The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
2 Old Navy Chiefs and a Baker has finished one call ahead of McClown's Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
McClown's Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-07-26
latest 2021-07-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
299.99
last 3 Backyard vs avg 299.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.41
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 151.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.89)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
299.99 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BOGGS HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BOGGS HOG BBQ 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 4 BOXERS Q in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
McClown's Que 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 110 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.
#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with McClown's Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 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 2018, 3 years before McClown's Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before McClown's Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before McClown's Que'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8688 | 126.8456 | 150.11 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8684 | 135.9772 | 149.89 | top 36% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 149.7028 | 151.41 | top 39% |
| 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Grove | 3 | 20 | 0 | top 39% | 2021-07-30 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2019-07-26 → 2021-07-30
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 151.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.89)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
299.99
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
168
118–144 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,325
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2020-07-24 → 2021-07-30
Power rating
1501
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Grove
- 2020
- Career-best overall score321.7372 Smoke in the Grove
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8688 Smoke in the Grove
- Peak power rating (1502) Smoke in the Grove
- 2021
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Grove
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | Smoke in the Grove | 2020-07-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.3 | Smoke in the Grove | 2021-07-30 |
| -1 | Smoke in the Grove | 2019-07-26 |
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 46% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 34% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 73% | 73% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 25 / 54 (315.4172) | 24 (160.6056) | 27 (154.8116) | 26 (149.7028) | — |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 20 / 59 (321.7372) | 15 (162.8688) | 14 (158.8684) | 18 (153.1200) | — |
| 2019-07-26 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 20 / 53 (262.8228) | 20 (126.8456) | 18 (135.9772) | — | — |