High-water mark
672.4572
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.4572 at Smoke On the Trails — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 29, 2017
BAM BBQ
BAM BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 12th of 28 at the Smokin on Oak (2017).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1528
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 23, 2016
latest Sep 29, 2017 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.24
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.39 · weakest Chicken (164.39)
Road miles
37
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.46 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 157.0972 | 164.39 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 157.6800 | 165.69 | top 43% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 159.9312 | 168.39 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 165.7144 | 167.99 | top 28% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 29% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
223
finished ahead 222 times, behind 89
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20174 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Career-best overall score672.4572 Smoke On the Trails
- Peak power rating (1528) Smoke On the Trails
- Most recent contest Smoke On the Trails
20163 milestones
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- First call Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4572 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 22, 2017 |
| +8.2 | Smoke On the Trails | Sep 29, 2017 |
| +4.8 | Smokin on Oak | Aug 18, 2017 |
| +3.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 23, 2016 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 29% | 93.4% | 93.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2017 | Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 20 / 64 (672.4572) | 33 (163.9428) | 19 (171.4172) | 19 (170.2628) | 27 (166.8344) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 16 / 112 (672.4224) | 4 (175.4056) | 23 (170.2628) | 82 (159.9312) | 26 (166.8228) |
| Aug 18, 2017 | Smokin on Oak Bonner Springs, KS | 12 / 28 (668.5144) | 18 (161.0972) | 16 (163.4172) | 9 (171.4172) | 6 (172.5828) |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 45 / 111 (652.4572) | 85 (157.0972) | 71 (157.6800) | 10 (171.9656) | 28 (165.7144) |