Giant slayer
56
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 56-team field at BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival.
- Mar 8, 2013
TEAM TOP CHICK
TEAM TOP CHICK is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2013. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival (2013). They finished #518 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Feb 22, 2013
latest Oct 12, 2013
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.50
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.57 · weakest Brisket (165.58)
Road miles
2,010
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,617 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
671.25 / 720
4 Master contests · 1 GC
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #518 (598 pts) | #648 (503 pts) | #735 (453 pts) | #568 (583 pts) | #645 (503 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TEAM TOP CHICK, each with one reason worth a look.
TEAM TOP CHICK has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 88 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
They turned up 9 years after TEAM TOP CHICK did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#2,658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with TEAM TOP CHICK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,649 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7142 | 162.8568 | 169.57 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 165.1428 | 167.43 | top 41% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.7142 | 156.5484 | 166.05 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4286 | 160.4912 | 165.58 | top 46% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
First title
Mar 8, 2013
BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
Opponents faced
111
finished ahead 94 times, behind 45
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
201312 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9994 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Pork) BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- First overall top-10 BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- First overall podium BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- First Grand Championship BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- Biggest field won (56 teams) BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- Career-best overall score691.4286 BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7142 BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- Peak power rating (1521) BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- Most recent contest World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship (Competitor's Series)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival | Mar 8, 2013 |
| +4.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Feb 22, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.1 | Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic | Oct 12, 2013 |
| -2.8 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2013 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2013 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship (Competitor's Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 19 (169.7256) | 55 (156.5484) | 35 (162.2512) |
| Oct 12, 2013 | Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic Rome, GA | 17 / 25 (668.4344) | 11 (172) | 15 (168.5488) | 16 (167.3944) | 22 (160.4912) |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 20 / 34 (657.1426) | 28 (162.8568) | 15 (165.1430) | 12 (166.8572) | 19 (162.2856) |
| Mar 8, 2013 | BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival Mobile, AL | 1 / 56 (691.4286) | 5 (173.7142) | 13 (168.5716) | 1 (177.7142) | 8 (171.4286) |
| Feb 22, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL | 11 / 29 (667.9994) | 11 (169.7142) | 14 (165.1428) | 23 (161.7140) | 5 (171.4284) |