WOODPILE BBQ SHACK

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

Power ranking

#1156

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1589

peak 1596 · rated over 20 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2015-06-26

Best ToY finish

#221

Master 2013

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 20 contests

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

686.8000 / 720

Master · Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.24 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 661.69 (+5.55)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±17.02

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.52)

Road miles

3,692

mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 504 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Master avg

661.69 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

Happy hunting ground

Top 20% average finish here

Jim Beam BBQ Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 6th
average top 20%

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 20 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 20 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.8000 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.8000 at Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-07-18

A tough matchup

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 90% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Extra Mile BBQ in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

9 of 10 shared brisket entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

YELLOW RIVER BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 24% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 24% across 4 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,692 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,692 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 504 miles to "Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship.

20 mapped stops
furthest 504 mi

The metronome

±2.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
20 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.

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

BROTHER OF SWEET SMOKE Q

#1154 of the rated field

1589 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1593

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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3D BBQ

#1160 of the rated field

1589 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1589

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

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Smoking OCD

#1155 of the rated field

1589 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1589

No shared contest yet.

27 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 19% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2024-12-06

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The King and His Q

#1165 of the rated field

1588 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 70%
Peak: 1596

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after WOODPILE BBQ SHACK did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-05-24

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SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ

#1157 of the rated field

1589 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1594

No shared contest yet.

Level with WOODPILE BBQ SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2025-06-20

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Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ

#1153 of the rated field

1589 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 93%
Peak: 1589

No shared contest yet.

12 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2025-04-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
BIG BROTHERS BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BONEHEAD BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
HUG HOGS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	5	0	1	174.8456	155.4284	165.69	top 45%
Pork Ribs	21	7	0	0	171.4400	149.7144	163.52	top 47%
Pork	21	7	2	2	176.5600	158.2056	165.77	top 43%
Brisket	21	9	1	5	179.4400	154.8228	166.71	top 35%

“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	Avg finish
MI	9	top 36%
IN	5	top 33%
KY	4	top 24%
TN	1	top 44%
OH	1	top 81%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	12	0	top 36%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 34%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2	8	top 28%	2014-10-17
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	6	top 20%	2014-10-03
Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2	3	top 34%	2014-07-18

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2015-06-26

Busiest season 2014 9 contests

Contests a season 6.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 9 of 20 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 17 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 21 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 166.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.52)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 15 of 20 contests

Overall top-10 rate 35% 7 of 20 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 661.69 out of 720 · 20 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 339 470–240 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,692 20 mapped stops · furthest 504 mi

Schedule strength 1536 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Power rating 1589 peak 1596 · #1156 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 First call 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2856 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Aug 9 First overall top-10 Dam Good BBQ Championship
Aug 23 First category win (Pork) Blues, Brews & Barbecues
Aug 23 First overall podium Blues, Brews & Barbecues
Aug 23 First Reserve Championship Blues, Brews & Barbecues
2014
May 3 10th tracked contest Smokin' On The Water
Jul 18 Career-best overall score686.8000 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
Oct 17 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
2015
Mar 6 Peak power rating (1596) "Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship
Jun 26 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	Blues, Brews & Barbecues	2013-08-23
+14.1	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2014-07-18
+12.1	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2013-10-04
+8.9	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off	2014-06-20
+8.1	Marshall County	2013-09-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	2014-07-11
-7.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-06-26
-3.5	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2013-07-19
-0.8	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	2014-08-22

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 57%	94.5%	91.4%
2014	9	3	2	78%	top 35%	95.4%	92.7%
2013	9	4	1	78%	top 31%	95.2%	91.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-06-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	21 / 30 (635.9316)	14 (164.0116)	26 (150.8112)	15 (160.5716)	18 (160.5372)
2015-03-06	"Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship Nashville, TN	11 / 25 (680.5144)	14 (170.8572)	16 (166.8228)	4 (172.5600)	12 (170.2744)
2014-10-17	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	8 / 32 (671.9316)	6 (171.9656)	28 (156.5488)	20 (163.9772)	1 (179.4400)
2014-10-03	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	11 / 44 (683.8740)	15 (172.5484)	21 (170.8228)	33 (161.6456)	2 (178.8572)
2014-08-22	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	18 / 39 (663.9312)	16 (167.9772)	15 (166.2856)	15 (167.4056)	22 (162.2628)
2014-08-08	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	13 / 32 (663.2912)	24 (159.3828)	6 (170.8916)	24 (161.0856)	3 (174.8456)
2014-07-18	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	3 / 51 (686.8000)	14 (173.7028)	11 (170.8572)	5 (176.5600)	20 (165.6800)
2014-07-11	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	34 / 42 (628.4800)	30 (159.4172)	35 (155.9428)	27 (158.2972)	35 (154.8228)
2014-06-27	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	14 / 34 (671.3256)	5 (174.8456)	15 (166.2400)	25 (162.8344)	10 (167.4056)
2014-06-20	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	6 / 31 (667.3028)	11 (166.2400)	13 (159.9544)	1 (175.4056)	12 (165.7028)
2014-05-03	Smokin' On The Water Liberty, IN	13 / 43 (669.6572)	15 (168.5716)	7 (171.4400)	22 (166.8228)	18 (162.8228)
2013-10-18	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	12 / 40 (666.7428)	27 (158.8228)	9 (170.2744)	8 (169.6800)	13 (167.9656)
2013-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	6 / 41 (685.6684)	16 (170.8228)	10 (170.8456)	19 (167.4172)	2 (176.5828)
2013-09-20	Marshall County Plymouth, IN	7 / 27 (667.3368)	3 (171.9656)	17 (162.2628)	7 (168.5256)	7 (164.5828)
2013-09-13	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	13 / 47 (643.9656)	23 (161.1200)	15 (162.2744)	23 (158.2284)	12 (162.3428)
2013-08-23	Blues, Brews & Barbecues Birch Run, MI	2 / 31 (674.8340)	15 (161.6684)	8 (164.5372)	1 (174.8456)	2 (173.7828)
2013-08-09	Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	9 / 31 (656.4912)	5 (169.7028)	16 (160.0000)	19 (158.2056)	6 (168.5828)
2013-07-19	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	35 / 57 (636.4112)	44 (157.6572)	39 (152.5484)	17 (165.6800)	26 (160.5256)
2013-06-28	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	13 / 26 (639.9996)	7 (166.8570)	24 (149.7144)	11 (162.2856)	13 (161.1426)
2013-06-21	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	11 / 30 (654.2856)	20 (155.4284)	10 (165.7144)	6 (169.1428)	9 (164.0000)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1321 (195 pts)	#1341 (215 pts)	#1644 (150 pts)	#1094 (305 pts)	#1348 (205 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#282 (1237 pts)	#321 (1087 pts)	#355 (1022 pts)	#367 (1012 pts)	#233 (1387 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#221 (1308 pts)	#262 (1083 pts)	#295 (1018 pts)	#204 (1268 pts)	#174 (1438 pts)