GBQ
GBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 27th of 29 at the Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig (2015). They finished #2673 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1460
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 16, 2013
latest Sep 11, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.26 · weakest Chicken (146.07)
Road miles
1,022
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,021 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
607.25 / 720
4 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 | #2673 (62 pts) | #2686 (62 pts) | #2689 (62 pts) | #2693 (62 pts) | #2111 (82 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9196 | 138.2056 | 146.07 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5144 | 138.1944 | 146.94 | top 91% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 146.8228 | 157.26 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 146.8228 | 156.98 | top 56% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 89% | Sep 11, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
114
finished ahead 17 times, behind 111
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Career-best overall score632.9824 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
- Most recent contest Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
20141 milestone
- Career-best single call (Brisket)165.7372 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokefest
- Peak power rating (1486) Smokefest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Smokefest | Aug 16, 2013 |
| -10.9 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | Sep 11, 2015 |
| -9.3 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | Sep 19, 2014 |
| -5.4 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | Jul 18, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.9% | 83.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83% | 83% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2015 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 27 / 29 (632.9824) | 28 (151.9196) | 29 (149.6800) | 20 (165.7028) | 12 (165.6800) |
| Sep 19, 2014 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 30 / 35 (625.5888) | 32 (149.0972) | 31 (152.5144) | 26 (158.2400) | 12 (165.7372) |
| Jul 18, 2014 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 28 / 37 (572.9144) | 32 (138.2056) | 33 (138.1944) | 30 (146.8228) | 21 (149.6916) |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Smokefest Marshall, MN | 30 / 31 (597.5088) | 31 (145.0400) | 27 (147.3716) | 20 (158.2744) | 29 (146.8228) |