Alchemy BBQ

Alchemy BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 30 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2019).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1534

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 9, 2019

latest Oct 13, 2023 · 4.2 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

75% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

331.4400 / 360

Backyard · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

166.2972

Pork Ribs · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Consistency

±4.61

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.74 · weakest Chicken (163.39)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Purse competed for

$50K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

328.14 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

331.4400 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 331.4400 at Maryland State BBQ Bash — 92.1% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
Oct 15, 2021

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bone Suckin' Good BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (Oct 15, 2021).

last seen Aug 9, 2019
back Oct 15, 2021

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 30 at their very first tracked contest, Maryland State BBQ Bash (Aug 9, 2019).

Aug 9, 2019
30-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Capt. Blue BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	0	0	165.1428	159.9428	163.39	top 61%
Pork Ribs	3	2	0	0	166.2972	161.6688	164.74	top 36%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Maryland State BBQ Bash	4	3	0	top 33%	Oct 13, 2023

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MD 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 163 finished ahead 197 times, behind 58

Longest layoff 2.2 yrs Aug 9, 2019 → Oct 15, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20231 milestone

Oct 13 Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash

20221 milestone

Oct 14 Peak power rating (1536) Maryland State BBQ Bash

20214 milestones

Oct 15 First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.4400 Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 15 Career-best overall score331.4400 Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 15 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2972 Maryland State BBQ Bash

20193 milestones

Aug 9 First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Aug 9 First overall top-10 Maryland State BBQ Bash
Aug 9 First overall podium Maryland State BBQ Bash

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Aug 9, 2019
+11.4	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 14, 2022
+9.1	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 15, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.6	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 13, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	0	0%	top 70%	89.3%	89.3%
2022	1	1	100%	top 20%	92%	92%
2021	1	1	100%	top 32%	92.1%	92.1%
2019	1	1	0%	top 10%	88.1%	88.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 13, 2023	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	16 / 23 (321.6116)	19 (159.9428)	12 (161.6688)	—	—
Oct 14, 2022	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	6 / 30 (331.3600)	13 (165.0972)	8 (166.2628)	—	—
Oct 15, 2021	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	8 / 25 (331.4400)	14 (165.1428)	7 (166.2972)	—	—
Aug 9, 2019	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	3 / 30 (317.2116)	—	—	—	—