A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
A MAZIE Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
A MAZIE Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BIG ANIMAL BBQ
BIG ANIMAL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 16th of 17 at The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest (2017). They finished #1596 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 6, 2017
latest May 4, 2019 · 2 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 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.69
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.14 · weakest Brisket (146.37)
Road miles
288
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$6,600
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
602.18 / 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 149.6912 | 156.14 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0344 | 129.6572 | 148.55 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 147.3828 | 151.13 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9200 | 137.0744 | 146.37 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 93% | May 4, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CT
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
109
finished ahead 36 times, behind 117
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Aug 25, 2017 → May 4, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
20175 milestones
- First tracked contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- First call Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score632.5600 Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0344 Sun BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest | Aug 25, 2017 |
| -11.4 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | May 6, 2017 |
| -8.3 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | May 4, 2019 |
| -0.1 | Sun BBQ Fest | Jun 3, 2017 |
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 93% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 82% | 87.9% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2019 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT | 27 / 29 (592.4344) | 21 (161.1428) | 29 (129.6572) | 23 (155.9772) | 28 (145.6572) |
| Aug 25, 2017 | The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest Fleischmanns, NY | 16 / 17 (600.9832) | 12 (160.5600) | 12 (146.2288) | 14 (147.3828) | 15 (146.8116) |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 43 / 73 (632.5600) | 55 (153.1656) | 7 (172.0344) | 59 (151.4400) | 47 (155.9200) |
| May 6, 2017 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | 35 / 38 (582.7312) | 32 (149.6912) | 33 (146.2628) | 26 (149.7028) | 34 (137.0744) |