#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Low Expectations's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headLow Expectations
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2023-09-08
latest 2026-08-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.95 · weakest Brisket (134.26)
Road miles
1,161
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1161 mi
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
591.30 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
321.62 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
Low Expectations has 2 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 148 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.
#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Low Expectations on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Low Expectations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Low Expectations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Low Expectations'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 154.8228 | 157.68 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 142.2628 | 151.67 | top 93% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9540 | 159.9540 | 159.95 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.2628 | 134.2628 | 134.26 | top 97% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2023-09-08 → 2026-08-21
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.95 · weakest Brisket (134.26)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
591.30
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
321.62
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
150
8–141 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,161
2 mapped stops · furthest 1,161 mi
Purse competed for
$40,200
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2023-09-08 → 2026-08-21
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score591.3024 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.0856 Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
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 | 0% | top 96% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Edinburg, VA | 25 / 26 (321.6228) | 27 (160.5372) | 23 (161.0856) | — | — |
| 2023-09-08 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 94 / 99 (591.3024) | 87 (154.8228) | 96 (142.2628) | 76 (159.9540) | 96 (134.2628) |