The comeback
7.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.6 years, then back at Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) (2023-03-31).
- last seen 2015-09-04
- back 2023-03-31
Big Boy Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-29
latest 2024-04-05
Best ToY finish
#1947
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.53)
Road miles
949
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 938 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.81 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
315.32 / 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.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
Big Boy Q has 4 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 142 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.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Big Boy Q did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Boy Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Big Boy Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Big Boy Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Big Boy Q'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8688 | 159.3828 | 162.54 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 151.9544 | 157.53 | top 61% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 158.8684 | 161.43 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 154.2632 | 158.56 | top 55% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Views & BBQ | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 59% | 2024-04-05 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.6 yrs
2014-08-29 → 2024-04-05
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.53)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
644.81
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
315.32
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
50–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
949
4 mapped stops · furthest 938 mi
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7.6 yrs
2015-09-04 → 2023-03-31
Power rating
1491
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First call Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5492 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Career-best overall score656.5492 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8688 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1502) Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- 2024
- Most recent contest Lake Views & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) | 2023-03-31 |
| +1.7 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque | 2014-08-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Lake Views & BBQ | 2024-04-05 |
| -5.3 | Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival | 2015-09-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | Lake Views & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK | 17 / 21 (312.9944) | 14 (160.5028) | 16 (152.4916) | — | — |
| 2023-03-31 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) 🏅 Wagoner, OK | 11 / 29 (317.6456) | 9 (159.3828) | 8 (158.2628) | — | — |
| 2015-09-04 | Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival Myrtle Beach, SC | 15 / 20 (633.0744) | 15 (159.3944) | 18 (151.9544) | 18 (158.8684) | 9 (162.8572) |
| 2014-08-29 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque Myrtle Beach, SC | 19 / 38 (656.5492) | 8 (170.8688) | 19 (167.4172) | 20 (164.0000) | 25 (154.2632) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1947 (95 pts) | #2017 (95 pts) | #2082 (80 pts) | #2116 (80 pts) | #1699 (130 pts) |