ABLE ACRES BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#347

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1712

peak 1712 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-17

latest 2017-07-07

Best ToY finish

#221

Master 2014

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

22 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 24%

overall standings

Best overall

703.9888 / 720

Master · *Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

686.11 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 680.09 (+6.02)

Walk rate

96%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval

Consistency

±11.74

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.37 · weakest Chicken (169.54)

Road miles

5,980

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 508 mi

Schedule strength

69%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)

Master avg

680.09 / 720

28 Master contests · 3 GCs

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Storylines (20 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.

The heartbreaker

0.0112 points from the title

Came within 0.0112 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness (2015-06-26).

Among the elite

#347 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 5% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1712 puts them #347 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 5% of the field.

rating 1712
peak 1712
28 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork ×1
Brisket ×1

Against the odds

25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014-06-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GILLY'S BBQ.

On the rise

+46 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 46 points across 9 contests since 2016-07-08 — from 1666 up to 1712.

9 contests since 2016-07-08
now 1712

Giant slayer

38 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at Buckeye State BBQ Championship.

2014-05-16

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships here

*Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 1st
average top 6%

Multi-meat days

3 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 3 times — the best of them 2 category wins at *Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness (2017-06-16).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

96% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 27 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 96% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

703.9888 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.9888 at *Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-06-16

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

One2BBQ has finished one call ahead of ABLE ACRES BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 2 Grand Championships

2014 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 5 category wins, at an average finish in the top 16%.

7 contests
6 overall top-10s
5 category wins
average top 16%

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 35 at their very first tracked contest, Buckeye State BBQ Championship (2013-05-17).

2013-05-17
35-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKIN' IN THE D has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 15% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 15% across 4 contests, versus top 24% the rest of the year.

4 August contests
top 24% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,980 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,980 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 508 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship.

28 mapped stops
furthest 508 mi

The metronome

±1.63% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.63% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.5% of a perfect score
28 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 1st

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.

Rhythm n QUE

#349 of the rated field

1711 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 107
GCs: 12
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1786

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to ABLE ACRES BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ABLE ACRES BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 106 contests
last seen 2024-12-06

⚔ Head-to-head

BYO GRILL

#348 of the rated field

1712 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1733

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 46 contests to 28.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2025-05-09

⚔ Head-to-head

CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM

#355 of the rated field

1710 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1726

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ABLE ACRES BBQ)

Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 42 contests, alongside a 62% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 40 contests
last seen 2017-08-19

⚔ Head-to-head

CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ

#339 of the rated field

1713 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 91
GCs: 11
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1798

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to ABLE ACRES BBQ)

They've been 1798 at their best, 85 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 89 contests
last seen 2021-04-09

⚔ Head-to-head

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE

#345 of the rated field

1712 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 145
GCs: 12
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1796

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to ABLE ACRES BBQ)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 121 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

SONS OF BUTCHERS

#351 of the rated field

1711 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1721

No shared contest yet.

Level with ABLE ACRES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2020-09-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
GREY STREET BBQ	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
HUG HOGS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
RIB RUNNERS	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
FOWL BUTT BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	14	2	4	180.0000 🔥	157.6456	169.54	top 39%
Pork Ribs	28	16	1	6	178.2972	159.9772	170.08	top 33%
Pork	28	16	3	5	180.0000 🔥	157.0856	170.37	top 32%
Brisket	28	17	5	7	180.0000 🔥	158.2858	170.10	top 33%

“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
IN	15	2	top 18%
OH	4	1	top 11%
IL	3	0	top 25%
AR	3	0	top 59%
WI	3	0	top 29%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	19	3	top 20%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 32%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	5	1	1	top 20%	2017-07-07
*Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness	3	1	1	top 6%	2017-06-16
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	3	20	0	top 59%	2016-09-30
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	3	5	0	top 29%	2016-09-16
Buckeye State BBQ Championship	2	1	1	top 8%	2014-05-16
Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2	12	0	top 34%	2016-07-15

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2013-05-17 → 2017-07-07

Busiest season 2016 9 contests

Contests a season 5.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IN 15 of 28 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 16 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 28 entries · 2 wins · 14 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 170.37 · weakest Chicken (169.54)

Walk rate 96% a top-10 call in 27 of 28 contests

Overall top-10 rate 68% 19 of 28 contests

Wins it all 11% 3 Grand Championships · 2 reserve

First title 2014-05-16 Buckeye State BBQ Championship

Best top-10 run 7 straight contests

Master average 680.09 out of 720 · 28 contests · 3 GCs

Perfect 180s 3 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 526 798–237 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,980 28 mapped stops · furthest 508 mi

Schedule strength 1586 average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests

Power rating 1712 peak 1712 · #347 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 17 First tracked contest Buckeye State BBQ Championship
May 17 First call Buckeye State BBQ Championship
May 17 First overall top-10 Buckeye State BBQ Championship
May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2850 Buckeye State BBQ Championship
Jun 28 First category win (Brisket) Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
Jun 28 First overall podium Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
2014
May 16 First Grand Championship Buckeye State BBQ Championship
May 16 Biggest field won (38 teams) Buckeye State BBQ Championship
Aug 1 First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Aug 1 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Sep 19 First Reserve Championship Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass
Sep 19 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass
2016
Sep 30 25th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship
2017
Jun 16 10th category win *Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness
Jun 16 Career-best overall score703.9888 *Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness
Jun 16 Peak power rating (1712) *Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness
Jul 7 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-06-27
+14.3	Up In Smoke on the Square	2013-08-23
+14.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2014-08-01
+14.1	Buckeye State BBQ Championship	2014-05-16
+13.4	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness	2013-06-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	2015-10-09
-0.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-07-07

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	1	1	3	100%	top 22%	97.8%	96.3%
2016	9	0	4	0	100%	top 28%	96.5%	94.4%
2015	4	0	3	2	75%	top 34%	96.5%	95%
2014	7	2	6	5	100%	top 16%	96.7%	95%
2013	6	0	5	1	100%	top 19%	95%	92.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-07-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	12 / 30 (682.7656)	20 (167.9656)	12 (170.2628)	1 (178.8572)	23 (165.6800)
2017-06-16	*Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	1 / 25 (703.9888)	1 (177.7144)	4 (175.4172)	5 (172.0000)	1 (178.8572)
2016-10-14	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL	18 / 55 (667.8740)	4 (172.5600)	2 (175.4400)	53 (157.0856)	39 (162.7884)
2016-09-30	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	20 / 50 (691.3944)	6 (177.7372)	33 (169.1200)	13 (174.8688)	37 (169.6684)
2016-09-16	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	11 / 30 (684.5488)	21 (168.5828)	24 (167.4288)	9 (173.1316)	3 (175.4056)
2016-08-19	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN	3 / 63 (694.8460)	8 (174.2744)	33 (165.7144)	2 (180.0000)	9 (174.8572)
2016-07-16	Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! Day 2 New Palestine, IN	7 / 33 (689.6916)	22 (168.5600)	3 (177.7028)	4 (177.7144)	26 (165.7144)
2016-07-15	Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	12 / 39 (683.2912)	12 (171.9656)	8 (175.4172)	10 (174.2628)	31 (161.6456)
2016-07-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	4 / 30 (673.7376)	9 (169.1544)	10 (168.5944)	7 (167.9772)	8 (168.0116)
2016-06-17	*Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL Kewanee, IL	8 / 23 (663.4176)	2 (171.9772)	18 (160.0232)	10 (166.2744)	12 (165.1428)
2016-05-13	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	11 / 28 (670.1600)	27 (157.6456)	9 (170.2628)	5 (173.1200)	8 (169.1316)
2015-10-09	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	43 / 50 (678.7772)	46 (167.4056)	15 (175.4288)	48 (162.8228)	22 (173.1200)
2015-08-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	10 / 30 (683.3832)	16 (169.7144)	20 (166.8460)	3 (174.2628)	7 (172.5600)
2015-07-10	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	3 / 28 (678.2400)	6 (171.4400)	7 (166.8572)	17 (164.5256)	1 (175.4172)
2015-06-26	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	2 / 34 (694.7772)	19 (165.0856)	2 (175.4288)	4 (174.2628)	1 (180.0000)
2014-10-10	The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH	7 / 49 (690.1940)	4 (175.4400)	26 (166.2284)	16 (171.9656)	5 (176.5600)
2014-09-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	26 / 50 (686.7544)	35 (171.9772)	29 (170.8344)	41 (166.2400)	6 (177.7028)
2014-09-19	Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Plymouth, IN	2 / 33 (696.5600)	1 (180.0000)	8 (171.4400)	14 (169.7144)	1 (175.4056)
2014-08-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	5 / 30 (680.5144)	16 (168.5256)	1 (178.2972)	1 (174.8916)	27 (158.8000)
2014-07-11	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	6 / 42 (671.9200)	19 (165.6800)	5 (171.4172)	13 (168.5600)	11 (166.2628)
2014-06-27	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	1 / 26 (681.1200)	2 (171.4400)	3 (173.1428)	9 (167.4172)	8 (169.1200)
2014-05-16	Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH	1 / 38 (683.4172)	8 (169.7372)	15 (163.4172)	1 (177.7144)	4 (172.5484)
2013-09-20	Marshall County Plymouth, IN	4 / 27 (670.2284)	8 (167.9540)	8 (167.4400)	11 (165.1200)	3 (169.7144)
2013-08-23	Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	3 / 46 (683.9312)	7 (173.1428)	10 (170.8456)	13 (169.6800)	11 (170.2628)
2013-07-19	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	21 / 57 (652.4228)	36 (160.5372)	28 (159.9772)	29 (162.7884)	9 (169.1200)
2013-06-28	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	3 / 32 (679.4286)	20 (160.0000)	3 (174.8572)	7 (169.7142)	1 (174.8572)
2013-06-21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	10 / 29 (658.8576)	18 (164.5716)	4 (170.2858)	12 (165.7144)	22 (158.2858)
2013-05-17	Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH	5 / 35 (666.2850)	9 (166.2856)	14 (163.9998)	5 (169.7140)	10 (166.2856)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#899 (395 pts)	#1035 (355 pts)	#1084 (320 pts)	#861 (455 pts)	#1028 (340 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#256 (1299 pts)	#258 (1254 pts)	#305 (1179 pts)	#220 (1384 pts)	#387 (1024 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#557 (677 pts)	#862 (417 pts)	#640 (607 pts)	#640 (592 pts)	#473 (797 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#221 (1438 pts)	#278 (1188 pts)	#317 (1113 pts)	#306 (1138 pts)	#282 (1223 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#277 (1089 pts)	#439 (714 pts)	#329 (919 pts)	#399 (794 pts)	#300 (1014 pts)