HAUNTED GROUNDS BBQ
HAUNTED GROUNDS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 15th of 15 at the Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia (2017). They finished #1585 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 26, 2016
latest Jul 21, 2017
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.15
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.74 · weakest Brisket (148.51)
Road miles
1,278
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1,277 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
613.73 / 720
3 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 153.0512 | 155.38 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 149.6572 | 153.10 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 145.6800 | 156.74 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0856 | 143.9200 | 148.51 | top 88% |
“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
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
1 of 3 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
93
finished ahead 8 times, behind 89
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20174 milestones
- First call Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia
- Career-best overall score629.0284 Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4400 Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
- Peak power rating (1491) Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2017 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL | 43 / 48 (596.9256) | 41 (153.0512) | 37 (149.6572) | 43 (145.6800) | 35 (148.5372) |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia Ogden, UT | 15 / 15 (629.0284) | 15 (157.6684) | 15 (150.8344) | 8 (167.4400) | 14 (153.0856) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 34 / 37 (615.2456) | 32 (155.4172) | 30 (158.8228) | 31 (157.0856) | 36 (143.9200) |