A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
QUE U ahead in 100% of their meetings
QUE U has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BIG T'S RACKS AND BACKS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-06-22
latest 2021-06-25
Best ToY finish
#1236
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.06
last 4 Master vs avg 621.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.99 · weakest Brisket (152.83)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
90%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1627)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.06 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) (2021-06-25).
- last seen 2019-06-22
- back 2021-06-25
They cook the hard rooms
1627
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 90% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1627 power rating — a tougher draw than 90% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
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.
BIG T'S RACKS AND BACKS 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 145 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.
#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before BIG T'S RACKS AND BACKS's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG T'S RACKS AND BACKS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before BIG T'S RACKS AND BACKS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 146.8228 | 152.84 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 151.9772 | 157.41 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3088 | 146.8000 | 157.99 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7144 | 149.6688 | 152.83 | top 87% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 | 2 | 46 | 0 | top 91% | 2019-06-21 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2018-06-22 → 2021-06-25
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.99 · weakest Brisket (152.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
621.06
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
126
16–196 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1627
average field rating faced — tougher than 90% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,600
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-06-22 → 2021-06-25
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1
- Peak power rating (1492) *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1
- 2019
- Career-best overall score627.3144 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7028 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2
- 2021
- Most recent contest Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) | 2021-06-25 |
| -8.2 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 | 2018-06-22 |
| -8.1 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 | 2019-06-21 |
| -6.4 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 | 2019-06-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.1% | 86.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 47 / 49 (618.1716) | 49 (150.2400) | 46 (154.8112) | 40 (161.7260) | 44 (151.3944) |
| 2019-06-22 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 40 / 45 (627.3144) | 44 (146.8228) | 14 (169.7028) | 37 (161.1200) | 42 (149.6688) |
| 2019-06-21 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 46 / 50 (618.2404) | 47 (150.2744) | 43 (153.1316) | 34 (162.3088) | 41 (152.5256) |
| 2018-06-22 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL | 46 / 51 (620.5032) | 35 (164.0116) | 44 (151.9772) | 50 (146.8000) | 42 (157.7144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1471 (120 pts) | #1593 (120 pts) | #1324 (175 pts) | #1578 (120 pts) | #1536 (120 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |