The heartbreaker
0.0228
points from the title
Came within 0.0228 points of the Grand Championship at D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival (Feb 22, 2019).
BARLOW-Q
BARLOW-Q is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 16 at the D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. Also listed in KCBS results as “Barlow Q”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Feb 22, 2019
latest Oct 5, 2023 · 4.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.80
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.30)
Road miles
250
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 201 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$91K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
331.18 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BARLOW-Q, each with one reason worth a look.
BARLOW-Q has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 81 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Level with BARLOW-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before BARLOW-Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,485 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before BARLOW-Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before BARLOW-Q's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 168.5600 | 163.9884 | 165.88 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 159.3828 | 165.30 | top 44% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poosa Q | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 42% | Oct 5, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
218
finished ahead 142 times, behind 100
Longest layoff
4.3 yrs
Jun 14, 2019 → Oct 5, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
20196 milestones
- First call D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
- First category win (Chicken) D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
- First overall top-10 D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
- First overall podium D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
- First Reserve Championship D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9428 D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival | Feb 22, 2019 |
| +4.6 | Poosa Q | Oct 5, 2023 |
| +2.2 | Poosa-Q | Jun 14, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 93% | 93% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 28% | 91.9% | 91.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 30 / 73 (334.7772) | 42 (165.0972) | 21 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 21 / 48 (330.8340) | 21 (163.9884) | 16 (166.8456) | — | — |
| Feb 22, 2019 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival 🏅 Diberville, MS | 2 / 16 (327.9428) | 1 (168.5600) | 11 (159.3828) | — | — |
| Feb 23, 2018 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) D'Iberville, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS | — | — | — | — | — |