Why Not BBQ IA
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-04-01
latest 2025-08-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.58 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.12)
Road miles
1087
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1087 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.11 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
313.67 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 157.1312 | 160.84 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8688 | 146.8116 | 156.12 | top 82% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 169.7028 | 170.58 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 165.1200 | 166.27 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QC | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State BBQ Championship | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 72% | 2023-03-31 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in QC (2 of 4 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (4 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 657.11 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 313.67 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2022-04-01 — First tracked contest · Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)
- 📈 2022-04-01 — Peak power rating (1487) · Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)
- 📣 2024-08-02 — First call · La Classique BBQ Labonte
- ⭐ 2025-08-01 — Career-best overall score (660.5028) · La Classique What the Pork?
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | 2022-04-01 |
| -9.6 | La Classique What the Pork? | 2025-08-01 |
| -3.7 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | 2024-08-02 |
| -0.9 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 2023-03-31 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 15 / 18 (660.5028) | 17 (163.4172) | 18 (159.9656) | 7 (169.7028) | 12 (167.4172) |
| 2024-08-02 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 17 / 26 (653.7256) | 21 (162.2972) | 24 (154.8456) | 4 (171.4628) | 10 (165.1200) |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 24 / 47 (320.0000) | 26 (157.1312) | 18 (162.8688) | — | — |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) Altoona, IA | 25 / 27 (307.3372) | 20 (160.5256) | 26 (146.8116) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #377 (56 pts) | #314 (91 pts) | — | — |