A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HERNANDEZ STYLE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-12
latest 2016-09-02
Best ToY finish
#2910
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.32
last 3 Master vs avg 614.32 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154.63 · weakest Brisket (152.73)
Road miles
173
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
614.32 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
HERNANDEZ STYLE BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 138 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after HERNANDEZ STYLE BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with HERNANDEZ STYLE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 146.2172 | 153.66 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 143.9772 | 154.63 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 150.8572 | 153.30 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 149.6800 | 152.73 | top 79% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 80% | 2015-09-11 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-09-12 → 2016-09-02
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 154.63 · weakest Brisket (152.73)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
614.32
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
70
15–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
173
3 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8344 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1491) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2015
- Career-best overall score625.0172 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-09-02 |
| -8.7 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
| -6.9 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2015-09-11 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI | 30 / 30 (596.9828) | 30 (146.2172) | 29 (143.9772) | 23 (157.1084) | 28 (149.6800) |
| 2015-09-11 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 27 / 34 (625.0172) | 21 (162.8228) | 30 (153.0744) | 33 (150.8572) | 20 (158.2628) |
| 2014-09-12 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 35 / 43 (620.9488) | 35 (151.9544) | 17 (166.8344) | 36 (151.9200) | 37 (150.2400) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2910 (55 pts) | #2916 (55 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2298 (65 pts) | #2921 (55 pts) |