I am an occasional SCBA BBQ team competitor. I ran some numbers to see how the scores have been trending this year and compared to last year. I also did a calculation to get an average SCBA BBQ score and the average score for each scoring category. I am posting this message for information only.Please Do Not Respond

Average scores for the top 5 places in each event for 2016 and a difference from 2015.

Port Royal 15.8372 up 0.2249

Sumter 15.68858 up .00124

Bamberg 15.65572 up .11516

Walterboro 15.94868 up .9968

Hardeeville 15.62086 down .19214

Florence 15.9384 up .332

Spartanburg 15.62068 down .12182

Rock Hill 15.798 up .153

Greenville 15.37286 down.15196

Irmo 15.348 down .14668

Chester 15.31134 down.10586

The average score for the top 5 places in these 2016 events is 15.64912
2015 events is 15.63025455
an increase of .01886545 from 2015 to 2016.

My calculation for The Average SCBA Score:

This is just my opinion of a way to establish a score of an average box. I used the average score of the teams that finished in the middle of the line-up. if there was a even amount of teams, i used the team closer to the top... for example, if there were 10 teams i used the 5th place team. 4 between them and 1st, 5 between them and the last.If it was an odd # of teams, 11 teams, I used the 6 place team, 5 between them and 1st, and 5 between them and last.

Average Total Score 15.112
Average Appearance 2.680
Average Aroma 1.726
Average Tenderness 4.493
Average Taste 4.501