A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BOYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG BOYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Mad Q BBq
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-27
latest 2023-08-25
Best ToY finish
#1309
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.26
last 3 Master vs avg 625.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.43
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.00 · weakest Brisket (154.46)
Road miles
2
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.26 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Mad Q BBq has 3 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 136 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.
#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Mad Q BBq's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Mad Q BBq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mad Q BBq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Mad Q BBq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Mad Q BBq'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.2116 | 153.7028 | 160.00 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 150.8000 | 156.16 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 145.0972 | 154.63 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9660 | 152.0232 | 154.46 | top 78% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 84% | 2023-08-25 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2021-08-27 → 2023-08-25
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.00 · weakest Brisket (154.46)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
625.26
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
22–87 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$39,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.2116 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Peak power rating (1495) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- 2023
- Career-best overall score634.8000 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2022-08-26 |
| -6.9 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2023-08-25 |
| -5.3 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2021-08-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-25 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 35 / 44 (634.8000) | 41 (153.7028) | 33 (158.8456) | 21 (166.2856) | 36 (155.9660) |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 33 / 37 (612.4232) | 30 (157.0972) | 35 (150.8000) | 34 (152.5028) | 32 (152.0232) |
| 2021-08-27 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 22 / 31 (628.5488) | 14 (169.2116) | 22 (158.8344) | 30 (145.0972) | 20 (155.4056) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |