Happy hunting ground
Top 17%
average finish here
Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 7th
- average top 17%
SWEET PEPPERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1622
peak 1622 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ
Best runs
6
straight top-10s
Contests
19
in the data
First seen
2013-01-25
latest 2016-07-02
Best ToY finish
#152
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
6
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
15
of 19 contests
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Best overall
690.2856 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.73 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 662.69 (+6.04)
Walk rate
89%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.67
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.52)
Road miles
5,106
mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 485 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.69 / 720
19 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (12 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 multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship (2013-07-05).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
They almost always walk
89%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 17 of 19 contests
A top-10 category call in 89% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
690.2856
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2856 at Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-07-05
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Backdraft BBQ has finished one call ahead of SWEET PEPPERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
7–3
behind in the head-to-head
4 LEGS UP BBQ ahead in 70% of their meetings
4 LEGS UP BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 10 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.78 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 16% of the time against 74%.
- Pork Ribs avg 160.52
- Brisket avg 168.30
- 3 calls in 19 entries
A strong matchup
12–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 92% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DJS SMOKIN' BBQ in 12 of their 13 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
WILD HOGS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A June team
Top 16%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 16% across 4 contests, versus top 27% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 27% the rest of the year
The long haul
5,106
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,106 miles across 19 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 485 miles to Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship.
- 19 mapped stops
- furthest 485 mi
The metronome
±1.90%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.90% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 92.0% of a perfect score
- 19 contests
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.
#852 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1621
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#850 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1622
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 33 contests to 19.
⚔ Head-to-head#849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 7
- Top-10s
- 83%
- Peak
- 1622
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 7 Grand Championships in 12 contests, alongside a 83% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#851 of the rated field
- Contests
- 99
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1719
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#856 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 46%
- Peak
- 1631
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to SWEET PEPPERS)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SWEET PEPPERS ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 45%
- Peak
- 1632
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to SWEET PEPPERS)
Level with SWEET PEPPERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | 13 | 12 | 1 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| Backdraft BBQ | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| WILD HOGS BBQ | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TRIGGERS | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SUNDANCER BBQ | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| TEXAS RIB RANGERS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| BLACK BETTY BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| I.A.B. 30 BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| PIG IN A PIT | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLIN' BEAVERS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 177.7028 | 149.7140 | 167.21 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 152.5256 | 160.52 | top 52% |
| Pork | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 177.7144 | 150.3088 | 166.66 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 177.7144 | 162.8572 | 168.30 | top 22% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NM | 7 | 0 | top 21% |
| CO | 6 | 0 | top 28% |
| AZ | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 17% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 0 | top 33% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 18% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 17% | 2015-07-03 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2013-01-25 → 2016-07-02
Busiest season
2013
11 contests
Contests a season
4.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
7 of 19 contests · 5 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
18
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
19 entries · 3 wins · 10 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.52)
Walk rate
89%
a top-10 call in 17 of 19 contests
Overall top-10 rate
79%
15 of 19 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight contests
Master average
662.69
out of 720 · 19 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
391
559–161 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,106
19 mapped stops · furthest 485 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-07-03 → 2016-07-02
Power rating
1622
peak 1622 · #848 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8564 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Pork) Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
- First overall podium Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- First multi-meat day Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score690.2856 Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- 10th tracked contest San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili Challenge
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1622) 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
- Most recent contest 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.1 | Smokin' On the Pecos | 2013-06-28 |
| +13 | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship | 2013-07-05 |
| +12.4 | Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship | 2013-08-31 |
| +9.8 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown | 2013-05-31 |
| +9.7 | Boats, Bands and BBQ | 2013-06-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | 3rd Annual Holbrook | 2013-07-12 |
| -1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-03-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 16% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 83% | top 27% | 94.3% | 93.1% |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 91% | top 28% | 95.9% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-02 | 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 10 / 31 (660.9936) | 10 (165.7484) | 19 (161.6456) | 13 (165.0740) | 5 (168.5256) |
| 2015-07-03 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 7 / 44 (665.7140) | 1 (174.9028) | 35 (152.5256) | 6 (170.2972) | 6 (167.9884) |
| 2014-09-12 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 17 / 47 (666.2172) | 4 (176.5828) | 24 (162.2516) | 27 (164.5256) | 22 (162.8572) |
| 2014-07-04 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM | 7 / 38 (675.4056) | 6 (169.1428) | 7 (170.8572) | 9 (169.7028) | 14 (165.7028) |
| 2014-06-27 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 10 / 60 (675.3024) | 1 (177.7028) | 39 (159.9772) | 16 (170.8112) | 13 (166.8112) |
| 2014-06-06 | Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO | 6 / 29 (673.0172) | 12 (166.2744) | 12 (161.6572) | 3 (174.2628) | 5 (170.8228) |
| 2014-05-01 | Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV | 4 / 18 (678.8576) | 2 (173.1200) | 7 (170.2972) | 9 (164.0004) | 5 (171.4400) |
| 2014-03-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ | 14 / 30 (654.2628) | 11 (165.7028) | 15 (162.2744) | 13 (163.3828) | 12 (162.9028) |
| 2013-10-11 | Bliss Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 5 / 26 (655.8856) | 5 (169.7028) | 16 (158.2400) | 12 (159.3484) | 2 (168.5944) |
| 2013-09-06 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili Challenge Alamosa, CO | 7 / 17 (663.3372) | 4 (169.7144) | 10 (162.8000) | 4 (167.9656) | 8 (162.8572) |
| 2013-08-31 | Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV | 6 / 54 (661.0512) | 34 (158.7884) | 23 (158.2744) | 2 (174.2856) | 8 (169.7028) |
| 2013-07-12 | 3rd Annual Holbrook Holbrook, AZ | 19 / 27 (634.2404) | 19 (159.9772) | 21 (155.9544) | 24 (150.3088) | 7 (168.0000) |
| 2013-07-05 | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship Rio Rancho, NM | 3 / 42 (690.2856) | 1 (176.0000) | 15 (161.1426) | 1 (177.7144) | 2 (175.4286) |
| 2013-06-28 | Smokin' On the Pecos Artesia, NM | 5 / 70 (674.2856) | 9 (170.8568) | 31 (160.0002) | 14 (168.0000) | 3 (175.4286) |
| 2013-06-07 | Boats, Bands and BBQ Pueblo, CO | 8 / 39 (669.1426) | 11 (169.1428) | 27 (156.5712) | 12 (165.7142) | 1 (177.7144) |
| 2013-05-31 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 7 / 33 (651.9994) | 30 (149.7140) | 12 (161.1426) | 1 (173.7144) | 6 (167.4284) |
| 2013-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO | 9 / 31 (646.8568) | 20 (159.4284) | 13 (160.5714) | 7 (161.7142) | 6 (165.1428) |
| 2013-03-15 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Albuquerque, NM | 10 / 20 (639.4280) | 17 (157.7142) | 13 (155.4284) | 7 (163.4282) | 7 (162.8572) |
| 2013-01-25 | 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ | 26 / 86 (654.8564) | 28 (166.8570) | 48 (158.2856) | 49 (162.2854) | 17 (167.4284) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #488 (792 pts) | #337 (1062 pts) | #651 (587 pts) | #560 (697 pts) | #541 (687 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #152 (1620 pts) | #184 (1352 pts) | #310 (981 pts) | #84 (1803 pts) | #75 (2015 pts) |