A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ACES HIGH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ACES HIGH BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
HEGGEQUE
HEGGEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 34th of 57 at the Minnesota in May (2019). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1461
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 13, 2016
latest May 10, 2019 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.98
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.95 · weakest Pork (148.27)
Road miles
148
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
612.98 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
292.49 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2218 (75 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to HEGGEQUE, each with one reason worth a look.
HEGGEQUE 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 135 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,073 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
They turned up 6 years after HEGGEQUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#5,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Level with HEGGEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,087 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,059 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.9028 | 150.2628 | 157.95 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3316 | 141.6688 | 156.59 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0456 | 130.8228 | 148.27 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7372 | 133.6572 | 149.53 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 67 | 0 | top 95% | May 11, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
4 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
174
finished ahead 40 times, behind 261
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Feb 27, 2015 → May 13, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20181 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.9028 Minnesota in May
20162 milestones
- Career-best overall score622.9260 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1488) Minnesota in May
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship (Competitor's Series)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Minnesota in May | May 13, 2016 |
| -11.8 | Minnesota in May | May 12, 2017 |
| -11.6 | Minnesota in May | May 11, 2018 |
| -3.7 | Minnesota in May | May 10, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2019 | Minnesota in May 🏅 | 34 / 57 (292.4916) | 29 (150.8228) | 36 (141.6688) | — | — |
| May 11, 2018 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 67 / 70 (612.6400) | 29 (166.9028) | 58 (157.1772) | 70 (130.8228) | 52 (157.7372) |
| May 12, 2017 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 67 / 71 (603.3832) | 63 (150.2628) | 22 (166.3316) | 64 (153.1316) | 71 (133.6572) |
| May 13, 2016 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 64 / 71 (622.9260) | 42 (161.2000) | 56 (155.4400) | 69 (149.0972) | 47 (157.1888) |
| Feb 27, 2015 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship (Competitor's Series) Isle, MN | — | 26 (160.5716) | 17 (162.3088) | 19 (160.0456) | — |