TAKING THE BRISKET

TAKING THE BRISKET is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 9th of 12 at the Q Fest (2017). They finished #1162 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1496

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 5, 2015

latest May 27, 2017 · 1.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1162

Master 2017 · every season

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

672.5948 / 720

Master · Brew N Q (OPEN)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5828

Pork · Brew N Q (OPEN)

Consistency

±32.50

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 160.56 · weakest Brisket (152.17)

Road miles

338

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

628.11 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

672.5948 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.5948 at Brew N Q (OPEN) — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 27, 2017

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Q Fest (Apr 29, 2017).

last seen Sep 5, 2015
back Apr 29, 2017

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1162 (256 pts)	#1577 (171 pts)	#1206 (271 pts)	#1116 (311 pts)	#1075 (316 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	161.1316	154.2512	157.88	top 71%
Pork Ribs	3	1	170.3088	154.8228	160.56	top 44%
Pork	3	1	172.5828	146.2400	157.50	top 58%
Brisket	3	2	168.5716	129.1316	152.17	top 54%

“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

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 58 finished ahead 32 times, behind 37

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs Sep 5, 2015 → Apr 29, 2017

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20177 milestones

Apr 29 First call Q Fest
Apr 29 First overall top-10 Q Fest
May 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5948 Brew N Q (OPEN)
May 27 Career-best overall score672.5948 Brew N Q (OPEN)
May 27 Career-best single call (Pork)172.5828 Brew N Q (OPEN)
May 27 Peak power rating (1496) Brew N Q (OPEN)
May 27 Most recent contest Brew N Q (OPEN)

20151 milestone

Sep 5 First tracked contest Grillstock

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 27, 2017	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent	10 / 34 (672.5948)	30 (161.1316)	13 (170.3088)	4 (172.5828)	8 (168.5716)
Apr 29, 2017	Q Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon	9 / 12 (615.8400)	10 (154.2512)	6 (156.5372)	12 (146.2400)	5 (158.8116)
Sep 5, 2015	Grillstock London	21 / 26 (595.8856)	11 (158.2512)	11 (154.8228)	16 (153.6800)	25 (129.1316)