High-water mark
664.9712
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.9712 at Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 19, 2016
BOILER Q'ERS
BOILER Q'ERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 32nd of 55 at the Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival (2017). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2016
latest Aug 20, 2021 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.07
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.25 · weakest Brisket (160.52)
Road miles
8
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
655.56 / 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 | 173.7028 | 158.2400 | 165.69 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 161.6456 | 166.25 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 157.6800 | 163.11 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 152.4684 | 160.52 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 77% | Aug 20, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
119
finished ahead 76 times, behind 135
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Aug 17, 2018 → Aug 20, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
20172 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1503) Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
20164 milestones
- First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- First call Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.9712 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- Career-best overall score664.9712 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.4 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | Aug 19, 2016 |
| +0.4 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | Aug 18, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | Aug 17, 2018 |
| -5.3 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | Aug 20, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 51% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2021 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN | 33 / 43 (653.6116) | 34 (163.9772) | 24 (165.6916) | 37 (157.6800) | 21 (166.2628) |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 42 / 54 (645.5200) | 35 (166.8228) | 35 (163.3944) | 39 (162.2400) | 50 (153.0628) |
| Aug 18, 2017 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 32 / 55 (658.1372) | 48 (158.2400) | 4 (174.2744) | 11 (173.1544) | 46 (152.4684) |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN | 32 / 63 (664.9712) | 9 (173.7028) | 43 (161.6456) | 49 (159.3484) | 22 (170.2744) |