A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Gustoso BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Gustoso BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Dos Gatos
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2019-05-03
latest 2024-10-18
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
307.40
last 4 Backyard vs avg 307.40 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.07
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.40)
Road miles
66
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
307.40 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Boob-B-Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).
- last seen 2019-05-03
- back 2021-08-13
The metronome
±1.96%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.96% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 85.4% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
Dos Gatos 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 139 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.
#4845 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Dos Gatos)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Dos Gatos has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than Dos Gatos has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dos Gatos on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Dos Gatos's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Dos Gatos's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Dos Gatos'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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 150.2740 | 156.00 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9660 | 139.9656 | 151.40 | top 84% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.5 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2024-10-18
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.40)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Backyard average
307.40
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
230
64–232 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
66
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,550
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2021-08-13
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2019
- Peak power rating (1491) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.0228 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
- 2024
- Career-best overall score315.9432 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | 2023-10-13 |
| -8.9 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2019-05-03 |
| -8.9 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-10-18 |
| -4 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-18 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 42 / 50 (315.9432) | 46 (155.9772) | 34 (159.9660) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 26 / 27 (311.9772) | 21 (160.0228) | 25 (151.9544) | — | — |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 35 / 49 (303.9768) | 37 (150.2740) | 30 (153.7028) | — | — |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 50 / 54 (297.6912) | 21 (157.7256) | 62 (139.9656) | — | — |
| 2018-05-04 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |