Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Barbecue Mantua Gang
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2022-09-17
latest 2023-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.80
last 4 Master vs avg 658.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
and counting
Consistency
±15.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.13 · weakest Brisket (162.69)
Road miles
588
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
658.80 / 720
4 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.
High-water mark
670.2972
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2972 at The War of Barbeque — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-07-01
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
COOKLOUNGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
COOKLOUNGE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SOUTH BRIXIA 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.
Barbecue Mantua Gang 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 121 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.
#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barbecue Mantua Gang on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Barbecue Mantua Gang's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Barbecue Mantua Gang's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2915 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Barbecue Mantua Gang's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 161.7028 | 166.13 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 174.9144 | 158.8344 | 165.22 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 160.5600 | 163.55 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 170.8800 | 149.6572 | 162.69 | top 49% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FO.G & Smoke 2023 | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 56% | 2023-09-16 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2022-09-17 → 2023-09-16
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 1 win · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.13 · weakest Brisket (162.69)
Walk rate
71%
a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
57%
4 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests — and still running
Master average
658.80
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
32
25–25 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
588
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1507
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest FO.G & SMOKE
- First call FO.G & SMOKE
- First overall top-10 FO.G & SMOKE
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3372 FO.G & SMOKE
- 2023
- First category win (Pork Ribs) The War of Barbeque
- Career-best overall score670.2972 The War of Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.9144 The War of Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1507) The War of Barbeque
- 2024
- Most recent contest "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | The War of Barbeque | 2023-07-01 |
| +2.3 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 | 2023-09-16 |
| +0.4 | FO.G & SMOKE | 2022-09-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.4 | Wild West Fest on Fire | 2023-08-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 53% | 93.1% | 91.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-06 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia, 25125 | — | — | 15 (162.8228) | — | — |
| 2024-04-06 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia, 25125 | — | — | 26 (158.8344) | — | — |
| 2023-10-07 | Country Road & BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) CARTIGLIANO, 36050 | — | — | 5 (169.1544) | — | — |
| 2023-09-16 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It | 8 / 15 (668.5256) | 10 (163.4284) | 6 (168.5372) | 10 (165.6800) | 2 (170.8800) |
| 2023-08-12 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 8 / 12 (633.0520) | 9 (161.7028) | 8 (158.8688) | 7 (162.8232) | 10 (149.6572) |
| 2023-07-01 | The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 6 / 15 (670.2972) | 11 (169.1200) | 1 (174.9144) | 12 (160.5600) | 5 (165.7028) |
| 2022-09-17 | FO.G & SMOKE Spilamberto, Mo | 7 / 12 (663.3372) | 6 (170.2628) | 8 (163.4172) | 8 (165.1200) | 8 (164.5372) |