A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
METALTEK MEATHEADS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2013-08-09
Best ToY finish
#1036
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.60
last 3 Master vs avg 641.60 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±0.93
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.62 · weakest Brisket (152.72)
Road miles
146
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
641.60 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
METALTEK MEATHEADS has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after METALTEK MEATHEADS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with METALTEK MEATHEADS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 156.5600 | 159.60 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.2856 | 152.5032 | 161.67 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 167.4284 | 167.62 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6572 | 146.8570 | 152.72 | top 72% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2013-08-09
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
MI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.62 · weakest Brisket (152.72)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
641.60
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
41–52 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
146
3 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1497
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2856 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1503) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score642.6860 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Most recent contest Dam Good BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-28 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.8 | Taste of Grand Rapids | 2013-07-19 |
| -0.3 | Dam Good BBQ Championship | 2013-08-09 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 56% | 89.3% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-09 | Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI | 17 / 31 (640.4112) | 22 (156.5600) | 14 (162.2284) | 7 (167.9772) | 24 (153.6456) |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 26 / 39 (642.6860) | 21 (165.0856) | 32 (152.5032) | 11 (167.4400) | 22 (157.6572) |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 12 / 26 (641.7138) | 18 (157.1428) | 2 (170.2856) | 5 (167.4284) | 21 (146.8570) |
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 | #1036 (276 pts) | #1186 (241 pts) | #781 (426 pts) | #707 (471 pts) | #1281 (211 pts) |