A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BILL-B-QUE-TX
BILL-B-QUE-TX is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 9th of 19 at the Smoking Knights BBQ Competition (2013). They finished #973 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2013
latest Aug 30, 2014 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.64
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.26)
Road miles
914
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 816 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
651.68 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 150.2858 | 166.28 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 155.9316 | 161.26 | top 64% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4286 | 158.8572 | 162.57 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 156.5714 | 161.56 | top 59% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
145
finished ahead 88 times, behind 75
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Jul 12, 2013 → Aug 30, 2014
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20142 milestones
- Peak power rating (1501) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4284 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score659.4284 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2014 |
| +2.7 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition | Jun 21, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Minnesota in May | May 17, 2013 |
| -4.8 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast | Jul 12, 2013 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 64% | 91.6% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2014 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 17 / 76 (656.4912) | 11 (167.9656) | 41 (160.5256) | 47 (158.8572) | 9 (169.1428) |
| Jul 12, 2013 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast Madelia, MN | 16 / 23 (653.6460) | 4 (172.5944) | 22 (155.9316) | 13 (164.5828) | 18 (160.5372) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition Hutchinson, MN | 9 / 19 (659.4284) | 3 (174.2856) | 11 (165.7144) | 16 (159.4284) | 13 (160) |
| May 17, 2013 | Minnesota in May Faribault, MN | 37 / 49 (637.1432) | 47 (150.2858) | 24 (162.8574) | 19 (167.4286) | 37 (156.5714) |