A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
TECH-NI-QUE
TECH-NI-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 24th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016). They finished #1932 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2015
latest Jun 9, 2017 · 1.7 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
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.00 · weakest Brisket (146.52)
Road miles
6
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Master avg
607.43 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2898 (54 pts) | #2050 (99 pts) | #2895 (54 pts) | #2883 (54 pts) | #2879 (54 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1932 (119 pts) | #2049 (114 pts) | #1775 (139 pts) | #1334 (239 pts) | #2037 (114 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2713 (59 pts) | #2714 (59 pts) | #2716 (59 pts) | #2733 (59 pts) | #2741 (59 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1656 | 149.0856 | 155.00 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 146.2400 | 151.39 | top 84% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 145.6456 | 154.53 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 138.7772 | 146.52 | top 89% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 88% | Jun 9, 2017 |
| Smoke in the Park | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 87% | Sep 23, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
88
finished ahead 16 times, behind 110
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score615.3024 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20162 milestones
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8228 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Park
- Peak power rating (1492) Smoke in the Park
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Smoke in the Park | Sep 23, 2016 |
| -8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Jun 9, 2017 |
| -7.9 | Smoke in the Park | Sep 25, 2015 |
| -7.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 85.2% | 84.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA | 27 / 29 (615.3024) | 16 (165.1656) | 27 (151.3712) | 29 (145.6456) | 25 (153.1200) |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 34 / 38 (606.1028) | 34 (149.0856) | 34 (153.1200) | 32 (153.6800) | 33 (150.2172) |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA | 24 / 29 (613.6000) | 27 (149.1656) | 20 (154.8344) | 5 (170.8228) | 27 (138.7772) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 29 / 34 (594.7312) | 26 (156.5712) | 29 (146.2400) | 32 (147.9544) | 31 (143.9656) |