GATHER AROUND BBQ

GATHER AROUND 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 16th of 27 at the Thunder in the Park (2013). They finished #1330 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1504

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 16, 2013

latest Aug 15, 2014 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1330

Master 2013 · every season

Category wins

1 podium

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

656.5832 / 720

Master · Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0344

Brisket · Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues

Consistency

±1.27

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.11 · weakest Pork (158.83)

Road miles

124

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi

Schedule strength

17%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)

Master avg

654.82 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CARSONS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2001 (105 pts)	#1768 (140 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1330 (182 pts)	#1326 (202 pts)	#949 (327 pts)	#1343 (197 pts)	#867 (362 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	0	0	170.2628	151.4516	162.48	top 54%
Pork Ribs	3	2	0	0	173.1200	167.4400	170.11	top 22%
Pork	3	0	0	0	165.7144	154.8000	158.83	top 64%
Brisket	3	1	1	1	176.0344	154.7656	163.40	top 48%

“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.

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 98 finished ahead 76 times, behind 67

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

20141 milestone

Aug 15 Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival

20137 milestones

Aug 16 First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
Aug 16 First call Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
Aug 16 First category win (Brisket) Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
Aug 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5832 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
Aug 16 Career-best overall score656.5832 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
Aug 16 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0344 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1505) Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 15, 2014	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	31 / 60 (654.2284)	19 (170.2628)	12 (169.7600)	48 (154.8000)	35 (159.4056)
Aug 31, 2013	Thunder in the Park Connersville, IN	16 / 27 (653.6344)	10 (165.7144)	10 (167.4400)	11 (165.7144)	23 (154.7656)
Aug 16, 2013	Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN	23 / 60 (656.5832)	56 (151.4516)	5 (173.1200)	43 (155.9772)	1 (176.0344)