A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Ambition Que ahead in 100% of their meetings
Ambition Que has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Locomotive %231
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-20
latest 2026-08-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
600.56
last 3 Master vs avg 600.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.42 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1625)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
600.56 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at BBQ & Fly-In on the River (2026-08-14).
- last seen 2022-08-19
- back 2026-08-14
They cook the hard rooms
1625
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1625 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Locomotive %231 has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Locomotive %231 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Locomotive %231's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Locomotive %231's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4534 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 146.7656 | 154.42 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 144.5028 | 147.95 | top 95% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2168 | 149.1200 | 152.53 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6916 | 141.0744 | 145.66 | top 95% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2 | 51 | 0 | top 95% | 2026-08-14 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2021-08-20 → 2026-08-14
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.42 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
600.56
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
128
7–167 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1625
average field rating faced — tougher than 89% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,900
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2022-08-19 → 2026-08-14
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1
- Peak power rating (1489) BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1
- 2026
- Career-best overall score618.0800 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9772 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Most recent contest BBQ & Fly-In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 | 2021-08-20 |
| -9.4 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2026-08-14 |
| -8.5 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2022-08-19 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.5% | 81.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 80 / 83 (618.0800) | 71 (163.9772) | 80 (154.8116) | 78 (158.2168) | 81 (141.0744) |
| 2022-08-19 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 51 / 54 (596.9600) | 50 (152.5256) | 51 (144.5028) | 54 (150.2400) | 50 (149.6916) |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 39 / 40 (586.6284) | 38 (146.7656) | 38 (144.5372) | 39 (149.1200) | 38 (146.2056) |