The heartbreaker
1.6456
points from the title
Came within 1.6456 points of the Grand Championship at Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jul 12, 2019).
337 BBQ
337 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 10 at the Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #818 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2019
latest Jul 17, 2020 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
50% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.15 · weakest Brisket (151.57)
Road miles
514
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 298 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
643.53 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
326.68 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to 337 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
337 BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,974 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#2,967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with 337 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,994 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before 337 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before 337 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.5944 | 147.3944 | 162.85 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.2344 | 159.3944 | 163.89 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 164 | 165.15 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 143.3604 | 151.57 | top 92% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
121
finished ahead 46 times, behind 92
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jul 12, 2019 → Jul 17, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20202 milestones
- Career-best overall score648.5600 Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- Most recent contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl
20194 milestones
- First overall podium Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.2344 Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1508) Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY)
—4 milestones
- First tracked contest Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.4172 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 12, 2019 |
| +3.3 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest | May 31, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | Masters in May Day 2 | May 4, 2019 |
| -1.7 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl | Jul 17, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 92.1% | 89.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 55% | 93.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2020 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI | 21 / 31 (648.5600) | 17 (167.4056) | 22 (159.3944) | 16 (164.0572) | 27 (157.7028) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) Antigo, WI | 2 / 10 (336.6972) | 3 (163.4628) | 2 (173.2344) | — | — |
| May 31, 2019 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest 🏅 Rice Lake, WI | 10 / 19 (647.8512) | 11 (166.2856) | 11 (160.5028) | 5 (167.4056) | 17 (153.6572) |
| May 4, 2019 | Masters in May Day 2 🏅 Bancroft, WI | 37 / 40 (634.1832) | 25 (163.9428) | 28 (162.8800) | 27 (164) | 40 (143.3604) |
| — | Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Wisconsin Dells, WI | 20 / 25 (311.9200) | 25 (147.3944) | 10 (164.5256) | — | — |
| — | Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Okauchee, WI | 8 / 19 (331.4172) | 4 (168.5944) | 10 (162.8228) | — | — |