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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2017-06-09
Best ToY finish
#1932
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
607.43
last 4 Master vs avg 607.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.11
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.00 · weakest Brisket (146.52)
Road miles
6
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Master avg
607.43 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
TECH-NI-QUE has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 163 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after TECH-NI-QUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with TECH-NI-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2017-06-09 |
| Smoke in the Park | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 87% | 2016-09-23 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-06-09
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.00 · weakest Brisket (146.52)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
607.43
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
88
16–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Park
- Peak power rating (1492) Smoke in the Park
- 2016
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8228 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2017
- Career-best overall score615.3024 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | Smoke in the Park | 2016-09-23 |
| -8.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-06-09 |
| -8 | Smoke in the Park | 2015-09-25 |
| -7.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-06-10 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-09 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA | 27 / 29 (615.3024) | 16 (165.1656) | 27 (151.3712) | 29 (145.6456) | 25 (153.1200) |
| 2016-09-23 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 34 / 38 (606.1028) | 34 (149.0856) | 34 (153.1200) | 32 (153.6800) | 33 (150.2172) |
| 2016-06-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA | 24 / 29 (613.6000) | 27 (149.1656) | 20 (154.8344) | 5 (170.8228) | 27 (138.7772) |
| 2015-09-25 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 29 / 34 (594.7312) | 26 (156.5712) | 29 (146.2400) | 32 (147.9544) | 31 (143.9656) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |