High-water mark
678.1828
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1828 at Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 22, 2017
SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL
SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 19th of 55 at the Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff (2017). They are ranked #2568 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1518 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Sep 18, 2014
latest Sep 22, 2017 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.07 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 658.53 (+3.54)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.15
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.32 · weakest Brisket (161.39)
Road miles
1,248
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
658.53 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL, each with one reason worth a look.
79 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,564 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1549
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,560 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1518
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,570 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1520
They turned up 7 years after SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,578 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1525
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL IN QUE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Its 5 Oclock Somewhere | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| One2BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 162.2516 | 167.32 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 154.8344 | 165.20 | top 50% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 155.3712 | 164.62 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 148.5256 | 161.39 | top 60% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 42% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 45% | Sep 25, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
6 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 8 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
252
finished ahead 184 times, behind 165
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 25, 2015 → Sep 22, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20174 milestones
- Career-best overall score678.1828 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1518) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
20151 milestone
- First call Wabash Ribber Fest
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5884 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | Sep 22, 2017 |
| +6.7 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | Sep 25, 2015 |
| +5 | Wabash Ribber Fest | Apr 24, 2015 |
| +2.8 | Up In Smoke On The Square | Jun 5, 2015 |
| +2.1 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | Sep 18, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.9 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | May 1, 2015 |
| -0.9 | 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff | May 22, 2015 |
| -0.7 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Jul 24, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 92.8% | 91% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2017 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 19 / 55 (678.1828) | 29 (166.8112) | 32 (165.6916) | 2 (177.1428) | 19 (168.5372) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 21 / 55 (667.9656) | 17 (171.4056) | 13 (169.1888) | 29 (165.1200) | 32 (162.2512) |
| Jul 24, 2015 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 20 / 35 (654.6744) | 20 (165.6800) | 27 (159.9544) | 26 (161.6572) | 19 (167.3828) |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL | 19 / 40 (647.3260) | 25 (162.2516) | 8 (169.7372) | 22 (162.2516) | 31 (153.0856) |
| May 22, 2015 | 34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO | 19 / 32 (662.1944) | 16 (167.3828) | 7 (171.9772) | 23 (162.2628) | 21 (160.5716) |
| May 1, 2015 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 27 / 37 (644.9712) | 12 (169.6800) | 32 (154.8344) | 31 (155.3712) | 19 (165.0856) |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL | 19 / 46 (655.3256) | 8 (172.5600) | 19 (167.3828) | 21 (166.8572) | 41 (148.5256) |
| Sep 18, 2014 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 29 / 57 (657.5884) | 42 (162.7884) | 39 (162.8228) | 24 (166.2744) | 28 (165.7028) |