iQ

iQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 68 at the Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #1116 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1521

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 2, 2013

latest May 23, 2015 · 1.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1116

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

676.0232 / 720

Master · Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7256

Brisket · Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

Consistency

±33.31

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 165.41 · weakest Chicken (156.69)

Road miles

5,866

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 5,682 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)

Master avg

640.92 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

On the rise

+30 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 30 points across 3 contests since Oct 10, 2014 — from 1491 up to 1521.

3 contests since Oct 10, 2014
now 1521

High-water mark

676.0232 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.0232 at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 23, 2015

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of IRON BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The long haul

5,866 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,866 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,682 miles to Ruhrpott BBQ.

4 mapped stops
furthest 5,682 mi

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1116 (260 pts)	#2017 (95 pts)	#1565 (165 pts)	#1727 (130 pts)	#1158 (260 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2397 (71 pts)	#2446 (71 pts)	#2436 (71 pts)	#2452 (71 pts)	#2440 (71 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	0	166.8916	142.2628	156.69	top 62%
Pork Ribs	4	2	1	171.4172	133.6228	156.98	top 44%
Pork	4	0	0	168.5828	155.3828	161.84	top 40%
Brisket	4	2	2	173.7256	157.6800	165.41	top 27%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 11%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 46%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
EU	1	0	top 41%
CA	1	0	top 93%

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in EU 1 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 147 finished ahead 137 times, behind 69

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Aug 2, 2013 → Oct 10, 2014

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

20159 milestones

May 9 First call Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 9 First overall top-10 Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8000 Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 9 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7256 Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 23 First overall podium Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 23 First Reserve Championship Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 23 Career-best overall score676.0232 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 23 Peak power rating (1521) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 23 Most recent contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20131 milestone

Aug 2 First tracked contest 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 23, 2015
+14.3	Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	May 9, 2015
+4.1	Ruhrpott BBQ	Oct 10, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic	Aug 2, 2013

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	2	2	100%	top 7%	93.9%	93%
2014	1	0	0%	top 41%	88.3%	88.3%
2013	1	0	0%	top 93%	81.8%	81.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	2 / 68 (676.0232)	18 (166.8916)	7 (168.5488)	11 (168.5828)	2 (172)
May 9, 2015	Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel	4 / 38 (662.8000)	29 (155.9544)	2 (171.4172)	14 (161.7028)	2 (173.7256)
Oct 10, 2014	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	24 / 58 (635.8968)	29 (161.6456)	36 (154.3200)	21 (161.7028)	21 (158.2284)
Aug 2, 2013	5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic Vista, CA	43 / 46 (588.9484)	43 (142.2628)	46 (133.6228)	32 (155.3828)	29 (157.6800)