High-water mark
678.2056
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2056 at Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 11, 2023
Good To Go BBQ
Good To Go BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 27 at the Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 5, 2022
latest Aug 9, 2024 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.27)
Road miles
1,532
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 766 mi
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$71K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.08 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 156.5600 | 163.69 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5604 | 153.0972 | 162.27 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7028 | 158.8572 | 168.00 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 158.2744 | 164.12 | top 61% |
“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 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 61% | Aug 9, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
150
finished ahead 79 times, behind 107
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Aug 5, 2022 → Aug 11, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
20236 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- First overall top-10 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2056 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- Career-best overall score678.2056 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- Peak power rating (1502) Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- First call Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | Aug 11, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | Aug 5, 2022 |
| -4.8 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | Aug 9, 2024 |
| -0.3 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 8, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 40% | 94.2% | 92.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2024 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 21 / 29 (649.0972) | 20 (161.6800) | 16 (165.1428) | 23 (158.8572) | 19 (163.4172) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 53 / 99 (659.9316) | 80 (156.5600) | 40 (168.5604) | 73 (162.2512) | 14 (172.5600) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 7 / 27 (678.2056) | 2 (176) | 18 (162.2744) | 1 (177.7028) | 21 (162.2284) |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 30 / 35 (645.0860) | 30 (160.5372) | 34 (153.0972) | 8 (173.1772) | 30 (158.2744) |