High-water mark
168.5256
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 180
Their best day on record: 168.5256 at WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) — 93.6% of a perfect 180.
- Competitor Series
- Sep 14, 2023
American Family Insurance
American Family Insurance is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 11th of 37 at the WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2023
latest Sep 4, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
4
across 4 mapped stops
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
92
finished ahead 49 times, behind 99
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 4, 2025 → Sep 10, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Wings 4 Water 10 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score168.5256 WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score168.5256 WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 59.5% | 59.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 93% | 93% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | Wings 4 Water 10 (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 36 / 37 (107.1428) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 22 / 41 (167.3828) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 34 / 37 (154.1940) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2023 | WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 11 / 37 (168.5256) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.