High-water mark
670.2400
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2400 at Minnesota in May — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-15
Q Fanatic
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-12
latest 2018-05-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.64
last 3 Master vs avg 635.64 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.00)
Road miles
136
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
635.64 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Minnesota in May (2018-05-11).
- last seen 2015-05-15
- back 2018-05-11
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.
Q Fanatic 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 146 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.
#3855 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1486
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Q Fanatic)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Q Fanatic has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Level with Q Fanatic on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 153.6228 | 161.87 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 145.6116 | 155.00 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 148.4916 | 156.32 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 160.5256 | 162.44 | top 52% |
“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 92% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 60% | 2018-05-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.7 yrs
2014-09-12 → 2018-05-11
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.00)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.64
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
51–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
136
3 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2018-05-11
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off
- 2015
- First call Minnesota in May
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2400 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score670.2400 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1500) Minnesota in May
- 2018
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Minnesota in May | 2015-05-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Minnesota in May | 2018-05-11 |
| -11.4 | King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off | 2014-09-12 |
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 99% | 85% | 85% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-11 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 69 / 70 (612.3432) | 62 (157.7028) | 69 (145.6116) | 66 (148.4916) | 43 (160.5372) |
| 2015-05-15 | Minnesota in May St. Paul, MN | 13 / 60 (670.2400) | 7 (174.2972) | 37 (161.1544) | 18 (168.5256) | 20 (166.2628) |
| 2014-09-12 | King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN | 33 / 36 (624.3312) | 33 (153.6228) | 18 (158.2400) | 35 (151.9428) | 22 (160.5256) |