BLACKSHIRT BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4276

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1477

peak 1505 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-16

latest 2015-05-29

Best ToY finish

#1328

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

664.5144 / 720

Master · 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska

Perfect 180s

Current form

628.68 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 634.65 (-5.97)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7144

Chicken · Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show

Consistency

±15.67

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 161.50 · weakest Brisket (152.33)

Road miles

mi across 6 mapped stops

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)

Master avg

634.65 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

664.5144 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.5144 at 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-08-16

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMITH BBQ CO. has finished one call ahead of BLACKSHIRT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

HELPING U BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

HELPING U BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.17 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 152.33
Pork Ribs avg 161.50
1 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

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

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

HUMO Parrillada

#4269 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

⚔ Head-to-head

2 B's BBQ

#4284 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after BLACKSHIRT BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Stuttering John's Smokehouse

#4287 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

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Snuff The Rooster BBQ

#4294 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-10-04

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J-3 BBQ

#4255 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-05-17

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Fu Man Que

#4296 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1476

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2022-07-07

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
ELWOOD BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HELPING U BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
YOU GONNA LIKE IT	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PORK PATROL BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	169.7144	147.3256	160.92	top 52%
Pork Ribs	6	0	169.6800	152.5144	161.50	top 56%
Pork	6	1	169.1428	150.3084	159.90	top 59%
Brisket	6	1	162.8116	142.7660	152.33	top 69%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 78%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 56%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2	32	0	top 65%	2014-09-26

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.8 yrs 2013-08-16 → 2015-05-29

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NE 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 161.50 · weakest Brisket (152.33)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 634.65 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 138 85–151 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 79 6 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1527 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Power rating 1477 peak 1505 · #4276 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 16 First tracked contest 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
Aug 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5144 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
Aug 16 Career-best overall score664.5144 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1505) 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
Sep 27 Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7144 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
2014
May 30 First call 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
2015
May 29 Most recent contest 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.5	21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska	2013-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.3	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	2015-05-29
-6.3	3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition	2014-05-30
-5.7	22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska	2014-08-15
-5.4	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2014-09-26
-1	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2013-09-27

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	100%	top 86%	85.3%	85.3%
2014	3	33%	top 73%	88.2%	87.4%
2013	2	0%	top 48%	92.3%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-05-29	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	24 / 28 (614.2284)	25 (147.3828)	21 (156.5828)	23 (150.3084)	10 (159.9544)
2014-09-26	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	34 / 47 (626.0344)	43 (147.3256)	25 (160.5372)	27 (161.0972)	32 (157.0744)
2014-08-15	22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	28 / 38 (635.2460)	15 (166.8344)	12 (169.6800)	35 (155.9656)	36 (142.7660)
2014-05-30	3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE	22 / 30 (627.3032)	4 (169.1200)	26 (152.5144)	9 (162.2744)	27 (143.3944)
2013-09-27	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	32 / 56 (640.5716)	12 (169.7144)	28 (162.2628)	34 (160.6172)	45 (147.9772)
2013-08-16	21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	17 / 43 (664.5144)	24 (165.1428)	18 (167.4172)	14 (169.1428)	19 (162.8116)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#2737 (58 pts)	#2818 (53 pts)	#2132 (73 pts)	#2213 (63 pts)	#1719 (128 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1343 (205 pts)	#918 (390 pts)	#1213 (255 pts)	#1174 (275 pts)	#1466 (190 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1328 (183 pts)	#1292 (213 pts)	#1453 (178 pts)	#1341 (198 pts)	#1425 (173 pts)