High-water mark
670.8566
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.8566 at Slidell BBQ Challenge — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 29, 2013
BARBEQUE EXPRESS
BARBEQUE EXPRESS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 10th of 44 at the Slidell BBQ Challenge (2013). They finished #1149 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2013
latest Apr 3, 2015 · 2.1 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 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.08
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.56)
Road miles
126
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
661.53 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1947 (95 pts) | #1606 (155 pts) | #2111 (75 pts) | #2086 (85 pts) | #2141 (70 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1967 (96 pts) | #2113 (86 pts) | #2708 (61 pts) | #2070 (96 pts) | #1729 (146 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1149 (237 pts) | #1511 (157 pts) | #1402 (192 pts) | #839 (392 pts) | #1112 (262 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 154.2854 | 164.42 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 150.2854 | 159.56 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7142 | 166.8228 | 169.42 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 165.1088 | 168.13 | top 36% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Que at the View | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 48% | Apr 3, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
114
finished ahead 85 times, behind 59
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Mar 29, 2013 → Apr 4, 2014
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Peak power rating (1513) 'Que at the View
- Most recent contest 'Que at the View
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7142 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8566 Slidell BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score670.8566 Slidell BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | Slidell BBQ Challenge | Mar 29, 2013 |
| +4.8 | 'Que at the View | Apr 3, 2015 |
| +1.4 | 'Que at the View | Apr 4, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 1, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 93% | 93% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 93.2% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2015 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 18 / 40 (669.6688) | 8 (171.9884) | 22 (164.5600) | 20 (168.0116) | 23 (165.1088) |
| Apr 4, 2014 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 18 / 36 (659.8628) | 20 (165.6800) | 30 (155.9544) | 18 (166.8228) | 9 (171.4056) |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA | 10 / 44 (670.8566) | 20 (165.7142) | 11 (167.4284) | 8 (169.1426) | 12 (168.5714) |
| Mar 1, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA | 17 / 28 (645.7134) | 23 (154.2854) | 25 (150.2854) | 3 (173.7142) | 10 (167.4284) |