ON A WHIM

ON A WHIM is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 6th of 15 at the City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off (2021). They finished #491 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1505

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 11, 2021

latest Oct 16, 2021

Best ToY finish

#491

Master 2021 · every season

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

688.5144 / 720

Master · City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork Ribs · City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off

Consistency

±14.88

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.22 · weakest Brisket (163.57)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 70 mi

Schedule strength

82%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1607)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

671.90 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

688.5144 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 688.5144 at City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 11, 2021

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

Still Workin' On It ahead in 100% of their meetings

Still Workin' On It has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1607 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 82% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1607 power rating — a tougher draw than 82% of every rated contest in the data.

3 rated contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021 ↗	Master	#491 (360 pts)	#496 (385 pts)	#362 (570 pts)	#530 (340 pts)	#504 (380 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	0	174.8572	163.9772	169.50	top 60%
Pork Ribs	3	2	2	177.7028	162.8344	171.22	top 42%
Pork	3	2	0	173.1200	158.8228	167.60	top 73%
Brisket	3	1	0	173.7144	155.8968	163.57	top 71%

“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.

More numbers

Most contests held in VA 2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 54 finished ahead 36 times, behind 56

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20218 milestones

Jun 11 First tracked contest City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Jun 11 First call City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Jun 11 First overall top-10 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Jun 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score688.5144 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Jun 11 Career-best overall score688.5144 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Jun 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Jun 11 Peak power rating (1508) City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Oct 16 Most recent contest Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 16, 2021	Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA	11 / 15 (674.7660)	11 (169.6800)	2 (173.1316)	9 (170.8456)	14 (161.1088)
Oct 15, 2021	Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA	14 / 15 (652.4112)	5 (174.8572)	15 (162.8344)	15 (158.8228)	14 (155.8968)
Jun 11, 2021	City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off 🏅 Welch, WV	6 / 15 (688.5144)	11 (163.9772)	2 (177.7028)	9 (173.1200)	4 (173.7144)