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.
WANDERING MARINERS Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2014-06-20
Best ToY finish
#1440
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.18
last 3 Master vs avg 620.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.43
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.48 · weakest Brisket (145.53)
Road miles
373
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 124 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
620.18 / 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.
WANDERING MARINERS Q 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 148 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after WANDERING MARINERS Q did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with WANDERING MARINERS Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 149.7140 | 157.71 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 153.7144 | 158.48 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 147.4286 | 158.47 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4284 | 129.7144 | 145.53 | top 75% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-06-20
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
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 Ribs
averages 158.48 · weakest Brisket (145.53)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
620.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
28–56 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
373
3 mapped stops · furthest 124 mi
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- First call 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8572 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1500) 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- 2014
- Career-best overall score638.2632 6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
- Most recent contest 6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-28 |
| -1.3 | 6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off | 2014-06-20 |
| -0.4 | 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off | 2013-06-21 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0% | top 61% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 88% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-20 | 6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI | 19 / 31 (638.2632) | 12 (165.7028) | 20 (154.8572) | 11 (166.2628) | 20 (151.4404) |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 24 / 26 (588.5718) | 16 (157.7144) | 21 (153.7144) | 22 (147.4286) | 25 (129.7144) |
| 2013-06-21 | 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI | 16 / 30 (633.7136) | 26 (149.7140) | 9 (166.8572) | 17 (161.7140) | 19 (155.4284) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2019 (86 pts) | #1928 (121 pts) | #2138 (81 pts) | #1901 (126 pts) | #2118 (81 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1440 (156 pts) | #1545 (151 pts) | #1328 (211 pts) | #1505 (161 pts) | #1656 (136 pts) |