SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2547

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1518

peak 1518 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-09-18

latest 2017-09-22

Best ToY finish

#718

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

678.1828 / 720

Master · Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.07 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.53 (+3.54)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Pork · Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±10.15

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.32 · weakest Brisket (161.39)

Road miles

1,248

mi 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

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Storylines (8 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.

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
2017-09-22

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

One2BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.93 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 161.39
Chicken avg 167.32
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff (2017-09-22).

last seen 2015-09-25
back 2017-09-22

Chicken nemesis

4 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

One2BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, One2BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.

A September team

Top 41% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 41% across 3 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 50% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.41% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.41% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
8 contests

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.

86 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

VALET PORKING

#2551 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

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.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2017-10-06

⚔ Head-to-head

TRAILHOUND SMOKERS

#2537 of the rated field

1518 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-04-08

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BBQ PIT STOP

#2543 of the rated field

1518 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-07-24

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SMOKETACULAR

#2544 of the rated field

1518 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Fantasy Q

#2553 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-03-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Gen U Wine Swine

#2555 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Level with SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-04-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar 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	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	0	172.5600	162.2516	167.32	top 47%
Pork Ribs	8	2	0	171.9772	154.8344	165.20	top 50%
Pork	8	1	1	177.1428	155.3712	164.62	top 54%
Brisket	8	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
IL	5	top 42%
MO	2	top 66%
TN	1	top 57%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 42%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2	21	0	top 45%	2015-09-25

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2014-09-18 → 2017-09-22

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.32 · weakest Brisket (161.39)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 658.53 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 253 184–165 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,248 8 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi

Schedule strength 1552 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2015-09-25 → 2017-09-22

Power rating 1518 peak 1518 · #2547 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Sep 18 First tracked contest Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
Sep 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5884 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
2015
Apr 24 First call Wabash Ribber Fest
2017
Sep 22 Career-best overall score678.1828 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 22 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 22 Peak power rating (1518) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 22 Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2017-09-22
+6.7	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2015-09-25
+5	Wabash Ribber Fest	2015-04-24
+2.8	Up In Smoke On The Square	2015-06-05
+2.1	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2014-09-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.9	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2015-05-01
-0.9	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff	2015-05-22
-0.7	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	2015-07-24

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	100%	top 35%	94.2%	94.2%
2015	6	50%	top 53%	92.8%	91%
2014	1	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
2017-09-22	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	19 / 55 (678.1828)	29 (166.8112)	32 (165.6916)	2 (177.1428)	19 (168.5372)
2015-09-25	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	21 / 55 (667.9656)	17 (171.4056)	13 (169.1888)	29 (165.1200)	32 (162.2512)
2015-07-24	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	20 / 35 (654.6744)	20 (165.6800)	27 (159.9544)	26 (161.6572)	19 (167.3828)
2015-06-05	Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL	19 / 40 (647.3260)	25 (162.2516)	8 (169.7372)	22 (162.2516)	31 (153.0856)
2015-05-22	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)
2015-05-01	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	27 / 37 (644.9712)	12 (169.6800)	32 (154.8344)	31 (155.3712)	19 (165.0856)
2015-04-24	Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL	19 / 46 (655.3256)	8 (172.5600)	19 (167.3828)	21 (166.8572)	41 (148.5256)
2014-09-18	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	29 / 57 (657.5884)	42 (162.7884)	39 (162.8228)	24 (166.2744)	28 (165.7028)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#718 (492 pts)	#614 (627 pts)	#600 (647 pts)	#903 (402 pts)	#823 (437 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2145 (80 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)