TEAM ALLEGRO

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

Power ranking

#2835

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1510

peak 1533 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-29

latest 2017-09-08

Best ToY finish

#378

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

694.2516 / 720

Master · Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

661.23 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 664.76 (-3.53)

Walk rate

53%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Smokin' in McMinnville

Consistency

±14.08

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.06 · weakest Chicken (162.83)

Road miles

1,898

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 500 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Master avg

664.76 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

694.2516 career-best overall

96.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.2516 at Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff — 96.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-09-11

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SWIGGIN PIG has finished one call ahead of TEAM ALLEGRO 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 39%.

7 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE ON THIS ahead in 90% of their meetings

SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.23 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 27%.

Chicken avg 162.83
Pork avg 168.06
2 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SNORING HOGS BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

LOTTA BULL BBQ ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOTTA BULL BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BUSH LEAGUE BBQ (inactive) has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.96% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.96% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
15 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.

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

THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS

#2838 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1510

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to TEAM ALLEGRO)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TEAM ALLEGRO has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

RIB RUNNERS

#2840 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2017-06-16

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Pigs'R' Us

#2836 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1544 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-03-13

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FRIDAY NIGHT SMOKE

#2842 of the rated field

1509 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2021-09-24

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Piccolos BBQ

#2825 of the rated field

1510 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1535

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after TEAM ALLEGRO did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2021-06-19

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Wisco Fire BBQ

#2839 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Level with TEAM ALLEGRO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
LOTTA BULL BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Q SMOKE	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BIG ORANGE SMOKERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SNORING HOGS BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
CRITTER COOKER'S	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	0	173.1428	146.7884	162.83	top 67%
Pork Ribs	15	3	1	175.4286	162.2628	167.95	top 40%
Pork	15	4	1	177.7028	157.6456	168.06	top 49%
Brisket	15	4	0	175.4172	150.2516	165.93	top 48%

“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
TN	11	top 52%
KY	2	top 60%
LA	1	top 43%
AL	1	top 30%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	10	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 51%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2	8	0	top 42%	2015-09-11

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.4 yrs 2013-03-29 → 2017-09-08

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 3 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 11 of 15 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 168.06 · weakest Chicken (162.83)

Walk rate 53% a top-10 call in 8 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 27% 4 of 15 contests

Master average 664.76 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 294 275–277 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,898 15 mapped stops · furthest 500 mi

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Power rating 1510 peak 1533 · #2835 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 29 First tracked contest Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Mar 29 First call Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Mar 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1426 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
May 17 First overall top-10 Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off
Aug 9 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Smokin' in McMinnville
2014
Mar 7 Peak power rating (1533) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 27 10th tracked contest Blount County BBQ Bash
2015
Sep 11 Career-best overall score694.2516 Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff
2017
Sep 8 Most recent contest Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.5	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2015-09-11
+8.1	Smokin' in McMinnville	2013-08-09
+8	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off	2013-05-17
+6.9	Queen City Cook-Off	2013-06-21
+5.5	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off	2013-03-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off	2017-09-08
-9.6	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2014-10-17
-7.9	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff	2016-09-09
-2.4	High on the Hog Festival	2013-04-19
-2.1	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2014-09-05

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0%	top 97%	88.2%	88.2%
2016	1	0	0%	top 80%	91.9%	91.9%
2015	1	1	100%	top 26%	96.4%	96.4%
2014	5	1	20%	top 58%	92.7%	91.8%
2013	7	2	86%	top 39%	94.4%	92.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-08	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off Cookeville, TN	33 / 34 (634.6856)	34 (146.7884)	19 (166.2400)	11 (171.4056)	31 (150.2516)
2016-09-09	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	24 / 30 (661.5656)	30 (153.6456)	13 (170.8344)	13 (170.8228)	20 (166.2628)
2015-09-11	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	8 / 31 (694.2516)	16 (170.8228)	13 (170.8572)	5 (177.1544)	8 (175.4172)
2014-10-17	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	27 / 32 (648.3656)	20 (166.2628)	14 (166.2400)	28 (157.6456)	24 (158.2172)
2014-09-05	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	24 / 41 (667.2912)	31 (166.8112)	19 (167.4172)	28 (166.8228)	25 (166.2400)
2014-06-27	Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	19 / 39 (666.2168)	16 (170.2744)	24 (164.0000)	23 (164.5140)	15 (167.4284)
2014-05-16	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	32 / 56 (659.2800)	36 (165.0972)	39 (162.2628)	36 (164.5372)	21 (167.3828)
2014-03-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	10 / 23 (663.9656)	16 (162.2744)	11 (165.7028)	8 (169.7028)	7 (166.2856)
2013-09-06	Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	19 / 42 (671.3372)	34 (159.9428)	11 (170.2628)	18 (170.8572)	18 (170.2744)
2013-08-09	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	10 / 37 (679.3368)	26 (164.5256)	11 (167.9884)	2 (177.7028)	15 (169.1200)
2013-06-21	Queen City Cook-Off Clarksville, TN	12 / 39 (673.1426)	8 (172.0000)	10 (169.7142)	32 (163.4284)	16 (168.0000)
2013-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off Lewisburg, TN	17 / 36 (666.2854)	5 (173.1428)	12 (166.2858)	25 (162.8570)	19 (163.9998)
2013-05-17	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL	8 / 27 (680.0000)	23 (161.7142)	3 (175.4286)	13 (170.8572)	8 (172.0000)
2013-04-19	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	35 / 60 (648.5706)	47 (158.8570)	30 (163.9998)	6 (172.5714)	47 (153.1424)
2013-03-29	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off Benton, KY	14 / 40 (657.1426)	39 (150.2856)	5 (172.0000)	28 (159.9998)	4 (174.8572)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2781 (59 pts)	#2803 (59 pts)	#2137 (89 pts)	#1759 (129 pts)	#2785 (59 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2916 (55 pts)	#2042 (115 pts)	#2024 (115 pts)	#2228 (80 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1525 (151 pts)	#1986 (101 pts)	#1891 (116 pts)	#1502 (181 pts)	#1599 (151 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#813 (420 pts)	#847 (425 pts)	#777 (470 pts)	#883 (415 pts)	#745 (490 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#378 (806 pts)	#474 (676 pts)	#292 (1026 pts)	#362 (856 pts)	#367 (851 pts)