High-water mark
675.9316
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9316 at Puckaway Pigfest — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-09-10
Little?s Barbecue Company
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1519 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2021-09-10
latest 2023-07-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.49
last 5 Master vs avg 665.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
86%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 167.62 · weakest Chicken (163.16)
Road miles
306
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.49 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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 tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
43RD PARALLEL BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
43RD PARALLEL BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.5
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.46 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 60%.
- Chicken avg 163.16
- Brisket avg 167.62
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Black Crown Barbeque in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 30 at their very first tracked contest, Puckaway Pigfest (2021-09-10).
- 2021-09-10
- 30-team field
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.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Little?s Barbecue Company)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Little?s Barbecue Company has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
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#2523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Level with Little?s Barbecue Company on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Little?s Barbecue Company's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Little?s Barbecue Company's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin Highwaymen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| 43RD PARALLEL BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 157.0972 | 163.16 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176.0116 | 157.1088 | 167.09 | top 43% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 157.6572 | 165.91 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 162.2284 | 167.62 | top 36% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2021-09-10 → 2023-07-14
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 167.62 · weakest Chicken (163.16)
Walk rate
86%
a top-10 call in 6 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
29%
2 of 7 contests
Master average
665.49
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
94–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
306
7 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,140
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1519
peak 1519 · #2524 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
- First call Puckaway Pigfest
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Puckaway Pigfest
- First overall top-10 Puckaway Pigfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9316 Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best overall score675.9316 Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 Puckaway Pigfest
- 2023
- Peak power rating (1519) BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash
- Most recent contest BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2021-09-10 |
| +4.6 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash | 2023-07-14 |
| +4.1 | Best of the Midwest BBQ | 2021-10-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.1 | Masters in May | 2022-04-29 |
| -0.3 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2022-09-09 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 92.1% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 24% | 93.9% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-14 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI | 8 / 19 (666.7312) | 9 (168.5484) | 12 (165.6916) | 6 (170.2628) | 12 (162.2284) |
| 2023-07-14 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI | — | — | 13 (157.1088) | — | — |
| 2022-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 23 / 38 (663.2684) | 30 (160.5028) | 24 (164.5600) | 22 (166.2400) | 7 (171.9656) |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI | 30 / 43 (649.0288) | 37 (157.0972) | 26 (163.4516) | 38 (157.6572) | 8 (170.8228) |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI | — | — | 5 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2021-10-22 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 15 / 44 (672.4684) | 31 (162.2512) | 2 (174.2744) | 12 (171.4172) | 23 (164.5256) |
| 2021-09-10 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 4 / 30 (675.9316) | 15 (167.4056) | 1 (176.0116) | 14 (163.9544) | 9 (168.5600) |