Close Enough BBQ

Close Enough BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 18 at the Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2) (2018).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1524

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 12, 2018

latest Aug 10, 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

687.4056 / 720

Master · Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0228

Pork · Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)

Consistency

±14.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.71 · weakest Brisket (163.43)

Road miles

208

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 125 mi

Schedule strength

88%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1621)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.67 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

687.4056 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.4056 at Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2) — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 13, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG RAZ BBQ has finished one call ahead of Close Enough BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of T-BONE BBQ MA in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1621 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 88% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1621 power rating — a tougher draw than 88% of every rated contest in the data.

4 rated contests

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	0	169.1428	162.8228	165.98	top 60%
Pork Ribs	4	3	1	171.4516	157.0628	167.55	top 35%
Pork	4	2	1	176.0228	162.2628	168.71	top 37%
Brisket	4	2	0	172	155.4172	163.43	top 50%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 28%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 55%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MA	3	0	top 55%
ME	1	0	top 29%

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MA 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 47 finished ahead 50 times, behind 45

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

20192 milestones

Aug 10 Peak power rating (1524) Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark
Aug 10 Most recent contest Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark

20186 milestones

Oct 12 First tracked contest Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
Oct 12 First call Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
Oct 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7772 Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
Oct 13 First overall top-10 Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)
Oct 13 Career-best overall score687.4056 Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)
Oct 13 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0228 Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)	Oct 13, 2018
+10.9	Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark	Aug 10, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.5	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	May 17, 2019
-0.7	Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	Oct 12, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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)
2019	2	0	1	0	100%	top 48%	92.4%	91.1%
2018	2	0	1	0	100%	top 49%	95.5%	93.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 10, 2019	Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark 🏅 Saco, ME	8 / 28 (665.0972)	19 (162.8228)	3 (171.4516)	17 (162.2628)	6 (168.5600)
May 17, 2019	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	18 / 27 (647.3828)	18 (163.4056)	20 (157.0628)	6 (169.1772)	19 (157.7372)
Oct 13, 2018	Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2) Monson, MA	5 / 18 (687.4056)	11 (168.5372)	7 (170.8456)	3 (176.0228)	4 (172)
Oct 12, 2018	Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Monson, MA	18 / 26 (662.7772)	12 (169.1428)	4 (170.8344)	13 (167.3828)	22 (155.4172)

Close Enough BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

They cook the hard rooms

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

More numbers

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

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)