BIG "E" BBQ WI
Rating
1713
peak 1717
Contests
61
in the data
First seen
latest 2022-10-14
Best ToY finish
#29
Master 2018
Grand champs
3
4 reserve
Category wins
12
34 podiums
Overall top-10s
40
of 61 contests
Avg finish
top 24%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.56 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 667.63 (-17.06)
Walk rate
85%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
11
best run (overall)
Consistency
±68.88
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.16)
Road miles
12005
mi across 59 mapped stops · furthest 1188 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Smokin Highwaymen has finished one call ahead of BIG "E" BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
QUE U has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Heavy Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 14 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Second Hand Smoke SLV in 21 of their 22 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Puckaway Pigfest is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.7256 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin' in the Bogs (2022-09-02).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 44-team field at Best of the Midwest BBQ.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 2 of 38 at their very first tracked contest, Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) ().
Teams like this (closest power rating, WI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 57 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 179.4400 | 155.9428 | 170.68 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 60 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 178.2972 | 151.3716 | 169.16 | top 33% |
| Pork | 55 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 178.8572 | 158.8000 | 169.46 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 55 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 179.4400 | 155.3484 | 169.89 | top 32% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 22 | 3 | top 19% |
| IL | 13 | 0 | top 27% |
| IN | 8 | 0 | top 35% |
| MI | 5 | 0 | top 18% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 15% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 23% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 27 | 2 | top 22% |
| Large (40+) | 29 | 1 | top 26% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (22 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WI (23 of 61 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (60 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: 8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1) (2019-08-23)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 667.63
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 695.9656 | 602.82 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 690.7768 | 682.85 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 693.0856 | 679.28 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 683.9424 | 671.66 |
| 2019 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 692.5828 | 656.44 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-14 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI | 10 / 36 (685.0284) | 9 (173.1200) | 25 (162.2400) | 4 (175.4056) | 7 (174.2628) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 69 / 249 (687.3828) | 151 (170.2628) | 181 (167.3828) | 15 (178.2972) | 87 (171.4400) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 196 / 505 (674.7772) | 142 (171.4172) | 299 (165.7028) | 98 (173.7028) | 282 (163.9544) |
| 2022-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 3 / 38 (690.7768) | 15 (169.6684) | 11 (169.7028) | 1 (178.8572) | 6 (172.5484) |
| 2022-09-02 | Smokin' in the Bogs Warrens, WI | 2 / 23 (686.7888) | 4 (173.1316) | 6 (169.6800) | 2 (173.1544) | 7 (170.8228) |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May Bancroft, WI | 7 / 43 (676.5028) | 20 (168.5256) | 1 (176.5600) | 20 (166.2972) | 19 (165.1200) |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI | — | — | 2 (173.7144) | — | — |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 25 / 48 (674.1712) | 39 (165.6684) | 5 (174.8572) | 24 (169.1200) | 31 (164.5256) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 14 / 60 (687.3372) | 6 (176.5600) | 6 (175.4172) | 44 (164.5256) | 20 (170.8344) |
| 2021-10-22 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI | 1 / 44 (690.2172) | 13 (171.4056) | 15 (168.5372) | 2 (176.0000) | 6 (174.2744) |
| 2021-09-24 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI | 5 / 28 (679.3144) | 18 (167.9772) | 3 (173.1200) | 20 (166.2400) | 3 (171.9772) |
| 2021-09-10 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 7 / 30 (670.7656) | 16 (167.3828) | 14 (161.6916) | 8 (166.2856) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2021-09-03 | Smokin' in the Bogs Warrens, WI | 5 / 25 (681.0628) | 2 (174.8572) | 4 (169.7028) | 7 (172.5600) | 11 (163.9428) |
| 2021-08-27 | 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) Washington Island, WI | 5 / 25 (686.7772) | 11 (169.1200) | 2 (176.0116) | 11 (169.6800) | 7 (171.9656) |
| 2021-08-26 | 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1) Washington Island, WI | 6 / 25 (676.5028) | 19 (166.2284) | 7 (168.5944) | 5 (172.0000) | 7 (169.6800) |
| 2021-07-09 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL | 32 / 38 (652.4228) | 38 (155.9428) | 20 (166.2400) | 28 (163.9772) | 22 (166.2628) |
| 2021-06-26 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) Belvidere, IL | 29 / 43 (666.1488) | 10 (174.2628) | 41 (162.2400) | 26 (164.5488) | 23 (165.0972) |
| 2021-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) Belvidere, IL | 9 / 49 (677.6228) | 23 (166.8112) | 11 (170.2744) | 29 (166.8344) | 6 (173.7028) |
| 2021-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI | 17 / 45 (667.3028) | 8 (171.9656) | 8 (169.7144) | 36 (159.3828) | 22 (166.2400) |
| 2021-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI | 12 / 52 (675.3712) | 31 (165.1428) | 11 (168.0000) | 11 (172.5600) | 15 (169.6684) |
| 2021-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 Warsaw, IN | 6 / 39 (691.3600) | 2 (178.8572) | 7 (170.8228) | 16 (170.8228) | 13 (170.8572) |
| 2021-05-14 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 Warsaw, IN | 10 / 41 (682.2744) | 1 (177.7028) | 37 (158.2516) | 17 (169.7028) | 5 (176.6172) |
| 2021-05-14 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Warsaw, IN | — | — | 3 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2021-05-01 | Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 2 / 44 (685.1316) | 15 (169.7028) | 8 (170.2972) | 4 (174.2972) | 11 (170.8344) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) Collierville, TN | 11 / 44 (682.7772) | 20 (169.6800) | 6 (175.4172) | 17 (171.4056) | 17 (166.2744) |
| 2021-03-20 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 7 / 50 (693.0856) | 4 (177.7028) | 17 (171.4172) | 32 (169.6912) | 8 (174.2744) |
| 2021-03-19 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 9 / 56 (689.6456) | 13 (174.8456) | 10 (173.7144) | 51 (161.6456) | 1 (179.4400) |
| 2021-03-19 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs Shawnee, OK | — | — | 9 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2020-10-16 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI | 12 / 50 (674.8688) | 11 (170.2972) | 12 (167.9772) | 21 (166.2972) | 9 (170.2972) |
| 2020-09-25 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI | 7 / 28 (675.4056) | 4 (174.2972) | 22 (163.4172) | 8 (169.1428) | 11 (168.5484) |
| 2020-09-12 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 Warsaw, IN | 7 / 26 (683.9424) | 18 (168.0000) | 6 (172.5484) | 4 (172.5484) | 10 (170.8456) |
| 2020-09-11 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 Warsaw, IN | 27 / 36 (659.8624) | 24 (166.2856) | 13 (168.5600) | 24 (165.6800) | 28 (159.3368) |
| 2020-08-14 | Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN | 20 / 50 (675.9196) | 9 (172.5828) | 26 (166.2400) | 28 (167.9884) | 30 (169.1084) |
| 2020-07-17 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI | 8 / 31 (669.6912) | 20 (162.2284) | 24 (157.7144) | 2 (174.3428) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2020-07-10 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL | 19 / 53 (674.2056) | 14 (171.9884) | 28 (166.2744) | 31 (166.2628) | 20 (169.6800) |
| 2020-05-29 | Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 26 / 66 (659.3600) | 24 (166.8572) | 20 (168.5600) | 13 (168.5944) | 59 (155.3484) |
| 2019-10-18 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA | 9 / 32 (682.7656) | 21 (168.5256) | 3 (178.2972) | 25 (165.1200) | 10 (170.8228) |
| 2019-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) Arthur, IL | 13 / 43 (678.1484) | 19 (170.2628) | 5 (173.1200) | 19 (168.5372) | 24 (166.2284) |
| 2019-09-20 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI | 3 / 28 (685.6456) | 9 (171.9772) | 2 (172.5600) | 15 (166.8228) | 5 (174.2856) |
| 2019-09-13 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 4 / 35 (683.3940) | 13 (169.7028) | 4 (172.5828) | 9 (167.4056) | 3 (173.7028) |
| 2019-09-06 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 1 / 39 (681.0172) | 10 (166.2400) | 4 (168.5256) | 1 (174.2744) | 2 (171.9772) |
| 2019-08-30 | Smokin in the Bogs Warrens, WI | 6 / 38 (689.6456) | 1 (179.4400) | 10 (170.8228) | 25 (164.5372) | 6 (174.8456) |
| 2019-08-24 | 8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2) Washington Island, WI | 10 / 29 (678.7428) | 2 (177.7028) | 19 (162.2400) | 18 (164.5372) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2019-08-23 | 8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1) Washington Island, WI | 1 / 30 (180.0000) | 8 (171.9656) | 1 (178.2972) | 6 (172.5600) | 14 (168.5600) |
| 2019-07-13 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI | 9 / 36 (677.6344) | 14 (168.5372) | 22 (162.8344) | 1 (175.4400) | 11 (170.8228) |
| 2019-07-12 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 Green Bay, WI | 3 / 37 (689.0856) | 6 (173.7028) | 3 (175.4172) | 10 (169.7028) | 11 (170.2628) |
| 2019-06-28 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Joliet, IL | 3 / 42 (692.5828) | 7 (174.3200) | 7 (172.0000) | 8 (172.5600) | 7 (173.7028) |
| 2019-06-22 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 Belvidere, IL | 5 / 45 (682.1940) | 1 (177.7028) | 28 (164.5372) | 12 (170.2628) | 16 (169.6912) |
| 2019-06-21 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL | 21 / 50 (662.6856) | 24 (166.2284) | 45 (151.3716) | 7 (171.9772) | 6 (173.1084) |
| 2019-05-31 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest Rice Lake, WI | 6 / 19 (666.1600) | 3 (173.7028) | 8 (164.5372) | 13 (158.8000) | 3 (169.1200) |
| 2019-05-25 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 Westmont, IL | 7 / 48 (677.0744) | 4 (173.7144) | 16 (167.4172) | 8 (168.5372) | 13 (167.4056) |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 Westmont, IL | 7 / 40 (673.6112) | 10 (168.5372) | 1 (171.4172) | 11 (167.4056) | 15 (166.2512) |
| 2019-05-04 | Masters in May Day 2 Bancroft, WI | 6 / 40 (679.9884) | 21 (166.8456) | 11 (171.4400) | 17 (167.4056) | 2 (174.2972) |
| 2019-05-03 | Masters In May Day 1 Bancroft, WI | 9 / 42 (677.0628) | 10 (168.5256) | 10 (172.0000) | 12 (171.4172) | 17 (165.1200) |
| 2019-04-26 | The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Contest Manawa, WI | 5 / 26 (661.0168) | 16 (161.6340) | 8 (165.1544) | 1 (172.0000) | 8 (162.2284) |
| 2019-04-05 | CCSFest Indianapois, IN | 15 / 40 (674.7656) | 4 (174.2628) | 16 (168.0116) | 23 (166.8112) | 24 (165.6800) |
| 2019-03-22 | PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition Franklin, IN | 6 / 29 (689.0740) | 7 (172.5600) | 13 (169.6684) | 4 (178.8572) | 15 (167.9884) |
| 2019-02-08 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship Little Rock, AR | 30 / 92 (679.3372) | 34 (172.5600) | 67 (164.5372) | 52 (167.3828) | 16 (174.8572) |
| Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Yorkville, IL | 2 / 22 (695.9656) | 5 (170.8456) | 1 (175.4172) | — | — | |
| Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) Yorkville, IL | 2 / 38 (509.6684) | 7 (168.5256) | 3 (170.2744) | — | — |
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 | #277 (830 pts) | #347 (695 pts) | #171 (1205 pts) | #274 (875 pts) | #346 (695 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #51 (1883 pts) | #48 (1765 pts) | #52 (1856 pts) | #92 (1505 pts) | #38 (1898 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #118 (885 pts) | #121 (890 pts) | #150 (745 pts) | #101 (990 pts) | #111 (915 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #56 (2134 pts) | #35 (2112 pts) | #37 (2083 pts) | #56 (1975 pts) | #53 (1992 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #29 (2471 pts) | #94 (1803 pts) | #88 (1790 pts) | #14 (2394 pts) | #8 (2438 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #50 (2287 pts) | #66 (2034 pts) | #109 (1791 pts) | #56 (2016 pts) | #22 (2416 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #58 (2255 pts) | #48 (2137 pts) | #75 (1915 pts) | #33 (2215 pts) | #48 (2181 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #82 (2121 pts) | #45 (2095 pts) | #82 (1907 pts) | #98 (1793 pts) | #101 (1873 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #888 (374 pts) | #1297 (234 pts) | #699 (544 pts) | #915 (394 pts) | #1206 (254 pts) |