High-water mark
683.9660
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9660 at Jim Beam BBQ Classic — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-10-05
Bar Beam Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-10-02
latest 2018-10-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.59
last 4 Master vs avg 666.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.25 · weakest Pork (163.82)
Road miles
226
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 85 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Master avg
666.59 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 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 Bluedog BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Jim Beam BBQ Classic (2017-10-06).
- last seen 2015-10-02
- back 2017-10-06
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.
Bar Beam Q has 4 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 81 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.
#2498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
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#2494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Bar Beam Q did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bar Beam Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
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#2497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
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#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before Bar Beam Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 160.5372 | 166.55 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 162.8000 | 167.97 | top 45% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 161.0856 | 163.82 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 163.9772 | 168.25 | top 40% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 48% | 2018-10-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-10-02 → 2018-10-05
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.25 · weakest Pork (163.82)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
666.59
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
86–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
226
4 mapped stops · furthest 85 mi
Schedule strength
1601
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-10-02 → 2017-10-06
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4228 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- 2017
- First call Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- 2018
- First overall top-10 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score683.9660 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7372 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1520) Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest Jim Beam BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.5 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2018-10-05 |
| +4.9 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ | 2018-09-21 |
| +0.8 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2017-10-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.2 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2015-10-02 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 31% | 95% | 92.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-05 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 6 / 42 (683.9660) | 10 (172.5716) | 9 (173.7372) | 22 (166.8344) | 9 (170.8228) |
| 2018-09-21 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 18 / 37 (652.9484) | 16 (163.9656) | 20 (162.8000) | 27 (161.0856) | 18 (165.0972) |
| 2017-10-06 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 27 / 44 (669.0400) | 39 (160.5372) | 14 (171.9656) | 38 (163.4172) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2015-10-02 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 31 / 45 (660.4228) | 25 (169.1200) | 32 (163.3828) | 35 (163.9428) | 31 (163.9772) |