High-water mark
663.3372
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3372 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 2, 2014
IT'LL DO BBQ
IT'LL DO BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2014. Their best overall finish is 31st of 50 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) (2014). Also listed in KCBS results as “It'll Do! BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Apr 4, 2014
latest Oct 2, 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Best overall
663.3372 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
172.5944
Consistency
±16.84
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.87 · weakest Chicken (152.53)
Road miles
2,654
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1,056 mi
Master avg
646.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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IT'LL DO BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 107 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,319 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
Level with IT'LL DO BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 148.5484 | 152.53 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5944 | 147.9428 | 163.03 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 158.2628 | 164.75 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 161.0856 | 165.87 | top 39% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
595
finished ahead 324 times, behind 439
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20144 milestones
- First tracked contest The Tiger Town Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9088 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score663.3372 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5944 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 92.1% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2017 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30, 2015 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 110 / 165 (663.3372) | 162 (154.8000) | 34 (172.5944) | 53 (170.2628) | 97 (165.6800) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 301 / 552 (651.9088) | 466 (154.2288) | 162 (168.5600) | 403 (158.2628) | 88 (170.8572) |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX | 31 / 50 (623.3024) | 39 (148.5484) | 43 (147.9428) | 11 (165.7256) | 21 (161.0856) |
| Jan 23, 2014 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.