High-water mark
670.1828
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1828 at Puckaway Pigfest — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 10, 2021
Incipient Phase
Incipient Phase is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 8th of 30 at the Puckaway Pigfest (2021). They are ranked #3939 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 30, 2019
latest Apr 29, 2022 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.91 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 640.26 (+4.65)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.42
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.27 · weakest Brisket (154.74)
Road miles
608
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.26 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 Incipient Phase, each with one reason worth a look.
151 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,929 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Incipient Phase)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Incipient Phase has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,921 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with Incipient Phase on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,922 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,943 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Incipient Phase's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Incipient Phase's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG "E" BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.8228 | 166.27 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 145.0632 | 158.89 | top 65% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 149.6916 | 158.06 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 135.9772 | 154.74 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' in the Bogs | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 76% | Sep 3, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
150
finished ahead 59 times, behind 149
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Sep 6, 2019 → Jun 18, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Masters in May
20214 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4116 Smokin' in the Bogs
- First call Puckaway Pigfest
- First overall top-10 Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best overall score670.1828 Puckaway Pigfest
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin in the Bogs
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Smokin in the Bogs
- Peak power rating (1489) Smokin in the Bogs
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 10, 2021 |
| +2.3 | Smokin' in the Bogs | Sep 3, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Smokin in the Bogs | Aug 30, 2019 |
| -8.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 6, 2019 |
| -6.6 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition | Jun 18, 2021 |
| -2.6 | Masters in May | Apr 29, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 56% | 93.1% | 90.8% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.7% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI | 31 / 43 (648.5032) | 21 (167.4056) | 29 (162.2744) | 36 (159.9660) | 28 (158.8572) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI | — | — | 23 (145.0632) | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 8 / 30 (670.1828) | 8 (170.8456) | 16 (160.5028) | 5 (167.4172) | 4 (171.4172) |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Smokin' in the Bogs 🏅 Warrens, WI | 15 / 25 (648.4116) | 16 (162.8228) | 13 (163.9544) | 14 (163.9772) | 18 (157.6572) |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 26 / 32 (643.3260) | 19 (165.7488) | 25 (159.3716) | 29 (153.0856) | 15 (165.1200) |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 32 / 39 (614.1256) | 27 (158.8228) | 16 (161.6800) | 27 (154.2400) | 37 (139.3828) |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Smokin in the Bogs 🏅 Warrens, WI | 35 / 38 (617.0176) | 11 (171.9772) | 25 (159.3716) | 36 (149.6916) | 38 (135.9772) |