The long haul
9,996
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,996 miles across 3 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,424 miles to World Barbecue Championship.
- 3 mapped stops
- furthest 9,424 mi
Japan BBQ SHOGUN
Japan BBQ SHOGUN is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 34th of 34 at The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival (2016).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1464
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Feb 5, 2016
latest Nov 8, 2017 · 1.8 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Consistency
±28.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.36 · weakest Brisket (141.28)
Road miles
9,996
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 9,424 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Master avg
592.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5144 | 137.0628 | 143.75 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 138.7428 | 146.79 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 157.0856 | 160.36 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 115.3372 | 141.28 | top 89% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
1 of 3 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
653
finished ahead 21 times, behind 658
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Oct 29, 2016 → Nov 8, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20173 milestones
- Career-best overall score629.5432 World Barbecue Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8228 World Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest World Barbecue Championship
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1484) The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2017 | World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL | 90 / 93 (629.5432) | 93 (152.5144) | 88 (155.3944) | 51 (166.8228) | 85 (154.8116) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 538 / 557 (586.6512) | 543 (137.0628) | 542 (138.7428) | 437 (157.1656) | 422 (153.6800) |
| Feb 5, 2016 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia | 34 / 34 (560.3428) | 32 (141.6800) | 25 (146.2400) | 13 (157.0856) | 34 (115.3372) |