The heartbreaker
0.0912
points from the title
Came within 0.0912 points of the Grand Championship at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (Oct 27, 2017).
TheAmericanDreamBBQTeam
TheAmericanDreamBBQTeam is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 95 at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1550
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 24, 2014
latest Oct 26, 2018 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 17%
overall standings
Best overall
707.9772 / 720
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
180 🔥
Consistency
±16.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 175.62 · weakest Pork (169.14)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
97%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1659)
Master avg
691.01 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
In the record book (on 1 all-time board)
Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 171.4056 | 175.22 | top 15% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 165.7028 | 171.03 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 154.8456 | 169.14 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 173.7372 | 175.62 | top 14% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 17% | Oct 26, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
237
finished ahead 242 times, behind 44
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Oct 24, 2014 → Oct 27, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Peak power rating (1550) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
20177 milestones
- First call Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First category win (Pork) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First overall podium Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best overall score707.9772 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5484 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 6 / 102 (696.5140) | 28 (171.4056) | 18 (174.2628) | 14 (173.1428) | 4 (177.7028) |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 2 / 95 (707.9772) | 3 (180) | 26 (173.1200) | 1 (179.4400) | 15 (175.4172) |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 39 / 92 (668.5484) | 14 (174.2628) | 56 (165.7028) | 80 (154.8456) | 20 (173.7372) |