Beer-B-Q

Beer-B-Q is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 9th of 54 at The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake (2014). Also listed in KCBS results as “Beer BQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1481

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Feb 10, 2018 · 4.8 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

667.4404 / 720

Master · The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7028

Chicken · The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

Consistency

±38.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.71 · weakest Pork (151.27)

Road miles

9,295

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 8,410 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

620.67 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

667.4404 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.4404 at The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 11, 2014

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Wild West BBQ Cook Off (May 13, 2016).

last seen Apr 11, 2014
back May 13, 2016

The long haul

9,295 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,295 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 8,410 miles to Sydney Barbeque Festival.

4 mapped stops
furthest 8,410 mi

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	169.7028	140	159.71	top 53%
Pork Ribs	4	0	168.5832	143.9656	153.56	top 74%
Pork	4	0	160.5600	134.8570	151.27	top 85%
Brisket	4	1	168.5944	137.1428	156.13	top 59%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 74%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 97%
Large (40+)	1	top 17%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CO	2	0	top 97%
MO	1	0	top 17%

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 122 finished ahead 52 times, behind 81

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Apr 11, 2014 → May 13, 2016

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20181 milestone

Feb 10 Most recent contest Sydney Barbeque Festival

20146 milestones

Apr 11 First call The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Apr 11 First overall top-10 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Apr 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4404 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Apr 11 Career-best overall score667.4404 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Apr 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7028 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Apr 11 Peak power rating (1499) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

20131 milestone

May 10 First tracked contest Wild West BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Apr 11, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.4	Wild West BBQ	May 10, 2013
-11.6	Wild West BBQ Cook Off	May 13, 2016
-6.4	Sydney Barbeque Festival	Feb 10, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	100%	top 74%	88.6%	88.6%
2016	1	0	0%	top 97%	85.5%	85.5%
2014	1	1	100%	top 17%	92.7%	92.7%
2013	1	0	0%	top 97%	78%	78%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 10, 2018	Sydney Barbeque Festival Sydney	14 / 19 (638.1600)	5 (167.4172)	18 (151.9772)	15 (156.5256)	11 (162.2400)
May 13, 2016	Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO	32 / 33 (615.3828)	24 (161.7372)	33 (143.9656)	31 (153.1428)	24 (156.5372)
Apr 11, 2014	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	9 / 54 (667.4404)	8 (169.7028)	12 (168.5832)	37 (160.5600)	8 (168.5944)
May 10, 2013	Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO	30 / 31 (561.7142)	31 (140)	25 (149.7144)	30 (134.8570)	28 (137.1428)