High-water mark
674.3084
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.3084 at Taste of Grand Rapids — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-07-19
Bar-B-Que-Skis
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1457
peak 1514 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2022-08-05
Best ToY finish
#1309
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.07 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 618.96 (-13.90)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.93
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.39 · weakest Brisket (151.47)
Road miles
319
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.96 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
6–1
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 86% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.91 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.
- Brisket avg 151.47
- Chicken avg 157.39
- 0 calls in 7 entries
The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at All American BBQ Throwdown (2022-08-05).
- last seen 2019-06-21
- back 2022-08-05
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 39 at their very first tracked contest, Taste of Grand Rapids (2013-07-19).
- 2013-07-19
- 39-team field
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.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5249 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Bar-B-Que-Skis's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5233 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bar-B-Que-Skis on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5243 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5228 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5223 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iBQ'n | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Mac Attack BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD WOLF BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| AWW HELL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KEVLAR BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 133.6916 | 157.39 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.6056 | 147.9660 | 154.45 | top 76% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 134.2400 | 155.65 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 137.0516 | 151.47 | top 78% |
“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) | 6 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2022-08-05
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.39 · weakest Brisket (151.47)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
14%
1 of 7 contests
Master average
618.96
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
139
55–189 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
319
7 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2022-08-05
Power rating
1457
peak 1514 · #5237 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids
- First call Taste of Grand Rapids
- First overall top-10 Taste of Grand Rapids
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.3084 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best overall score674.3084 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.6056 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Peak power rating (1514) Taste of Grand Rapids
- 2022
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | Taste of Grand Rapids | 2013-07-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Blues.Brews & Barbecue | 2016-07-29 |
| -10.7 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown | 2018-08-03 |
| -10 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2022-08-05 |
| -9.9 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off | 2019-06-21 |
| -7.7 | *BBQ Throw Down | 2017-05-19 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 87% | 87% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 81.8% | 81.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 10% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
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 | 48 / 50 (594.7656) | 42 (158.8112) | 46 (149.1772) | 50 (134.2400) | 43 (152.5372) |
| 2019-06-21 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Auburn Hills, MI | 28 / 30 (626.1944) | 24 (161.7028) | 24 (160.0228) | 8 (167.4172) | 30 (137.0516) |
| 2018-08-03 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 36 / 39 (611.3828) | 37 (151.9888) | 36 (152.0456) | 35 (147.9428) | 25 (159.4056) |
| 2017-05-19 | *BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI | 18 / 22 (589.0860) | 21 (133.6916) | 17 (147.9660) | 11 (162.8684) | 20 (144.5600) |
| 2016-07-29 | Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI | 37 / 39 (603.8972) | 27 (156.6056) | 37 (148.5144) | 34 (147.3828) | 32 (151.3944) |
| 2015-06-19 | 7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI | 25 / 32 (633.0968) | 9 (168.0228) | 27 (150.8228) | 17 (162.2856) | 26 (151.9656) |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 4 / 39 (674.3084) | 6 (170.8800) | 3 (172.6056) | 12 (167.4172) | 16 (163.4056) |
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) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2530 (55 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #1434 (150 pts) | #2529 (55 pts) |