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Buckeye Flavor MI

Power ranking

#753
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1558
peak 1558

Contests

11
in the data

First seen

2023-10-13
latest 2025-09-05

Best ToY finish

#324
Master 2024

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

2
6 podiums

Overall top-10s

3
of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 37%
overall standings

Best overall

699.3716

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

687.13 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 682.46 (+4.67)

Walk rate

82%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±14.12
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 172.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.02)

Road miles

1522
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 308 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

iBQ'n has finished one call ahead of Buckeye Flavor 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

GO BIG OR GO BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

BooyaQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Grizzly BBQ Brawl is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.4912 points of the Grand Championship at Grizzly BBQ Brawl (2024-09-06).

Teams like this (closest power rating, MI first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 3 0 1 176.5716 163.3944 170.46 top 51%
Pork Ribs 11 3 0 0 176.0000 160.5372 169.02 top 52%
Pork 9 4 0 2 177.1428 162.2516 170.96 top 41%
Brisket 9 7 2 3 180.0000 🔥 158.8228 172.75 top 25%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MI40top 43%
OH30top 36%
WV10top 43%
PA10top 13%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)60top 42%
Large (40+)30top 28%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025500 692.5028 685.63
2024502 699.3716 687.66
2023100 648.9828 648.98

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-09-05 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH 7 / 42 (692.5028) 24 (170.8228) 18 (169.6916) 3 (177.1428) 4 (174.8456)
2025-06-13 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV 13 / 30 (683.9544) 10 (174.2744) 20 (165.7028) 16 (169.6800) 4 (174.2972)
2025-05-09 Smoke in the Mitten Westland, MI 11 / 26 (681.0284) 14 (169.6800) 17 (166.2628) 6 (174.2628) 11 (170.8228)
2025-05-09 Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI 13 (169.1200)
2025-04-18 GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI 21 / 56 (685.0284) 45 (166.2516) 33 (167.9656) 21 (173.1084) 3 (177.7028)
2024-09-06 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wadsworth, OH 2 / 30 (693.1544) 23 (165.1316) 5 (176.0000) 2 (176.0000) 1 (176.0228)
2024-05-24 Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest Rochester, PA 3 / 23 (699.3716) 3 (176.5716) 7 (171.9772) 8 (170.8228) 1 (180.0000)
2024-05-17 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN 8 (175.4288)
2024-05-03 Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition Westland, MI 16 / 26 (670.7432) 9 (173.1200) 16 (167.3944) 22 (162.2516) 10 (167.9772)
2024-04-19 GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI 18 / 62 (687.3828) 16 (174.8572) 28 (169.1200) 37 (169.1200) 7 (174.2856)
2023-10-13 BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport Wadsworth, OH 17 / 20 (648.9828) 17 (163.3944) 19 (160.5372) 13 (166.2284) 19 (158.8228)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #421 (481 pts) #557 (361 pts) #605 (326 pts) #388 (581 pts) #307 (771 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #324 (669 pts) #420 (529 pts) #373 (641 pts) #412 (524 pts) #263 (844 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1148 (85 pts) #1219 (85 pts) #1368 (75 pts) #1118 (105 pts) #1221 (75 pts)

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