America's Test Chicken

America's Test Chicken is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 5th of 23 at the Green Mountain BBQ Championship (2015).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1515

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 27, 2015

latest Jul 23, 2022 · 7.1 years on the trail

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

680.4568 / 720

Master · Green Mountain BBQ Championship

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Chicken · Green Mountain BBQ Championship

Consistency

±16.85

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.87 · weakest Brisket (162.65)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi

Schedule strength

47%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

661.07 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

680.4568 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.4568 at Green Mountain BBQ Championship — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 27, 2015

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 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 SQUEELS ON WHEELS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

4.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival (Jul 27, 2019).

last seen Jun 27, 2015
back Jul 27, 2019

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 23 at their very first tracked contest, Green Mountain BBQ Championship (Jun 27, 2015).

Jun 27, 2015
23-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Udder Chaos has landed one call behind them 2 times.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	1	175.4056	166.8112	169.87	top 39%
Pork Ribs	3	1	1	170.3088	157.6800	163.62	top 46%
Pork	3	2	1	175.4056	149.6800	164.93	top 41%
Brisket	3	1	0	171.9656	152.5716	162.65	top 43%

“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
The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	2	8	0	top 44%	Jul 23, 2022

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VT 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 56 finished ahead 46 times, behind 31

Longest layoff 4.1 yrs Jun 27, 2015 → Jul 27, 2019

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

20221 milestone

Jul 23 Most recent contest The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival

20191 milestone

Jul 27 Peak power rating (1518) The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival

20156 milestones

Jun 27 First tracked contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship
Jun 27 First call Green Mountain BBQ Championship
Jun 27 First overall top-10 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
Jun 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.4568 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
Jun 27 Career-best overall score680.4568 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
Jun 27 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Green Mountain BBQ Championship

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 23, 2022	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	16 / 25 (639.3716)	13 (166.8112)	2 (170.3088)	22 (149.6800)	17 (152.5716)
Jul 27, 2019	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	8 / 33 (673.0744)	17 (167.3944)	20 (162.8688)	7 (169.7028)	14 (163.4056)
Jun 27, 2015	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	5 / 23 (680.4568)	3 (175.4056)	16 (157.6800)	3 (175.4056)	4 (171.9656)