The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BIGHEAD ED'S DO IT GENTLY BBQ has finished one call ahead of SLABULOUS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SLABULOUS
SLABULOUS is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 35th of 37 at the Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest (2017). They finished #2274 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1464
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
May 1, 2015
latest May 5, 2018 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.54 · weakest Brisket (138.23)
Road miles
230
across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
585.99 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2298 (65 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SLABULOUS, each with one reason worth a look.
SLABULOUS has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 72
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1519
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SLABULOUS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SLABULOUS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Fewer contests behind them than SLABULOUS has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,940 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
They turned up 5 years after SLABULOUS did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#4,967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Level with SLABULOUS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,925 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Fewer contests behind them than SLABULOUS has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,957 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Fewer contests behind them than SLABULOUS has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 139.3944 | 146.68 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 146.8344 | 151.54 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 138.2056 | 149.54 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5600 | 129.0628 | 138.23 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 96% | May 5, 2018 |
| Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 81% | May 6, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
109
finished ahead 23 times, behind 162
Longest layoff
1 yrs
May 1, 2015 → May 6, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
20161 milestone
- Career-best overall score611.3600 Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival
20152 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)161.7256 Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | May 1, 2015 |
| -10.6 | Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest | May 5, 2018 |
| -10.1 | Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest | May 5, 2017 |
| -3.2 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | May 6, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.1% | 78.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2018 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2018 | Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest Crownsville, MD | 36 / 37 (562.6628) | 37 (139.3944) | 32 (149.0972) | 36 (138.8112) | 36 (135.3600) |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest Crownsville, MD | 35 / 37 (586.0800) | 22 (161.6916) | 30 (150.2516) | 37 (138.2056) | 35 (135.9312) |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 35 / 51 (611.3600) | 48 (139.4172) | 26 (159.9772) | 24 (159.4056) | 33 (152.5600) |
| May 1, 2015 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 60 / 64 (583.8516) | 62 (146.2288) | 54 (146.8344) | 26 (161.7256) | 62 (129.0628) |
| Aug 8, 2014 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2013 | 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |