High-water mark
681.6456
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.6456 at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 27, 2014
STEEL HOG Q
STEEL HOG Q is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 37 at the Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (2014). They finished #1001 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1520
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Feb 27, 2014
latest Feb 26, 2015 · 1 year on the trail
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.75 · weakest Chicken (159.81)
Road miles
1,080
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 540 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
663.34 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1001 (312 pts) | #968 (362 pts) | #1063 (312 pts) | #1137 (287 pts) | #1079 (297 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.0228 | 150.2744 | 159.81 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 163.9428 | 167.01 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 166.2628 | 168.75 | top 22% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 166.2628 | 167.77 | top 19% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 25% | Feb 26, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
145
finished ahead 102 times, behind 53
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Peak power rating (1520) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
20148 milestones
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First category win (Chicken) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall podium Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.6456 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score681.6456 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0228 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2015 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 26 / 61 (655.3368) | 49 (153.1428) | 30 (163.9428) | 14 (168.5828) | 9 (169.6684) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 27 / 60 (653.0512) | 53 (150.2744) | 29 (165.1084) | 12 (171.4056) | 14 (166.2628) |
| Feb 27, 2014 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 3 / 37 (681.6456) | 1 (176.0228) | 3 (171.9772) | 9 (166.2628) | 7 (167.3828) |