A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
What the Pork? ahead in 100% of their meetings
What the Pork? has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bark Boys Qc
Bark Boys Qc is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 4th of 24 at the Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest (2019). They finished #1061 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 1, 2018
latest Jun 8, 2019 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.58
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.42 · weakest Brisket (148.69)
Road miles
583
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
631.93 / 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bark Boys Qc, each with one reason worth a look.
Bark Boys Qc has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 100 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,427 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1523
Level with Bark Boys Qc on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,441 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Bark Boys Qc's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,438 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1530
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,425 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1528
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Bark Boys Qc's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 151.3600 | 164.42 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 149.0740 | 156.69 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 154.2400 | 162.13 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 136.5140 | 148.69 | top 71% |
“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 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
QC
2 of 5 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
63
finished ahead 68 times, behind 35
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20194 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8572 Capital BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score658.8572 Capital BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1523) Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- Most recent contest Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
20184 milestones
- First call Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
- First category win (Chicken) Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Wolf BBQ FEst Richmond 2017
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 8, 2019 |
| +6.3 | Capital BBQ Festival | May 25, 2019 |
| +4.2 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival | Jun 1, 2018 |
| +0.2 | Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 91.5% | 90% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 48% | 86.7% | 85.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2019 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec | 4 / 24 (636.5596) | 9 (163.4628) | 17 (149.0740) | 4 (166.3200) | 9 (157.7028) |
| May 25, 2019 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 16 / 43 (658.8572) | 5 (170.8456) | 5 (169.7144) | 15 (164.5716) | 32 (153.7256) |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 Richmond, QC | 10 / 18 (607.8628) | 13 (151.3600) | 7 (155.4400) | 9 (154.2400) | 14 (146.8228) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival Quebec City | 9 / 22 (624.4572) | 1 (172) | 15 (152.5488) | 4 (163.3944) | 21 (136.5140) |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Wolf BBQ FEst Richmond 2017 Richmond, QC | — | — | — | — | — |