A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big Kokx BBQ
Big Kokx BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 30 at the Bordertown BBQ Brawl (2022). They finished #1269 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1478
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 17, 2020
latest Jul 15, 2022 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.85
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.29 · weakest Pork (155.39)
Road miles
740
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 370 mi
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.40 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1269 (70 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #743 (263 pts) | #961 (150 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big Kokx BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Big Kokx BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,237 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Big Kokx BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,248 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Big Kokx BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Level with Big Kokx BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Big Kokx BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,262 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before Big Kokx BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 156.5372 | 161.50 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 156.5716 | 166.29 | top 50% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 143.3828 | 155.39 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 158.2284 | 159.60 | 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 field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordertown BBQ Brawl | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 85% | Jul 15, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
60
finished ahead 10 times, behind 74
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Sep 12, 2020 → Jul 15, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7540 Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- Career-best overall score654.7540 Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- Most recent contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- Peak power rating (1489) Bordertown BBQ Brawl
- First call Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2972 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl | Jul 17, 2020 |
| -8.4 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 | Sep 12, 2020 |
| -2.8 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl | Jul 15, 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 73% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 96% | 89.1% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2022 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI | 22 / 30 (654.7540) | 24 (161.7028) | 24 (161.7028) | 8 (173.1200) | 24 (158.2284) |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) Sault Ste Marie, MI | — | — | 4 (171.4516) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2020 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 25 / 26 (641.6344) | 24 (166.2744) | 16 (167.4400) | 26 (149.6800) | 25 (158.2400) |
| Sep 11, 2020 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN | — | — | 2 (174.2972) | — | — |
| Jul 17, 2020 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI | 30 / 31 (618.8116) | 26 (156.5372) | 27 (156.5716) | 31 (143.3828) | 18 (162.3200) |