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.
BUM STEER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2015-08-21
Best ToY finish
#2530
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.74
last 3 Master vs avg 627.74 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.70 · weakest Pork (152.36)
Road miles
135
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
627.74 / 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.
BUM STEER 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 149 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after BUM STEER did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with BUM STEER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.2972 | 152.5256 | 161.70 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 151.9772 | 158.85 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 146.2972 | 152.36 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 146.8572 | 154.83 | top 64% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blues, Brews & Barbecue | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 73% | 2015-08-21 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2015-08-21
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.70 · weakest Pork (152.36)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
627.74
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
41–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
135
3 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- First call Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1499) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2014
- First category win (Chicken) Blues, Brews & Barbecue
- Career-best overall score646.2056 Blues, Brews & Barbecue
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Blues, Brews & Barbecue
- 2015
- Most recent contest Blues, Brews & Barbecue
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue | 2015-08-21 |
| -2.2 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue | 2014-08-22 |
| -0.7 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2013-09-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 62% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-21 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI | 28 / 33 (612.4800) | 29 (152.5256) | 28 (151.9772) | 31 (146.2972) | 14 (161.6800) |
| 2014-08-22 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI | 24 / 39 (646.2056) | 1 (174.2972) | 29 (158.2744) | 30 (157.6684) | 31 (155.9656) |
| 2013-09-13 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 26 / 47 (624.5372) | 28 (158.2744) | 7 (166.2972) | 34 (153.1084) | 33 (146.8572) |
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 | #2737 (58 pts) | #2735 (58 pts) | #2737 (58 pts) | #2754 (58 pts) | #1935 (113 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2530 (69 pts) | #1133 (289 pts) | #2662 (64 pts) | #2662 (64 pts) | #2651 (64 pts) |