HOOK&LADDER BBQ
HOOK&LADDER BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2015. Their best overall finish is 6th of 21 at the Barn Burner BBQ (2015). They finished #1014 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 21, 2015
latest Nov 3, 2015
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.18)
Road miles
2,660
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2,576 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
652.85 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1014 (299 pts) | #1393 (204 pts) | #1525 (174 pts) | #977 (359 pts) | #882 (404 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 155.9656 | 161.10 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 154.8688 | 160.18 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.5484 | 166.2628 | 167.42 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 159.3944 | 164.16 | top 39% |
“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.
More numbers
Most contests held in
FL
1 of 3 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
99
finished ahead 53 times, behind 51
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20158 milestones
- First tracked contest Barn Burner BBQ
- First call Barn Burner BBQ
- First overall top-10 Barn Burner BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7084 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.9772 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1515) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score661.6344 World Food Championships
- Most recent contest World Food Championships
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2015 | World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL | 39 / 58 (661.6344) | 48 (163.9428) | 21 (169.1544) | 36 (167.4400) | 45 (161.0972) |
| Apr 3, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 9 / 28 (650.7084) | 21 (155.9656) | 22 (156.5028) | 9 (166.2628) | 2 (171.9772) |
| Mar 21, 2015 | Barn Burner BBQ Yarrow, BC | 6 / 21 (646.2172) | 9 (163.4056) | 13 (154.8688) | 3 (168.5484) | 7 (159.3944) |