A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Insomnia BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Insomnia BBQ Team has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
ArcticBBQ
ArcticBBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 8th of 9 at the BIGFEAST CHALLENGE (2022). They finished #1031 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Arctic BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 16, 2019
latest Aug 26, 2023 · 4 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.42 · weakest Pork (161.70)
Road miles
547
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
649.84 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 160.5828 | 163.42 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 145.6572 | 162.64 | top 53% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 151.3828 | 161.70 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 156.5372 | 162.08 | top 60% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
39
finished ahead 16 times, behind 29
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Aug 16, 2019 → Aug 13, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score658.8116 Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
20223 milestones
- First overall top-10 BIGFEAST CHALLENGE
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2972 BIGFEAST CHALLENGE
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172 BIGFEAST CHALLENGE
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Festival 2019
- First call BBQ Festival 2019
- Peak power rating (1494) BBQ Festival 2019
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2023 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp | 11 / 21 (658.8116) | 15 (161.7144) | 9 (170.2628) | 7 (170.2972) | 17 (156.5372) |
| Aug 13, 2022 | BIGFEAST CHALLENGE Uusikaupunki | 8 / 9 (654.2972) | 9 (160.5828) | 2 (172) | 7 (163.4172) | 7 (158.2972) |
| Aug 16, 2019 | BBQ Festival 2019 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish | 13 / 18 (636.4112) | 9 (167.9656) | 17 (145.6572) | 17 (151.3828) | 4 (171.4056) |