TASTE OF 217
TASTE OF 217 is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 19th of 24 at the Beardstown Blues,Brews & Barbecue (2017). They finished #2073 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jun 19, 2015
latest Jun 9, 2017 · 2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.13 · weakest Pork (153.11)
Road miles
52
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
644.78 / 720
2 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 161.1084 | 165.13 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 162.8688 | 164.27 | top 55% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 150.2628 | 153.11 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 153.1088 | 162.27 | top 54% |
“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
Opponents faced
43
finished ahead 12 times, behind 38
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jun 19, 2015 → Jun 9, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest Beardstown Blues,Brews & Barbecue
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest Knights of Columbus
- First call Knights of Columbus
- Career-best overall score645.6684 Knights of Columbus
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4284 Knights of Columbus
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2017 | Beardstown Blues,Brews & Barbecue Beardstown, IL | 19 / 24 (643.8972) | 6 (169.1428) | 10 (165.6800) | 20 (155.9656) | 21 (153.1088) |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL | 21 / 28 (645.6684) | 24 (161.1084) | 19 (162.8688) | 28 (150.2628) | 6 (171.4284) |