A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Black Ace Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1451
peak 1451 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-08-02
latest 2022-08-05
Best ToY finish
#856
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.19
last 5 Master vs avg 614.19 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 157.13 · weakest Chicken (147.83)
Road miles
364
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
614.19 / 720
5 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 weak link
−9.3
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.30 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Chicken avg 147.83
- Brisket avg 157.13
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of JD's Smokin BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Black Ace Barbeque)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Black Ace Barbeque has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Level with Black Ace Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5447 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Black Ace Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LICENSE TO GRILL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| iBQ'n | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KEVLAR BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Q-JITSU | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Heritage Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIREHOUSE SMOKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| S & G BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 137.6800 | 147.83 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4284 | 146.2628 | 153.02 | top 83% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 150.2400 | 155.30 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 149.6800 | 157.13 | top 72% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All American BBQ Throwdown | 3 | 29 | 0 | top 91% | 2022-08-05 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-08-02 → 2022-08-05
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 157.13 · weakest Chicken (147.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
614.19
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
124
20–203 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
364
6 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,500
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1451
peak 1451 · #5455 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)164.0000 Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1490) Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
- 2020
- Career-best overall score634.9028 All American BBQ Throwdown
- 2022
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | 2019-09-13 |
| -10.5 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2022-08-05 |
| -10.2 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown | 2019-08-02 |
| -9.5 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2021-08-06 |
| -6.5 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2020-08-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.9% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 49 / 50 (585.4628) | 50 (138.7428) | 47 (146.8000) | 48 (150.2400) | 45 (149.6800) |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | 39 (148.5372) | — | — |
| 2021-08-06 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 29 / 32 (630.2284) | 31 (149.6456) | 23 (158.2856) | 25 (162.2972) | 24 (160.0000) |
| 2020-08-07 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 35 / 42 (634.9028) | 41 (154.8344) | 25 (163.4284) | 35 (154.9144) | 27 (161.7256) |
| 2019-09-13 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 32 / 35 (601.5656) | 35 (137.6800) | 30 (154.8228) | 27 (158.8000) | 31 (150.2628) |
| 2019-08-02 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 34 / 40 (618.7656) | 32 (158.2628) | 38 (146.2628) | 39 (150.2400) | 17 (164.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1107 (120 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1511 (57 pts) | #1518 (57 pts) | #1286 (67 pts) | #1518 (57 pts) | #1236 (62 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1471 (120 pts) | #1593 (120 pts) | #1575 (120 pts) | #1578 (120 pts) | #1368 (160 pts) |