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.
It's In The Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2018-09-14
latest 2021-09-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.42 · weakest Chicken (150.55)
Road miles
4
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
308.53 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
301.97 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival (2017-09-08).
- last seen 2015-09-11
- back 2017-09-08
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.
It's In The Q 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 124 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.
#3316 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1519
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to It's In The Q)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team It's In The Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with It's In The Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before It's In The Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before It's In The Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before It's In The Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 139.9428 | 150.55 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 146.2972 | 151.42 | top 39% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2018-09-14 → 2021-09-10
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 151.42 · weakest Chicken (150.55)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
308.53
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
301.97
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
97
57–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2017-09-08
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2019
- First call Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score317.6916 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.1544 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1498) Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- 2021
- Most recent contest Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | 2019-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2018-09-14 |
| -0.6 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition | 2021-09-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 79.5% | 79.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 42.9% | 42.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-10 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition 🏅 Mears, MI | 11 / 25 (286.2400) | 11 (139.9428) | 11 (146.2972) | — | — |
| 2019-09-13 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 7 / 35 (317.6916) | 6 (161.1544) | 12 (156.5372) | — | — |
| 2018-09-14 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 45 / 48 (308.5256) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-08 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | — | — | — | — | — |