High-water mark
667.3140
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.3140 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 20, 2015
CHOW'N DOWN THE Q
CHOW'N DOWN THE Q is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 7th of 22 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015). They finished #1521 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Feb 15, 2013
latest Feb 20, 2015 · 2 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±75.98
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.92 · weakest Brisket (114.09)
Road miles
356
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
597.42 / 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9998 | 161.0972 | 162.27 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 145.6116 | 156.14 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 156.5714 | 164.92 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 20 | 114.09 | top 76% |
“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
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
74
finished ahead 17 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Aug 23, 2013 → Feb 20, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20156 milestones
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3140 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score667.3140 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1084 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1487) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kissimmee, FL | 7 / 22 (667.3140) | 18 (161.7028) | 15 (162.8000) | 5 (173.1084) | 7 (169.7028) |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL | 44 / 44 (491.7944) | 29 (161.0972) | 43 (145.6116) | 22 (165.0856) | 44 (20) |
| Feb 15, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL | 22 / 24 (633.1428) | 20 (163.9998) | 19 (160.0002) | 19 (156.5714) | 23 (152.5714) |