Bad-Axe-BBQ IL
Rating
1490
peak 1506 · rated over 2 contests
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-24
latest 2019-07-05
Best ToY finish
#1686
Master 2019
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.40 · weakest Brisket (143.95)
Road miles
393
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 393 mi
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
600.97 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.86 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) ().
Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 155.3600 | 159.40 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 146.2400 | 158.45 | top 52% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.4172 | 155.4172 | 155.42 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9544 | 143.9544 | 143.95 | top 100% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 2 | 1 | top 18% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 1 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IL (2 of 3 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (3 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (null)
- Wins it all in 33% of contests
- Average Master overall score: 600.97 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 318.86 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 — First tracked contest · Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- 📣 — First call · Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- 🏆 — First Grand Championship · Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- ⭐ 2019-07-05 — Career-best overall score (600.9716) · Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 6% | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 88.6% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-05 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 East Liverpool, OH | 11 / 11 (600.9716) | 9 (155.3600) | 11 (146.2400) | 10 (155.4172) | 11 (143.9544) |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 🏅 Westmont, IL | 12 / 40 (318.8572) | 7 (161.7144) | 17 (157.1428) | — | — |
| Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) BlueIsland, IL | 1 / 16 (333.0972) | 4 (161.1200) | 2 (171.9772) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1686 (106 pts) | #1590 (121 pts) | #1761 (106 pts) | #1731 (111 pts) | #1721 (106 pts) |