The comeback
7.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.9 years, then back at Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) (2023-08-19).
- last seen 2015-10-03
- back 2023-08-19
Those Guys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-10-03
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.74 · weakest Brisket (147.39)
Road miles
2,201
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 933 mi
Master avg
613.70 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Those Guys has 1 rated contest — 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 157 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.
#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Those Guys)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Those Guys has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3649 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1507
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Those Guys)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Those Guys)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Those Guys)
Level with Those Guys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3680 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Those Guys)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Those Guys has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3656 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Those Guys)
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 19 contests, alongside a 11% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1892 | 157.1892 | 157.19 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8112 | 151.3828 | 155.10 | top 77% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7372 | 157.7372 | 157.74 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3944 | 147.3944 | 147.39 | top 86% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ME
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
1
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.74 · weakest Brisket (147.39)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
613.70
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
606
59–547 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,201
3 mapped stops · furthest 933 mi
Longest layoff
7.9 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2023-08-19
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
- 2015
- Career-best overall score613.7036 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.8112 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-19 | Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 22 (158.8112) | — | — |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 523 / 606 (613.7036) | 460 (157.1892) | 519 (151.3828) | 447 (157.7372) | 522 (147.3944) |
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | — | — | — | — | — |