High-water mark
668.4688
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.4688 at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 16, 2015
TORCH TIME BBQ
TORCH TIME BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 14th of 17 at the Marietta River City BBQ (2015). They finished #1350 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 18, 2014
latest Jun 10, 2016 · 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 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.85
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.69 · weakest Brisket (158.39)
Road miles
372
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
654.92 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 161.1200 | 165.85 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1772 | 157.6688 | 161.98 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 159.3716 | 168.69 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 156.5372 | 158.39 | top 75% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta River City BBQ | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 81% | Jun 10, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
102
finished ahead 49 times, behind 75
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Apr 18, 2014 → Jun 12, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Marietta River City BBQ
20153 milestones
- First call Marietta River City BBQ
- Career-best overall score668.4688 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4056 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2060 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1500) 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.6 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 16, 2015 |
| +0.2 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | Apr 18, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Marietta River City BBQ | Jun 12, 2015 |
| -7.7 | Marietta River City BBQ | Jun 10, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 92.8% | 91.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2016 | Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH | 16 / 20 (651.3484) | 13 (165.7144) | 16 (159.9656) | 11 (168.5600) | 17 (157.1084) |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH | 19 / 36 (668.4688) | 13 (172.5484) | 28 (161.1204) | 7 (175.4056) | 24 (159.3944) |
| Jun 12, 2015 | Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH | 14 / 17 (649.6460) | 11 (164) | 16 (157.6688) | 6 (171.4400) | 15 (156.5372) |
| Apr 18, 2014 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 30 / 55 (650.2060) | 40 (161.1200) | 15 (169.1772) | 40 (159.3716) | 34 (160.5372) |