Country Crossroads Barbecue
Country Crossroads Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at the Hog Capital Challenge (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 14, 2019
latest Jul 19, 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.41)
Road miles
318
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
307.01 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.7144 | 145.6912 | 154.43 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 141.6116 | 146.41 | top 49% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
82
finished ahead 55 times, behind 42
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20195 milestones
- First overall top-10 Hog Capital Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.5260 Hog Capital Challenge
- Career-best overall score324.5260 Hog Capital Challenge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7144 Hog Capital Challenge
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest Hog Capital Challenge
- First call Harbor-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
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 | 50% | top 33% | 90.1% | 85.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2019 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL | 18 / 40 (289.4972) | 17 (147.8856) | 21 (141.6116) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL | 5 / 25 (324.5260) | 3 (169.7144) | 9 (154.8116) | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2018 | Harbor-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Winthrop Harbor, IL | — | 5 (145.6912) | 4 (142.8000) | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL | — | — | — | — | — |