The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Running Bird BBQ has finished one call ahead of GlazenUp BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
GlazenUp BBQ
GlazenUp 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 4th of 14 at the Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only) (). They finished #2530 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1461
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2019
latest Oct 30, 2020 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
50% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.27
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 159.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (126.94)
Road miles
135
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
Master avg
548.25 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
306.55 / 360
4 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 GlazenUp BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
GlazenUp 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 134 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,073 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Level with GlazenUp BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,054 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before GlazenUp BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,051 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,087 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire In My Belly | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BSA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 150.2512 | 155.41 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.3084 | 20 | 126.94 | top 82% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1544 | 152.0572 | 154.61 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 159.4172 | 159.70 | top 70% |
“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 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WA
1 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
71
finished ahead 31 times, behind 86
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Bare Bones BBQ Comp
20193 milestones
- Peak power rating (1485) Spit in the Hills
- Career-best overall score609.1316 Brew N Que-Perth 2019
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160 Brew N Que-Perth 2019
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only)
- First call Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only)
- First overall top-10 Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.5 | Spit in the Hills | May 4, 2019 |
| -13.2 | Bare Bones BBQ Comp | Oct 30, 2020 |
| -10.1 | Brew N Que-Perth 2019 | Oct 4, 2019 |
| -0.2 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 | Aug 29, 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 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 88.3% | 87.1% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 94% | 84.6% | 83.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.6% | 76.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2020 | Bare Bones BBQ Comp Perth | 13 / 10 (294.8228) | 13 (150.2512) | 12 (144.5716) | — | — |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 Herron | 8 / 14 (304.5144) | 4 (158.8572) | 13 (145.6572) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA | 26 / 30 (609.1316) | 21 (160) | 27 (137.0972) | 28 (152.0572) | 19 (159.9772) |
| May 4, 2019 | Spit in the Hills Chidlow, Western | 21 / 21 (487.3716) | 21 (150.8000) | 21 (20) | 16 (157.1544) | 16 (159.4172) |
| — | Pit Boss Premium Charcoal Barbecue (BACKYARD ONLY) Perth Western | 10 / 20 (309.1312) | 13 (153.1312) | 8 (156) | — | — |
| — | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 2 (Backyard Only) Bakersville, WA | 4 / 14 (317.7484) | 7 (159.4400) | 7 (158.3084) | — | — |