SLUG BUG BBQ
SLUG BUG BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 9th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They finished #1129 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2013
latest Jul 11, 2014 · 1.2 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.21
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.81 · weakest Brisket (152.18)
Road miles
86
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
635.59 / 720
3 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 161.7028 | 163.42 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 145.7144 | 156.19 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.7142 | 160.5600 | 163.81 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 145.0972 | 152.18 | top 64% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 46% | Jul 11, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
86
finished ahead 61 times, behind 43
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jul 5, 2013 → Jul 11, 2014
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20142 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest The Masters in May
- First call The Masters in May
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score645.7142 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1512) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI | 18 / 29 (637.6344) | 16 (161.7028) | 4 (170.2744) | 16 (160.5600) | 27 (145.0972) |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI | 9 / 30 (645.7142) | 9 (165.1428) | 28 (145.7144) | 3 (169.7142) | 6 (165.1428) |
| May 3, 2013 | The Masters in May Fremont, WI | 19 / 48 (623.4282) | 9 (163.4286) | 31 (152.5714) | 12 (161.1428) | 38 (146.2854) |