A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HEFTY LEFTY BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Iron Head Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1533
peak 1533 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-05-31
latest 2019-07-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 16%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
314.38
last 3 Backyard vs avg 314.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±5.15
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.49 · weakest Chicken (152.90)
Road miles
161
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
314.38 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Iron Head 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 83 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.
#2124 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Iron Head Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Iron Head Que's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2135 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Level with Iron Head Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 149.6340 | 152.90 | top 24% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 165.1200 | 155.3944 | 161.49 | top 8% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 161.1544 | 161.1544 | 161.15 | top 8% |
| 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 20% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 10% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2019-05-31 → 2019-07-19
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.49 · weakest Chicken (152.90)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
3 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Backyard average
314.38
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
114
118–24 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
161
4 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,525
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1533
peak 1533 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- First call Up In Smoke on the Square
- First overall top-10 Up In Smoke on the Square
- Career-best overall score321.0628 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1200 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1533) Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | Up In Smoke on the Square | 2019-05-31 |
| +13.6 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | 2019-07-19 |
| +5 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue | 2019-06-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 89.2% | 87.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-19 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL | 4 / 40 (321.0628) | 7 (155.9428) | 3 (165.1200) | — | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue 🏅 Beardstown, IL | 7 / 25 (308.5144) | 7 (153.1200) | 3 (155.3944) | 2 (161.1544) | — |
| 2019-05-31 | Up In Smoke on the Square 🏅 Lincoln, IL | 4 / 36 (313.5768) | 10 (149.6340) | 2 (163.9428) | — | — |
| 2018-07-20 | *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL | — | — | — | — | — |