A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
QUAU ahead in 100% of their meetings
QUAU has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
Tig's Brew 'N' Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1425
peak 1425 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2015-09-11
latest 2018-05-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
589.05 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 591.63 (-2.58)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 149.78 · weakest Brisket (143.98)
Road miles
128
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Master avg
591.63 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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 weak link
−5.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.80 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 143.98
- Pork Ribs avg 149.78
- 0 calls in 8 entries
Pork Ribs nemesis
8 of 8
shared pork ribs entries lost
QUAU ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, QUAU has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.
Going the wrong way
-25
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 25 points across 4 contests since 2017-05-26 — from 1450 down to 1425.
- 4 contests since 2017-05-26
- now 1425
The metronome
±1.84%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.84% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 82.2% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
36 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6106 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
Level with Tig's Brew 'N' Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6105 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#6100 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#6108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUAU | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG DADDY OOWEE SMOKIN BONES BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BILLY RAY BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE SMOKE HUNTERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RACK MASTERS BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BONEHEAD BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HOG CALL BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| AWW HELL | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG "E" BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Chuck Norris 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 138.2856 | 149.13 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 142.2856 | 149.78 | top 87% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 121.6684 | 148.75 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.6172 | 125.0972 | 143.98 | top 86% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) | 4 | 40 | 0 | top 97% | 2018-05-26 |
| Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 40 | 0 | top 97% | 2016-05-28 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2018-05-26
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 149.78 · weakest Brisket (143.98)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
591.63
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
177
24–374 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
128
8 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
1592
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
Power rating
1425
peak 1425 · #6102 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Windy City BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score622.2280 Windy City BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1492) Windy City BBQ Classic
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)161.1544 Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)
- 2018
- Most recent contest *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Route 66 Smoke Out | 2016-05-06 |
| -11.7 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) | 2016-05-28 |
| -10.1 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) | 2016-05-27 |
| -9.8 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) | 2018-05-26 |
| -8.2 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) | 2017-05-26 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.6% | 81.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.8% | 81.8% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.1% | 81.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-26 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL | 60 / 60 (582.1828) | 59 (147.9772) | 57 (146.2512) | 59 (150.2400) | 58 (137.7144) |
| 2018-05-25 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) Westmont, IL | 47 / 49 (587.3140) | 39 (158.8456) | 43 (153.7140) | 47 (149.6572) | 48 (125.0972) |
| 2017-05-27 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL | 55 / 59 (596.4800) | 59 (138.2856) | 53 (149.6800) | 39 (161.1428) | 51 (147.3716) |
| 2017-05-26 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) Westmont, IL | 40 / 40 (580.9596) | 39 (151.9656) | 37 (145.6912) | 40 (136.4912) | 38 (146.8116) |
| 2016-05-28 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL | 54 / 55 (598.3316) | 55 (148.0000) | 54 (145.7372) | 38 (161.1544) | 54 (143.4400) |
| 2016-05-27 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL | 40 / 42 (586.1484) | 41 (150.2400) | 42 (142.2856) | 32 (158.2972) | 41 (135.3256) |
| 2016-05-06 | Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 38 / 40 (579.3940) | 39 (141.6912) | 31 (155.4172) | 39 (121.6684) | 22 (160.6172) |
| 2015-09-11 | Windy City BBQ Classic Chicago, IL | 48 / 61 (622.2280) | 53 (156.0112) | 33 (159.4400) | 58 (151.3368) | 37 (155.4400) |