A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
TOP SHELF BARBEQUE
TOP SHELF BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 52nd of 111 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2016). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 23, 2016
latest Sep 27, 2019 · 3 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 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.25
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.27 · weakest Brisket (154.82)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Purse competed for
$6,175
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.05 / 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 | 165.7256 | 146.7884 | 157.11 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 149.7144 | 156.85 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 156.0572 | 162.27 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 135.9200 | 154.82 | top 60% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2 | 52 | 0 | top 72% | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2 | 70 | 0 | top 67% | Sep 21, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
184
finished ahead 134 times, behind 294
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 21, 2018 → Sep 27, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20171 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8456 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
20164 milestones
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.1028 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best overall score648.1028 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1501) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 23, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 27, 2019 |
| -6.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 21, 2018 |
| -3.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 22, 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 97% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2019 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 99 / 102 (600.3312) | 95 (146.7884) | 89 (151.3944) | 44 (166.2284) | 100 (135.9200) |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 77 / 107 (636.4232) | 90 (155.3828) | 40 (166.2972) | 72 (159.9544) | 76 (154.7888) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 70 / 112 (639.3256) | 68 (160.5256) | 98 (149.7144) | 36 (166.8456) | 53 (162.2400) |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 52 / 111 (648.1028) | 39 (165.7256) | 63 (160) | 93 (156.0572) | 27 (166.3200) |