High-water mark
686.8008
career-best overall
95.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.8008 at Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff — 95.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-23
Ulcer Acres
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1537
peak 1537 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2016-10-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.49
last 4 Master vs avg 666.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.99 · weakest Brisket (162.56)
Road miles
746
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 337 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
666.49 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
One2BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) (2016-05-27).
- last seen 2013-10-11
- back 2016-05-27
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.
Ulcer Acres has 4 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 81 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.
#2021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ulcer Acres on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2023 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 75%
- Peak
- 1557
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Ulcer Acres did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 156.5256 | 167.98 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 162.8344 | 167.99 | top 34% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 159.3828 | 167.97 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 157.7372 | 162.56 | top 46% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2016-10-29
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.99 · weakest Brisket (162.56)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
666.49
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
664
502–209 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
746
4 mapped stops · furthest 337 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.6 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2016-05-27
Power rating
1537
peak 1537 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Central Illinois Bragging Rights
- 2016
- First call Red, White & BBQ (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8972 Red, White & BBQ (Day 1)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score686.8008 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1537) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
| +10.7 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) | 2016-05-27 |
| +8 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| +4.9 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | 2013-10-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 25% | 95.4% | 93.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 170 / 557 (667.3712) | 437 (156.5256) | 241 (166.3200) | 65 (173.1084) | 85 (171.4172) |
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 10 / 64 (686.8008) | 2 (178.8572) | 1 (178.8572) | 20 (170.8460) | 47 (158.2404) |
| 2016-05-27 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL | 12 / 42 (663.8972) | 14 (169.6800) | 22 (162.8344) | 10 (168.5372) | 18 (162.8456) |
| 2013-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL | 21 / 53 (647.9084) | 22 (166.8456) | 21 (163.9428) | 29 (159.3828) | 27 (157.7372) |