High-water mark
672.4800
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.4800 at Battle of the Blue Ridge — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-08-07
Barrel Fever
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-04-22
latest 2026-08-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.16
last 3 Master vs avg 650.16 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.76
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.59 · weakest Brisket (157.69)
Road miles
1,601
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 723 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
650.16 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
6.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.4 years, then back at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2023-09-08).
- last seen 2017-04-22
- back 2023-09-08
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.
Barrel Fever has 3 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 147 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.
#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barrel Fever on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Barrel Fever did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Barrel Fever's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3882 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Barrel Fever's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Barrel Fever'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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 162.2512 | 167.59 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 154.2288 | 161.10 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 155.3828 | 163.78 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 144.5484 | 157.69 | top 69% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.3 yrs
2017-04-22 → 2026-08-07
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.59 · weakest Brisket (157.69)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
650.16
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
160
33–127 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,601
3 mapped stops · furthest 723 mi
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$42,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.4 yrs
2017-04-22 → 2023-09-08
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
- First call Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5660 Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
- Peak power rating (1499) Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
- 2026
- Career-best overall score672.4800 Battle of the Blue Ridge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Battle of the Blue Ridge
- Most recent contest Battle of the Blue Ridge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2023-09-08 |
| -2 | Battle of the Blue Ridge | 2026-08-07 |
| -0.8 | Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) | 2017-04-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Battle of the Blue Ridge 🏅 Swannanoa, NC | 28 / 41 (672.4800) | 8 (175.4172) | 29 (166.8344) | 28 (166.2628) | 29 (163.9656) |
| 2023-09-08 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 88 / 99 (624.4336) | 65 (162.2512) | 69 (162.2512) | 89 (155.3828) | 89 (144.5484) |
| 2017-04-22 | Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) Hampton, GA | 14 / 23 (653.5660) | 15 (165.0972) | 21 (154.2288) | 9 (169.6800) | 11 (164.5600) |