The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (2025-06-27).
- last seen 2023-05-12
- back 2025-06-27
Gone Tits Up BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-05-13
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#898
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
604.44
last 3 Master vs avg 604.44 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.83 · weakest Pork (146.05)
Road miles
1,218
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
604.44 / 720
3 Master contests · 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.
Gone Tits Up BBQ has 3 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.
#5010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Gone Tits Up BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Gone Tits Up BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Gone Tits Up BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Gone Tits Up BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with Gone Tits Up BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Gone Tits Up BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 154.7996 | 159.83 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 137.1316 | 148.24 | top 93% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9884 | 143.9656 | 146.05 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 139.4172 | 152.37 | top 87% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2022-05-13 → 2026-05-23
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
1 of 4 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.83 · weakest Pork (146.05)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
604.44
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
126
7–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,218
4 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2023-05-12 → 2025-06-27
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1488) 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)
- 2026
- Career-best overall score635.3028 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.0972 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition | 2026-05-23 |
| -12.2 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) | 2022-05-13 |
| -10.9 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | 2025-06-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 20 / 20 (635.3028) | 20 (159.4284) | 16 (165.0972) | 20 (146.1944) | 13 (164.5828) |
| 2025-06-27 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 26 / 26 (591.7708) | 26 (154.7996) | 26 (139.9084) | 26 (143.9656) | 26 (153.0972) |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 25 / 32 (471.2916) | 16 (163.3828) | 29 (150.8116) | — | — |
| 2022-05-13 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 36 / 36 (586.2516) | 33 (161.7144) | 36 (137.1316) | 35 (147.9884) | 35 (139.4172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #898 (70 pts) | #985 (70 pts) | #986 (90 pts) | #940 (70 pts) | #850 (105 pts) |