CORPORAL KLINGERS Q

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

Power ranking

#5757

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1442

peak 1442 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-29

latest 2018-07-13

Best ToY finish

#1245

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 80%

overall standings

Best overall

659.9088 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

636.46 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 633.17 (+3.29)

Walk rate

27%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.3088

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±17.59

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.08 · weakest Brisket (154.19)

Road miles

1,371

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 269 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

633.17 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

B&R SMOKE has finished one call ahead of CORPORAL KLINGERS Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.89 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 9%.

Brisket avg 154.19
Chicken avg 160.08
1 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.44% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.44% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.9% of a perfect score
11 contests

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

BILLY MAC BBQ

#5761 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Hillside BBQ

#5756 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Side By Side BBQ

#5752 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

Level with CORPORAL KLINGERS Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

BARK SHARK BBQ

#5755 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before CORPORAL KLINGERS Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BACKYARD SMOKERS

#5750 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-06-01

⚔ Head-to-head

BACKYARD BURNERS

#5760 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-06-10

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
GREY STREET BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKERS MI	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
RAMSHACKLE BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	174.3088	151.3484	160.08	top 68%
Pork Ribs	11	0	0	168.0000	144.5372	159.40	top 65%
Pork	11	2	1	172.5828	141.6112	159.50	top 66%
Brisket	11	1	0	166.2400	140.5260	154.19	top 76%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
MI	6	0	top 77%
OH	5	0	top 83%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	10	0	top 81%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 70%

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

On the trail 3.1 yrs 2015-05-29 → 2018-07-13

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 6 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 160.08 · weakest Brisket (154.19)

Walk rate 27% a top-10 call in 3 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 633.17 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 168 75–273 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,371 11 mapped stops · furthest 269 mi

Schedule strength 1562 average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1442 peak 1442 · #5757 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 29 First tracked contest PigMania Lima
May 29 First call PigMania Lima
May 29 Peak power rating (1493) PigMania Lima
2016
Sep 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9088 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 2 Career-best overall score659.9088 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 2 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.3088 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2018
Jun 22 10th tracked contest 10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
Jul 13 Most recent contest *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-09-02
+0.6	*BBQ & BREWS	2017-07-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	PigMaina Lima	2016-05-27
-8.5	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2015-10-16
-8.5	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	2017-06-23
-7.4	PigMania Lima	2015-05-29
-6.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-09-01

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)
2018	3	0%	top 75%	90.5%	89%
2017	3	33%	top 79%	88.2%	87.1%
2016	3	33%	top 83%	91.7%	86.8%
2015	2	50%	top 82%	89.7%	89.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-07-13	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	28 / 40 (651.8740)	24 (163.9428)	18 (165.6800)	29 (160.5600)	25 (161.6912)
2018-06-22	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	22 / 30 (622.2628)	15 (164.5944)	17 (158.2628)	29 (149.1084)	25 (150.2972)
2018-05-18	PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lima, OH	26 / 32 (647.8744)	11 (167.9772)	24 (161.6800)	21 (163.9772)	28 (154.2400)
2017-09-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	23 / 27 (624.9140)	22 (151.3484)	25 (147.9428)	15 (163.9428)	16 (161.6800)
2017-07-21	*BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	23 / 37 (635.3596)	30 (158.8684)	21 (158.8456)	21 (161.1200)	23 (156.5256)
2017-06-23	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	29 / 32 (620.4684)	30 (152.5484)	29 (144.5372)	3 (172.5828)	28 (150.8000)
2016-09-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	19 / 30 (659.9088)	8 (174.3088)	15 (165.1316)	28 (154.2284)	10 (166.2400)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	33 / 39 (618.1712)	18 (165.1656)	30 (157.1088)	35 (146.8112)	35 (149.0856)
2016-05-27	PigMaina Lima Lima, OH	29 / 29 (596.8800)	28 (151.9200)	19 (162.8228)	29 (141.6112)	29 (140.5260)
2015-10-16	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	30 / 36 (646.1144)	30 (158.2056)	21 (163.4060)	21 (168.0000)	29 (156.5028)
2015-05-29	PigMania Lima Lima, OH	22 / 27 (641.0172)	26 (151.9544)	13 (168.0000)	7 (172.5600)	24 (148.5028)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1245 (187 pts)	#1021 (297 pts)	#1129 (252 pts)	#1299 (192 pts)	#1400 (172 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1351 (189 pts)	#1483 (184 pts)	#1473 (189 pts)	#918 (414 pts)	#1337 (224 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1685 (139 pts)	#1433 (204 pts)	#1500 (189 pts)	#2076 (109 pts)	#1493 (184 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1632 (127 pts)	#1925 (112 pts)	#1420 (192 pts)	#1306 (237 pts)	#1892 (117 pts)