High-water mark
674.3432
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.3432 at Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-05-25
HIGHLAND Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2018-02-03
latest 2019-10-25
Best ToY finish
#971
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.83 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 650.34 (+8.49)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±17.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.07 · weakest Brisket (160.21)
Road miles
21,591
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Purse competed for
$8K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
650.34 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FASTLANE BBQ CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings
FASTLANE BBQ CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The long haul
21,591
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 21,591 miles across 7 mapped stops.
- 7 mapped stops
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.
162 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3662 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Level with HIGHLAND Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3668 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before HIGHLAND Q's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3665 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3664 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 157.1428 | 164.07 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 154.8684 | 163.91 | top 48% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 150.2856 | 161.22 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 145.0972 | 160.21 | top 57% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 46% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brew N Q | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 40% | 2018-05-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2018-02-03 → 2019-10-25
Busiest season
2018
5 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
8 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.07 · weakest Brisket (160.21)
Walk rate
71%
a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
43%
3 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
650.34
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
77–87 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
21,591
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,250
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2018-05-26 → 2019-08-03
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #3652 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1493) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Sydney Barbeque Festival
- First overall top-10 The Brave Fires of Scotland
- First category win (Brisket) Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.3432 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best overall score674.3432 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7372 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
- 2019
- Most recent contest Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.5 | Brew N Q | 2018-05-26 |
| +3.3 | Burleigh BBQ Championships | 2019-08-03 |
| +1.1 | Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships | 2019-10-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | Sydney Barbeque Festival | 2018-02-10 |
| -8.1 | The Brave Fires of Scotland | 2018-05-05 |
| -6.7 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2018-02-03 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 93.1% | 91.5% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60% | top 65% | 93.7% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-25 | Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships Palmview, Su Qld 4553 | 13 / 26 (646.8572) | 16 (159.3828) | 9 (165.1656) | 11 (159.4516) | 10 (162.8572) |
| 2019-08-03 | Burleigh BBQ Championships Queensland, 4220 | 9 / 32 (670.2400) | 6 (171.9656) | 4 (173.1316) | 9 (168.5600) | 22 (156.5828) |
| 2018-05-26 | Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG | 13 / 34 (662.2168) | 29 (162.2628) | 12 (166.2628) | 15 (166.8228) | 11 (166.8684) |
| 2018-05-25 | Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG | 10 / 24 (674.3432) | 13 (167.4400) | 10 (166.2744) | 17 (162.8916) | 1 (177.7372) |
| 2018-05-05 | The Brave Fires of Scotland Aberlour Scotland, AB38 9NY | 10 / 11 (640.4800) | 11 (157.1428) | 7 (164.5372) | 8 (160.5372) | 10 (158.2628) |
| 2018-02-10 | Sydney Barbeque Festival Sydney, 8008 | 15 / 19 (635.9772) | 4 (168.0000) | 16 (157.1316) | 16 (150.2856) | 12 (160.5600) |
| 2018-02-03 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn, 8008 | 19 / 26 (622.2628) | 13 (162.2972) | 16 (154.8684) | 15 (160.0000) | 23 (145.0972) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1024 (253 pts) | #1024 (268 pts) | #898 (343 pts) | #1049 (263 pts) | #1224 (198 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #971 (294 pts) | #900 (364 pts) | #1021 (309 pts) | #1023 (299 pts) | #1004 (299 pts) |