High-water mark
682.1944
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.1944 at Smokin on the Water 2 — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-04-30
Ulcer Acres BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1504 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-27
latest 2016-05-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.15
last 4 Master vs avg 658.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.41
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.12 · weakest Brisket (162.24)
Road miles
544
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 326 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Master avg
658.15 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere ahead in 100% of their meetings
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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 BBQ 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 127 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.
#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3236 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ulcer Acres BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Ulcer Acres BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1498
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 152.5372 | 166.12 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 158.8228 | 164.40 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 153.6456 | 165.39 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 154.7656 | 162.24 | top 62% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2015-06-27 → 2016-05-28
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.12 · weakest Brisket (162.24)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
658.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
56–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
544
4 mapped stops · furthest 326 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Power rating
1499
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge
- First call Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8512 Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge
- 2016
- Career-best overall score682.1944 Smokin on the Water 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Smokin on the Water 2
- Peak power rating (1504) Smokin on the Water 2
- Most recent contest Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Smokin on the Water 2 | 2016-04-30 |
| +1.4 | Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge | 2015-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Smokin on the Water | 2016-04-29 |
| -5.4 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) | 2016-05-28 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 64% | 94.7% | 91.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-28 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL | 41 / 55 (644.9712) | 8 (173.7028) | 42 (158.8228) | 50 (153.6456) | 37 (158.8000) |
| 2016-04-30 | Smokin on the Water 2 Liberty, IN | 12 / 35 (682.1944) | 3 (177.7144) | 17 (167.3944) | 14 (169.6684) | 19 (167.4172) |
| 2016-04-29 | Smokin on the Water Liberty, IN | 27 / 33 (649.5768) | 31 (152.5372) | 20 (163.4056) | 18 (165.6684) | 17 (167.9656) |
| 2015-06-27 | Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge Davenport, IA | 19 / 32 (655.8512) | 23 (160.5256) | 10 (167.9772) | 6 (172.5828) | 24 (154.7656) |