) *Big Blue Barbecue
- 2020
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Covid-Que Relief (Day 1)
- 2024
- Most recent contest Hoosier BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 | 2021-06-18 |
| -8.7 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 | 2023-06-09 |
| -8.6 | Hoosier BBQ Classic | 2024-06-07 |
| -8.5 | *Big Blue Barbecue | 2018-08-10 |
| -8.2 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) | 2020-06-19 |
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)
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 95% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-07 | Hoosier BBQ Classic 🏅 Franklin, IN | 36 / 38 (635.7600) | 38 (158.8000) | 35 (156.5144) | 27 (168.5256) | 36 (151.9200) |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 37 / 38 (604.4116) | 37 (157.1088) | 38 (140.5600) | 37 (151.3484) | 36 (155.3944) |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 39 / 42 (622.0688) | 41 (152.4800) | 41 (150.7772) | 22 (168.5488) | 39 (150.2628) |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Franklin, IN | — | — | 25 (96.8344) | — | — |
| 2021-06-18 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 48 / 51 (611.2916) | 48 (147.9772) | 34 (164.5256) | 48 (155.9544) | 50 (142.8344) |
| 2020-06-19 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN | 64 / 69 (631.8288) | 57 (161.7256) | 68 (146.7772) | 12 (173.1200) | 66 (150.2060) |
| 2018-08-10 | *Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN | 25 / 27 (649.0284) | 11 (172.5828) | 27 (153.1316) | 23 (161.6340) | 20 (161.6800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1207 (110 pts) | #1288 (75 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #682 (125 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2568 (52 pts) | #1589 (122 pts) | #2561 (52 pts) | #2021 (62 pts) | #1906 (77 pts) |