High-water mark
691.3484
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.3484 at Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 21, 2019
Ash Clowns
Ash Clowns is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 28 at the Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown (2019). They finished #969 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2013
latest Oct 4, 2019 · 6.3 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±33.51
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.99)
Road miles
623
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 498 mi
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
658.61 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #969 (275 pts) | #1170 (220 pts) | #1111 (245 pts) | #1068 (255 pts) | #1077 (255 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 159.4286 | 164.55 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 138.8566 | 159.99 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 147.9998 | 164.18 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 166.2858 | 169.89 | top 31% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
82
finished ahead 45 times, behind 46
Longest layoff
6.3 yrs
Jun 7, 2013 → Sep 21, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20196 milestones
- First overall top-10 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score691.3484 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- Career-best overall score691.3484 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- Peak power rating (1513) Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2019 | Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lebanon, MO | 16 / 27 (671.9196) | 21 (160.5140) | 11 (170.8572) | 12 (171.4172) | 12 (169.1312) |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown 🏅 Kimberling City, MO | 5 / 28 (691.3484) | 8 (173.7028) | 11 (170.2628) | 9 (173.1200) | 9 (174.2628) |
| Jun 7, 2013 | Poor Que Montello, WI | 28 / 39 (612.5708) | 17 (159.4286) | 38 (138.8566) | 34 (147.9998) | 6 (166.2858) |