CANARDLY WAIT 4 QUE WI
Rating
Contests
First seen
Best ToY finish
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Schedule strength
Purse competed for
State championships
Master avg
Backyard avg
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
UGLY BABY BBQ has finished one call ahead of CANARDLY WAIT 4 QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
UGLY BABY BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Good Grefe! in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
😤 Chicken nemesis
Even in their strongest meat, THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared chicken entries.
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 24% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 2 of 25 at their very first tracked contest, Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY) ().
🔁 The comeback
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) (2021-10-15).
Teams like this (closest power rating, WI first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Good Grefe! | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Big JT and the pork pistols | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SIX BUTT BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| ACES HIGH BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Ten Bones | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Southside Smoke | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| DAD BOD BARBEQUE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 177.1772 | 150.2172 | 168.23 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1544 | 151.9428 | 160.61 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 143.9428 | 158.63 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 154.8228 | 155.38 | top 76% |
“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) | 8 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puckaway Pigfest | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 73% | 2022-09-09 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (4 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WI (9 of 9 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (9 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 639.47 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 330.53 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 — First tracked contest · Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY)
- 📣 — First call · Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY)
- 📈 2022-06-11 — Peak power rating (1522) · Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- ⭐ 2022-09-09 — Career-best overall score (666.7660) · Puckaway Pigfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon | 2019-06-21 |
| +8.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | 2021-10-15 |
| +8.7 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2022-06-11 |
| +4.6 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2022-06-10 |
| +0.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) | 2021-10-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2019-09-06 |
| -6.1 | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque | 2022-08-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 8% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 47% | 93.3% | 91.4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 40% | 91.4% | 91.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 50% | 93.2% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 21 / 38 (666.7660) | 4 (177.1428) | 23 (165.1088) | 18 (168.5600) | 32 (155.9544) |
| 2022-08-26 | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque 🏅 Washington Island, WI | 19 / 26 (647.2684) | 14 (165.6800) | 15 (162.8572) | 17 (163.3828) | 18 (155.3484) |
| 2022-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 9 / 37 (335.9884) | 4 (174.2856) | 18 (161.7028) | — | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 14 / 39 (322.7656) | 12 (165.1084) | 18 (157.6572) | — | — |
| 2021-10-16 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 19 / 36 (327.9656) | 6 (174.2628) | 33 (153.7028) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 11 / 40 (329.1200) | 1 (177.1772) | 37 (151.9428) | — | — |
| 2019-09-06 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 35 / 39 (604.3772) | 37 (150.2172) | 29 (155.3944) | 37 (143.9428) | 29 (154.8228) |
| 2019-06-21 | Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI | 4 / 37 (335.3716) | 10 (167.3944) | 4 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY) Wisconsin Dells, WI | 2 / 25 (331.9772) | 7 (162.8228) | 2 (169.1544) | — | — |
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 ↗ | Backyard | — | #132 (318 pts) | #206 (173 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #880 (161 pts) | #625 (316 pts) | #956 (171 pts) | #836 (186 pts) | #934 (146 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #82 (460 pts) | #196 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1957 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2028 (60 pts) | #2032 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) |