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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-03-02
latest 2019-03-01
Best ToY finish
#1185
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.12
last 4 Master vs avg 636.12 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.75
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.95)
Road miles
61
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.12 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BACON'S CLASSY QUE has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 130 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4535 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BACON'S CLASSY QUE)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BACON'S CLASSY QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BACON'S CLASSY QUE did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with BACON'S CLASSY QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 54 | 0 | top 92% | 2019-03-01 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2018-03-02 → 2019-03-01
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.95)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
636.12
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
153
23–180 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
61
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1591
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- 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
- 2019
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2018-03-02 |
| -9.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2019-03-01 |
| -6.9 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival | 2018-09-07 |
| -0.4 | Atlanta BBQ Festival | 2018-05-05 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 54 / 62 (637.5428) | 51 (163.4516) | 54 (156.5028) | 46 (161.6800) | 51 (155.9084) |
| 2018-09-07 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival Atlanta, GA | 28 / 31 (629.6228) | 23 (161.6800) | 27 (154.2628) | 28 (160.0000) | 27 (153.6800) |
| 2018-05-05 | Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA | 17 / 27 (655.8744) | 7 (172.5484) | 18 (157.6800) | 21 (161.0972) | 16 (164.5488) |
| 2018-03-02 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 57 / 59 (621.4400) | 55 (153.6456) | 53 (151.3716) | 57 (150.1944) | 23 (166.2284) |
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 | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1185 (208 pts) | #1049 (283 pts) | #1283 (203 pts) | #1312 (188 pts) | #1220 (223 pts) |