A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big Ten Bones ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Ten Bones has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Purrfect Que BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-05-12
latest 2023-07-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
310.45
last 3 Backyard vs avg 310.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.36
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.49)
Road miles
156
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
310.45 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Steel Smoke BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Purrfect Que BBQ Team 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 118 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.
#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with Purrfect Que BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Purrfect Que BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Purrfect Que BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before Purrfect Que BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3356 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 10 years before Purrfect Que BBQ Team'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 | 167.4400 | 155.4400 | 160.96 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 146.2400 | 149.49 | top 59% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2023-05-12 → 2023-07-07
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Cooks most in
MN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.49)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
310.45
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
129
74–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
156
3 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Schedule strength
1578
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$29,310
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1496
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score323.4172 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4400 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1503) Minnesota in May
- Most recent contest Art of the Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | Minnesota in May | 2023-05-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.9 | Smokin in Steele | 2023-06-02 |
| -2.1 | Art of the Que | 2023-07-07 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 89.8% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-07 | Art of the Que 🏅 Spencer, IA | 16 / 28 (301.6916) | 16 (155.4400) | 16 (146.2516) | — | — |
| 2023-06-02 | Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 17 / 29 (306.2400) | 15 (160.0000) | 18 (146.2400) | — | — |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 24 / 59 (323.4172) | 14 (167.4400) | 34 (155.9772) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #162 (294 pts) | #193 (224 pts) | — | — |