A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
FYC BARBEQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
FYC BARBEQUE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BACON'S CLASSY QUE
BACON'S CLASSY QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 17th of 27 at the Atlanta BBQ Festival (2018). They finished #1185 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 2, 2018
latest Mar 1, 2019 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.75
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.95)
Road miles
61
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
636.12 / 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 153.6456 | 162.83 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 151.3716 | 154.95 | top 83% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 150.1944 | 158.24 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 153.6800 | 160.09 | top 67% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 54 | 0 | top 92% | Mar 1, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
153
finished ahead 23 times, behind 180
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20186 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Atlanta BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8744 Atlanta BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score655.8744 Atlanta BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5484 Atlanta BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 2, 2018 |
| -9.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2019 |
| -6.8 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival | Sep 7, 2018 |
| -0.4 | Atlanta BBQ Festival | May 5, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 83% | 91.1% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 54 / 62 (637.5428) | 51 (163.4516) | 54 (156.5028) | 46 (161.6800) | 51 (155.9084) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival Atlanta, GA | 28 / 31 (629.6228) | 23 (161.6800) | 27 (154.2628) | 28 (160) | 27 (153.6800) |
| May 5, 2018 | Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA | 17 / 27 (655.8744) | 7 (172.5484) | 18 (157.6800) | 21 (161.0972) | 16 (164.5488) |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 57 / 59 (621.4400) | 55 (153.6456) | 53 (151.3716) | 57 (150.1944) | 23 (166.2284) |