SWEET BLAQ ASH

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

Power ranking

#3007

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1505

peak 1508 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-07

latest 2013-10-18

Best ToY finish

#653

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

662.7660 / 720

Master · Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.85

last 5 Master vs avg 649.85 (+0.00)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Chicken · Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±8.44

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.49)

Road miles

425

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 142 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Master avg

649.85 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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

662.7660 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 662.7660 at Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-10-18

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Hog Heaven BBQ has finished one call ahead of SWEET BLAQ ASH 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.04 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 40%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.49
Chicken avg 167.53
1 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE in 4 of their 4 shared 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.

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

Fat Tiger BBQ Team

#3015 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-05-29

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN MEDICINE

#3010 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Level with SWEET BLAQ ASH on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Porky's Revenge

#3001 of the rated field

1505 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

PRAIRIE DOG PIT CREW

#3022 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2014-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

CODE 3 BBQ

#3019 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2013-05-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Gold’s BBQ

#3013 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-06-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLUE CHIP BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	174.8572	163.4172	167.53	top 34%
Pork Ribs	5	1	166.2856	150.2856	158.49	top 62%
Pork	5	1	168.5716	149.1426	162.04	top 48%
Brisket	5	1	170.8572	157.0972	161.80	top 47%

“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
KY	3	top 43%
IN	1	top 51%
OH	1	top 73%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 46%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 54%

The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.4 yrs 2013-06-07 → 2013-10-18

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Cooks most in KY 3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.49)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 1 of 5 contests

Master average 649.85 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 142 96–99 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 425 5 mapped stops · furthest 142 mi

Schedule strength 1522 average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests

Power rating 1505 peak 1508 · #3007 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 7 First tracked contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Jun 7 First call Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4282 Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Jun 7 Peak power rating (1508) Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Oct 18 Career-best overall score662.7660 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
Oct 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
Oct 18 Most recent contest Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.7	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff	2013-06-07
+6.7	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2013-10-18
+0.3	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2013-07-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.9	Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off	2013-07-12
-2.7	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2013-09-06

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2013	5	0	1	0	40%	top 51%	92.1%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-10-18	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	15 / 40 (662.7660)	5 (174.8572)	23 (162.2400)	10 (168.5716)	26 (157.0972)
2013-09-06	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	21 / 34 (648.9600)	23 (164.5256)	30 (154.8116)	11 (166.2400)	18 (163.3828)
2013-07-19	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	29 / 57 (642.1828)	19 (165.7028)	32 (158.8116)	35 (160.5484)	34 (157.1200)
2013-07-12	Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off Kettering, OH	30 / 41 (639.9084)	18 (163.4172)	35 (150.2856)	19 (165.6800)	17 (160.5256)
2013-06-07	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	9 / 30 (655.4282)	4 (169.1428)	7 (166.2856)	22 (149.1426)	5 (170.8572)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#653 (475 pts)	#479 (670 pts)	#762 (435 pts)	#654 (510 pts)	#626 (520 pts)