Pickanator

Pickanator is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 6th of 38 at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (). Also listed in KCBS results as “Pick-a-nator”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1511

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 20, 2022

latest Aug 20, 2022

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 20%

overall standings

Best overall

325.1544 / 360

Backyard · Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

165.1544

Pork Ribs · Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±5.81

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.45 · weakest Chicken (158.27)

Purse competed for

$1,800

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

320.72 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

Stone Cold Grillers ahead in 100% of their meetings

Stone Cold Grillers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BAD WOLVES in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	0	0	161.1084	153.7028	158.27	top 32%
Pork Ribs	3	2	0	0	165.1544	158.8112	162.45	top 23%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	6	0	top 20%	Aug 20, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season — 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 73 finished ahead 94 times, behind 21

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

20221 milestone

Aug 20 Most recent contest Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

—6 milestones

First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall top-10 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.1544 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Career-best overall score325.1544 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1544 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 20, 2022	Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	7 / 41 (324.4912)	13 (161.1084)	11 (163.3828)	—	—
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	11 / 39 (312.5140)	14 (153.7028)	9 (158.8112)	—	—
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	6 / 38 (325.1544)	11 (160)	7 (165.1544)	—	—