High-water mark
673.7144
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.7144 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 31, 2017
ABECEDARIAN OF Q
ABECEDARIAN OF Q is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2017). They finished #1047 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 1, 2016
latest May 27, 2017 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.85 · weakest Pork (159.26)
Road miles
3,605
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,653 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
650.37 / 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 152.5372 | 159.99 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172.0116 | 163.4056 | 166.85 | top 32% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 151.3944 | 159.26 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 159.3944 | 164.26 | top 40% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 43% | Mar 31, 2017 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
123
finished ahead 70 times, behind 81
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20177 milestones
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.7144 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score673.7144 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1506) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 31, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Apr 1, 2016 |
| -2.9 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Sep 3, 2016 |
| -0.5 | BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) | May 27, 2017 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 33% | 93.6% | 92.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 89.1% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2017 | BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 21 / 37 (655.9544) | 23 (157.7028) | 19 (165.6800) | 13 (168.5716) | 19 (164) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 3 / 30 (673.7144) | 9 (168.6172) | 3 (172.0116) | 14 (159.3828) | 2 (173.7028) |
| Sep 3, 2016 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 38 / 58 (641.6228) | 39 (161.1200) | 29 (163.4056) | 44 (157.7028) | 33 (159.3944) |
| Apr 1, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 23 / 30 (630.2060) | 26 (152.5372) | 5 (166.3200) | 26 (151.3944) | 13 (159.9544) |