High-water mark
669.7488
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.7488 at Oinktoberfest — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 21, 2019
NICKEL CITY BBQ
NICKEL CITY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 6th of 43 at the Oinktoberfest (2019). They finished #870 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2019
latest Sep 11, 2021 · 2.1 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.78
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.92 · weakest Brisket (159.62)
Road miles
471
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 371 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
656.12 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7488 | 157.0856 | 161.69 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 160 | 165.89 | top 41% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 168.5256 | 168.92 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 150.2744 | 159.62 | top 57% |
“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
ON
1 of 3 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
88
finished ahead 54 times, behind 39
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 21, 2019 → Sep 11, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Peak power rating (1507) Jack 9 Memorial
- Most recent contest Jack 9 Memorial
20196 milestones
- First tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3372 Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- First call Oinktoberfest
- First overall top-10 Oinktoberfest
- Career-best overall score669.7488 Oinktoberfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 Oinktoberfest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2021 | Jack 9 Memorial Delhi, ON | 8 / 16 (647.2800) | 11 (162.2400) | 6 (166.2400) | 5 (168.5256) | 12 (150.2744) |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Oinktoberfest 🏅 Clarence, NY | 6 / 43 (669.7488) | 14 (165.7488) | 4 (171.4172) | 9 (168.5600) | 15 (164.0228) |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI | 23 / 28 (651.3372) | 25 (157.0856) | 21 (160) | 11 (169.6800) | 17 (164.5716) |