The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at 9th Annual Big Island BBQ (2016-08-26).
- last seen 2013-08-23
- back 2016-08-26
Downunder BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2013-06-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 148.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (137.71)
Road miles
113
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 113 mi
Master avg
570.86 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Downunder BBQ has 1 rated contest — 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 134 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Downunder BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Downunder BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.4286 | 139.4286 | 139.43 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.7142 | 137.7142 | 137.71 | top 100% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.1428 | 145.1428 | 145.14 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5714 | 148.5714 | 148.57 | 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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2013-06-21
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
1
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
1 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 148.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (137.71)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
570.86
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
27
2–25 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
113
3 mapped stops · furthest 113 mi
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-08-26
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Iowa State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score570.8570 Iowa State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)148.5714 Iowa State BBQ Championship
- 2016
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Big Island BBQ
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 79.3% | 79.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-26 | 9th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-23 | 6th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-06-21 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Marshalltown, IA | 26 / 28 (570.8570) | 26 (139.4286) | 28 (137.7142) | 25 (145.1428) | 25 (148.5714) |