Ulcer Acres

Ulcer Acres is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 10th of 64 at the Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff (2016).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1537

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 11, 2013

latest Oct 29, 2016 · 3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

686.8008 / 720

Master · Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±13.83

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 167.99 · weakest Brisket (162.56)

Road miles

746

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 337 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Master avg

666.49 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

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
Sep 23, 2016

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) (May 27, 2016).

last seen Oct 11, 2013
back May 27, 2016

By 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.

By field size and state

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IL	3	0	top 28%
KS	1	0	top 31%

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 663 finished ahead 501 times, behind 209

Longest layoff 2.6 yrs Oct 11, 2013 → May 27, 2016

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

20168 milestones

May 27 First call Red, White & BBQ (Day 1)
May 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8972 Red, White & BBQ (Day 1)
Sep 23 First category win (Pork Ribs) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 23 First overall top-10 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 23 Career-best overall score686.8008 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Oct 29 Peak power rating (1537) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Oct 29 Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20131 milestone

Oct 11 First tracked contest Central Illinois Bragging Rights

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.8	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	Sep 23, 2016
+10.7	Red, White & BBQ (Day 1)	May 27, 2016
+8	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Oct 29, 2016
+4.9	Central Illinois Bragging Rights	Oct 11, 2013

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)
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
Oct 29, 2016	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)
Sep 23, 2016	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	10 / 64 (686.8008)	2 (178.8572)	1 (178.8572)	20 (170.8460)	47 (158.2404)
May 27, 2016	Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL	12 / 42 (663.8972)	14 (169.6800)	22 (162.8344)	10 (168.5372)	18 (162.8456)
Oct 11, 2013	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	21 / 53 (647.9084)	22 (166.8456)	21 (163.9428)	29 (159.3828)	27 (157.7372)