High-water mark
673.0284
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.0284 at Grillin and Chillin — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-23
Bar Beam Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2018-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.15
last 4 Master vs avg 660.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.68)
Road miles
522
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 455 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
660.15 / 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead 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 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) (2018-09-15).
- last seen 2016-09-23
- back 2018-09-15
A September team
Top 49%
average finish in September
Something about September: average finish in the top 49% across 3 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.
- 3 September contests
- top 59% the rest of the year
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 Que 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 101 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.
#3153 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1527
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Bar Beam Que)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bar Beam Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Bar Beam Que did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bar Beam Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 166.8228 | 167.98 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 152.5488 | 161.68 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 163.3828 | 165.96 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 158.2172 | 164.53 | top 48% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.3 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.68)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
660.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
536
297–277 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
522
4 mapped stops · furthest 455 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-09-23 → 2018-09-15
Power rating
1501
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4228 Bourbon City BBQ Festival
- 2016
- First call Grillin and Chillin
- Career-best overall score673.0284 Grillin and Chillin
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2856 Grillin and Chillin
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1501) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | Grillin and Chillin | 2016-09-23 |
| +4.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival | 2015-06-05 |
| -1.7 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ | 2015-09-25 |
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 45% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 90.9% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 212 / 467 (664.4572) | 204 (167.4172) | 378 (157.6456) | 108 (170.2744) | 127 (169.1200) |
| 2016-09-23 | Grillin and Chillin Owensboro, KY | 15 / 39 (673.0284) | 17 (169.1200) | 10 (170.2856) | 27 (163.9428) | 10 (169.6800) |
| 2015-09-25 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 24 / 38 (654.6744) | 21 (166.8228) | 15 (166.2516) | 23 (163.3828) | 24 (158.2172) |
| 2015-06-05 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY | 30 / 34 (648.4228) | 17 (168.5484) | 32 (152.5488) | 24 (166.2284) | 26 (161.0972) |