KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1908

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1542

peak 1547 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-10-14

latest 2019-01-19

Best ToY finish

#448

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

686.8456 / 720

Master · *Tallya BBQ Fesztival

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.46 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 659.03 (-11.57)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.0116

Pork Ribs · *Tallya BBQ Fesztival

Consistency

±19.33

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.63 · weakest Brisket (161.77)

Road miles

2,884

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 730 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

659.03 / 720

8 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

Against the odds

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at *Tallya BBQ Fesztival (2017-10-14) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, MISS PIGGY'S U.K..

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at *Tallya BBQ Fesztival.

2017-10-14

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.8456 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.8456 at *Tallya BBQ Fesztival — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-10-14

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.86 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 50%.

Brisket avg 161.77
Chicken avg 166.63
4 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Westside BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 40 at their very first tracked contest, *Tallya BBQ Fesztival (2017-10-14).

2017-10-14
40-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.

50 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN

#1916 of the rated field

1542 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1559

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-10-02

⚔ Head-to-head

Outta Left Field BBQ

#1903 of the rated field

1543 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1543

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

JARHEAD-Q

#1911 of the rated field

1542 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1542

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-04-28

⚔ Head-to-head

We Like Pig Butts BBQ

#1906 of the rated field

1542 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1542

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-04-20
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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O Holy Knight

#1905 of the rated field

1542 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1542

No shared contest yet.

Level with KGB - KATKA GERGO BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2020-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

The Smokin' Bullies

#1907 of the rated field

1542 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
White Squirrel BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BROS HOG	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	4	1	1	171.9884	149.6456	166.63	top 39%
Pork Ribs	8	5	0	2	176.0116	155.4288	165.36	top 43%
Pork	8	5	0	0	172.0344	160.5600	165.27	top 45%
Brisket	8	4	0	2	171.4284	144.5144	161.77	top 50%

“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)	2	1	top 12%
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	1	1	top 3%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Brew N Q	2	22	0	top 93%	2018-05-26

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.3 yrs 2017-10-14 → 2019-01-19

Busiest season 2018 6 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in BZ 1 of 8 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 1 win · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.63 · weakest Brisket (161.77)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 4 of 8 contests

Wins it all 25% 2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve

First title 2017-10-14 *Tallya BBQ Fesztival

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 659.03 out of 720 · 8 contests · 2 GCs

Opponents faced 127 126–87 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,884 8 mapped stops · furthest 730 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Power rating 1542 peak 1547 · #1908 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Oct 14 First tracked contest *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 First call *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 First overall top-10 *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 First overall podium *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 First Grand Championship *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.8456 *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 Biggest field won (40 teams) *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 Career-best overall score686.8456 *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Oct 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 *Tallya BBQ Fesztival
2018
Apr 7 First category win (Chicken) 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018
Apr 7 Peak power rating (1547) 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018
2019
Jan 19 Most recent contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.3	*Tallya BBQ Fesztival	2017-10-14
+15.6	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018	2018-04-07
+13.6	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice	2018-02-17
+7.8	*Tallya BBQ Festival	2018-10-13
+0.7	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	2019-01-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	Brew N Q	2018-05-26

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0	0%	top 50%	90.7%	90.7%
2018	6	1	3	1	83%	top 48%	94.6%	91%
2017	1	1	1	0	100%	top 3%	95.4%	95.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-01-19	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	15 / 30 (653.1088)	11 (169.6684)	28 (155.4288)	17 (164.0000)	15 (164.0116)
2018-10-13	*Tallya BBQ Festival Tallya, 1125	10 / 38 (665.0744)	11 (167.4400)	10 (169.6800)	5 (171.4400)	30 (156.5144)
2018-08-11	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode, 1215	11 / 21 (652.4916)	9 (166.2972)	14 (159.9772)	9 (162.8228)	7 (163.3944)
2018-05-26	Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	32 / 34 (622.7200)	34 (149.6456)	8 (168.0000)	24 (160.5600)	33 (144.5144)
2018-05-25	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	22 / 24 (643.8860)	12 (167.9772)	21 (157.6916)	19 (162.2400)	22 (155.9772)
2018-04-07	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 Wels, 4600	1 / 17 (666.8460)	1 (169.1316)	3 (166.2972)	9 (160.5600)	2 (170.8572)
2018-02-17	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice Weissensee, 9762	3 / 17 (681.2460)	5 (171.9884)	4 (169.7716)	4 (172.0344)	5 (167.4516)
2017-10-14	*Tallya BBQ Fesztival Tallya,	1 / 40 (686.8456)	8 (170.8684)	2 (176.0116)	10 (168.5372)	3 (171.4284)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#1690 (105 pts)	#1558 (125 pts)	#2538 (55 pts)	#1817 (95 pts)	#1725 (105 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#448 (794 pts)	#484 (754 pts)	#460 (799 pts)	#528 (699 pts)	#539 (679 pts)