High-water mark
669.5772
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.5772 at Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 21, 2022
Carbo-Q
Carbo-Q is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 12th of 13 at the Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (2022). They finished #762 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 17, 2021
latest May 21, 2022 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.14
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.83 · weakest Brisket (156.89)
Road miles
138
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1612)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.36 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 145.0972 | 160.15 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 158.2400 | 161.49 | top 84% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 158.2628 | 166.83 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 142.7772 | 156.89 | top 89% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WV
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
66
finished ahead 4 times, behind 95
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Apr 17, 2021 → May 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20225 milestones
- First call Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1256 Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1
- Career-best overall score669.5772 Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7144 Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2
- Most recent contest Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- Peak power rating (1488) Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 | Apr 17, 2021 |
| -8.3 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 | May 21, 2022 |
| -7.4 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 | May 20, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 93% | 92.5% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2022 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 🏅 Mannington, WV | 12 / 13 (669.5772) | 9 (169.1200) | 12 (162.8000) | 7 (173.7144) | 11 (163.9428) |
| May 20, 2022 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 🏅 Mannington, WV | 12 / 14 (662.1256) | 10 (166.2284) | 9 (163.4288) | 9 (168.5256) | 12 (163.9428) |
| Apr 17, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 33 / 34 (604.3772) | 33 (145.0972) | 32 (158.2400) | 33 (158.2628) | 33 (142.7772) |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | — | — | — | — | — |