BALDICUE

BALDICUE is a competition barbecue team with 24 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE (2019). They are ranked #1085 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,085

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1596

peak 1596 · rated over 24 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 12, 2015

latest Oct 5, 2019 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#287

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

79% of 24 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

692.5372 / 720

Master · Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

664.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 662.50 (+2.29)

Walk rate

96%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE

Consistency

±14.55

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.69 · weakest Brisket (163.45)

Road miles

2,759

across 24 mapped stops · furthest 242 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

662.50 / 720

24 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016 (Apr 23, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, MISS PIGGY'S U.K..

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE (Feb 16, 2019).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

96% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 24 contests

A top-10 category call in 96% of their 24 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

692.5372 career-best overall

96.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.5372 at Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE — 96.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Feb 16, 2019

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

DRAGON BBQ has finished one call ahead of BALDICUE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

15–5 behind in the head-to-head

White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 20 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.24 points below their pork, and turns into a call 63% of the time against 63%.

Brisket avg 163.45
Pork avg 167.69
15 calls in 24 entries

A strong matchup

12–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ4FUN in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ROKENDE REGAHS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.02% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.02% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.0% of a perfect score
24 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#287 (1,057 pts)	#300 (1,012 pts)	#314 (972 pts)	#239 (1,177 pts)	#354 (912 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#324 (1,031 pts)	#439 (831 pts)	#309 (1,041 pts)	#265 (1,151 pts)	#340 (996 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#584 (677 pts)	#691 (582 pts)	#608 (662 pts)	#746 (547 pts)	#639 (622 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#753 (497 pts)	#881 (422 pts)	#968 (377 pts)	#677 (597 pts)	#814 (462 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1610 (133 pts)	#1581 (163 pts)	#1944 (108 pts)	#1777 (123 pts)	#1545 (163 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BALDICUE, each with one reason worth a look.

32 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Backroads BBQ

#1,090 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1596

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2024

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ZZ-QUE

#1,082 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1621

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 24, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2017

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M-Dubs BBQ

#1,086 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1596

31 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 32% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Sep 6, 2024

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COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP

#1,084 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1604

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

rated over 33 contests
last seen Jul 20, 2019

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Chompa Q

#1,083 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1598

They turned up 9 years after BALDICUE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Apr 24, 2026

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NICKLE BOYS BBQ

#1,089 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1617

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 59 contests to 24.

rated over 58 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
White Squirrel BBQ	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
OMERTA BBQ	16	9	7	56%	⚔ compare
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
BBQ4FUN	12	12	0	100%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SAUWALD BBQ	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
NYARSPOLGAR BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	13	1	1	174.8800	149.6572	166.69	top 50%
Pork Ribs	24	12	1	3	175.4172	148.5260	164.67	top 46%
Pork	24	15	2	6	180 🔥	155.9084	167.69	top 38%
Brisket	24	15	1	3	174.8572	146.2628	163.45	top 47%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	10	2	top 37%
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
BZ	1	0	top 17%
DE	1	0	top 62%
CZ	1	0	top 36%
AT	1	1	top 6%
IT	1	0	top 80%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West Fest On Fire	2	10	0	top 44%	Aug 10, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 8 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in BZ 1 of 24 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 23 1 of them more than once

First title Apr 23, 2016 Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016

Opponents faced 171 finished ahead 309 times, behind 179

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

20194 milestones

Feb 16 First perfect 180 (Pork) Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE
Feb 16 Career-best overall score692.5372 Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE
Oct 5 Peak power rating (1596) Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019
Oct 5 Most recent contest Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019

20181 milestone

Jan 13 10th tracked contest W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

20165 milestones

Apr 23 First category win (Pork) Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016
Apr 23 First overall podium Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016
Apr 23 First Grand Championship Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016
Apr 23 First multi-meat day Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016
Apr 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.5604 Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016

20153 milestones

Sep 12 First tracked contest Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ
Sep 12 First call Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ
Sep 12 First overall top-10 Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.3	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016	Apr 23, 2016
+16	Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE	Feb 16, 2019
+13.2	Slovenia BBQ Open	Sep 16, 2017
+11	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	Jan 13, 2018
+9	Vienna BBQ Days	Jul 8, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016	Jan 15, 2016
-3.7	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia	May 11, 2019
-2.5	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 23, 2016
-1.1	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 13, 2019
-0.6	Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ	Sep 12, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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)
2019	8	1	5	3	100%	top 40%	96.2%	92.7%
2018	7	0	7	0	100%	top 36%	93.2%	91.5%
2017	4	0	4	0	100%	top 29%	94.3%	93%
2016	4	1	2	2	75%	top 46%	95.1%	91.7%
2015	1	0	1	0	100%	top 62%	88%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 5, 2019	Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 Graz, Messegelande	6 / 16 (662.7428)	9 (166.2628)	8 (166.8344)	3 (167.9656)	7 (161.6800)
Aug 10, 2019	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	11 / 27 (666.7656)	10 (170.2628)	12 (167.9772)	15 (163.4056)	12 (165.1200)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	13 / 23 (655.8740)	10 (166.8228)	12 (162.8344)	10 (168.5484)	17 (157.6684)
Apr 27, 2019	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg	9 / 26 (673.5772)	1 (174.8572)	11 (167.3944)	18 (162.8000)	8 (168.5256)
Apr 13, 2019	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	13 / 28 (664.9596)	19 (166.2284)	15 (158.2400)	14 (167.3828)	6 (173.1084)
Apr 6, 2019	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	8 / 16 (669.6572)	12 (166.2628)	9 (167.4172)	4 (173.7372)	12 (162.2400)
Apr 5, 2019	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	7 / 16 (651.3028)	11 (164.5484)	11 (157.0972)	4 (167.9772)	9 (161.6800)
Feb 16, 2019	Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee	1 / 12 (692.5372)	4 (173.7028)	1 (175.4172)	1 (180)	8 (163.4172)
Sep 29, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018 Graz	9 / 19 (663.9200)	4 (173.7028)	11 (164.5372)	13 (162.2744)	11 (163.4056)
Aug 11, 2018	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	10 / 21 (656.9484)	5 (172.5600)	9 (163.3944)	12 (161.6456)	12 (159.3484)
Apr 28, 2018	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018 Salzburg Austria	10 / 24 (657.0856)	12 (167.4056)	3 (170.2744)	2 (173.1428)	20 (146.2628)
Apr 14, 2018	Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	6 / 23 (647.2456)	20 (157.6456)	11 (161.6800)	6 (163.9428)	5 (163.9772)
Apr 7, 2018	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 Wels	7 / 17 (643.3260)	17 (149.6572)	8 (161.1204)	2 (172)	6 (160.5484)
Feb 17, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice Weissensee	5 / 17 (670.7428)	12 (167.3828)	6 (166.8228)	6 (170.8456)	8 (165.6916)
Jan 13, 2018	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	5 / 30 (670.8000)	18 (165.1428)	7 (167.4172)	11 (164.5372)	3 (173.7028)
Sep 16, 2017	Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode	3 / 25 (678.8344)	7 (169.7028)	5 (171.4172)	7 (171.4172)	8 (166.2972)
Jul 8, 2017	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	5 / 20 (666.7428)	5 (171.4400)	15 (158.8000)	7 (167.9656)	2 (168.5372)
Apr 29, 2017	3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria	10 / 28 (670.7540)	17 (166.2284)	3 (171.4400)	18 (165.7028)	10 (167.3828)
Apr 8, 2017	Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels	6 / 14 (662.2400)	5 (170.2856)	5 (166.2972)	6 (166.8228)	12 (158.8344)
Jul 23, 2016	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival Millheim, DE	18 / 29 (671.9656)	6 (174.8800)	14 (167.9772)	14 (171.4056)	23 (157.7028)
May 21, 2016	Bohemian BBQ Prague, Czech Republic	8 / 22 (655.9544)	11 (162.2628)	14 (161.1316)	3 (172.5600)	9 (160)
Apr 23, 2016	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016 Salzburg, Austria	1 / 16 (684.5604)	8 (161.7144)	5 (173.1316)	1 (174.8572)	1 (174.8572)
Jan 15, 2016	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, Italy	24 / 30 (627.8052)	28 (157.6912)	27 (154.8000)	21 (155.9084)	19 (159.4056)
Sep 12, 2015	Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ Naplavka, Prague	8 / 13 (633.6000)	5 (163.9884)	11 (148.5260)	9 (157.6684)	5 (163.4172)

BALDICUE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)