A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HALLBOY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-08-04
latest 2018-10-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.80
last 3 Master vs avg 636.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.22 · weakest Pork (156.13)
Road miles
568
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Master avg
636.80 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at All American BBQ Throwdown (2017-08-04).
- last seen 2015-09-11
- back 2017-08-04
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.
HALLBOY BBQ 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 160 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with HALLBOY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 157.6800 | 163.22 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 148.5144 | 156.54 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 150.1828 | 156.13 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 157.0972 | 160.92 | top 61% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2017-08-04 → 2018-10-12
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.22 · weakest Pork (156.13)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
636.80
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
61
29–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
568
4 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2017-08-04
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2017
- First call All American BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1494) All American BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0176 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score649.0176 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8344 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2017-08-04 |
| -3.3 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | 2018-10-12 |
| -1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-09-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87% | 87% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 90.1% | 89.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-12 | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI | 26 / 38 (626.0916) | 28 (157.6800) | 20 (161.1316) | 33 (150.1828) | 29 (157.0972) |
| 2017-09-01 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 17 / 27 (649.0176) | 11 (166.8344) | 17 (159.9776) | 23 (156.5256) | 12 (165.6800) |
| 2017-08-04 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 22 / 29 (635.2916) | 10 (165.1316) | 25 (148.5144) | 17 (161.6684) | 18 (159.9772) |
| 2015-09-11 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | — | — | — | — | — |