UNCLE BO'S BBQ

UNCLE BO'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 14th of 15 at the 2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q (2016). They are ranked #6462 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,462

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1363

peak 1363 · rated over 17 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest Apr 7, 2017 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1127

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 90%

overall standings

Best overall

636.0460 / 720

Master · Bates County BBQ State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

595.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 594.82 (+0.58)

Walk rate

12%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5828

Pork · Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q

Consistency

±35.03

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 156.33 · weakest Chicken (141.42)

Road miles

902

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

594.82 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN JO has finished one call ahead of UNCLE BO'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

LIL' FIDDLER'S ahead in 100% of their meetings

LIL' FIDDLER'S has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−14.9 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.90 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 12%.

Chicken avg 141.42
Pork avg 156.33
0 calls in 17 entries

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

LIL' FIDDLER'S ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LIL' FIDDLER'S has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

Going the wrong way

-25 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 25 points across 5 contests since Apr 8, 2016 — from 1388 down to 1363.

5 contests since Apr 8, 2016
now 1363

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

A SLEW OF SOWS AND A SMOKER has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1254 (231 pts)	#1271 (251 pts)	#1152 (291 pts)	#1235 (266 pts)	#1371 (221 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1417 (178 pts)	#1427 (193 pts)	#1404 (198 pts)	#1467 (193 pts)	#1378 (198 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1127 (265 pts)	#1208 (265 pts)	#975 (360 pts)	#1194 (270 pts)	#1163 (270 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#1800 (120 pts)	#1345 (205 pts)	#731 (455 pts)	#1742 (125 pts)

Overall rank by season

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
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Contests: 79
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1531

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Top-10s: 0%
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GCs: 0
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1365 ▲ 2 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1365

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 34 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
LIL' FIDDLER'S	9	9	0%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	8	8	0%	⚔ compare
NICKLE BOYS BBQ	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
HANG 'EM' HIGH	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
KC SMOKE DAWGS	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
Sublime BBQ	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
MEL'S BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	0	0	160.5484	20	141.42	top 88%
Pork Ribs	17	0	0	166.3428	145.7140	153.85	top 76%
Pork	17	2	2	172.5828	139.9428	156.33	top 71%
Brisket	17	0	0	158.2852	123.3488	143.22	top 89%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 93%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 89%
Large (40+)	5	top 92%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	14	0	top 90%
KS	3	0	top 92%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer)	3	64	0	top 92%	Apr 7, 2017
Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship	2	21	0	top 92%	May 6, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 3.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 14 of 17 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 14 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 420 finished ahead 69 times, behind 633

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

20171 milestone

Apr 7 Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer)

20151 milestone

May 1 10th tracked contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship

20135 milestones

Mar 15 First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Mar 15 Peak power rating (1487) NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Oct 18 First call Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q
Oct 18 Career-best single call (Pork)172.5828 Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q
Oct 25 Career-best overall score636.0460 Bates County BBQ State Championship

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.7	NKC MO State BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2013
-12.4	Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest	May 3, 2013
-12.2	Smokin n a Rollin	Jun 6, 2014
-11.7	Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q	Oct 18, 2013
-10.7	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship	May 1, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0%	top 91%	84.2%	84.2%
2016	4	0%	top 94%	86.9%	82.3%
2015	3	0%	top 94%	85.6%	79.1%
2014	4	0%	top 94%	84.4%	81.6%
2013	5	40%	top 82%	88.3%	85.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	91 / 100 (606.1484)	90 (154.2740)	85 (153.6916)	87 (155.3940)	96 (142.7888)
Oct 21, 2016	2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Independence, MO	14 / 15 (616.5028)	12 (160.5484)	14 (151.4172)	13 (161.1772)	15 (143.3600)
Sep 16, 2016	Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day Butler, MO	21 / 21 (556.9028)	20 (134.2284)	18 (148.5144)	21 (139.9428)	21 (134.2172)
May 6, 2016	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO	21 / 25 (625.6800)	20 (155.3944)	12 (166.3428)	15 (158.2512)	22 (145.6916)
Apr 8, 2016	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	106 / 109 (571.7712)	107 (137.0740)	97 (149.6916)	95 (152.5140)	108 (132.4916)
Oct 23, 2015	Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q Independence, MO	22 / 22 (484.5488)	22 (20)	19 (149.7032)	18 (160)	19 (154.8456)
Jun 20, 2015	Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO	24 / 29 (616.4572)	21 (157.6800)	23 (149.0744)	25 (155.4056)	23 (154.2972)
May 1, 2015	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO	32 / 32 (608.6288)	25 (160)	25 (153.1888)	31 (150.8684)	31 (144.5716)
Oct 17, 2014	The Fountain's Blaze Off & Senior Q Independence, MO	23 / 25 (607.4060)	23 (149.7144)	14 (161.1888)	25 (148.5484)	22 (147.9544)
Sep 5, 2014	Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival 🏅 Butler, MO	41 / 43 (575.8744)	42 (133.0744)	37 (150.2972)	31 (158.8684)	41 (133.6344)
Jun 6, 2014	Smokin n a Rollin St. Joseph, MO	22 / 22 (576.4116)	22 (142.7884)	12 (159.4172)	19 (150.8572)	22 (123.3488)
Apr 11, 2014	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	64 / 73 (591.3492)	64 (146.8228)	60 (150.2516)	52 (154.8572)	66 (139.4176)
Oct 25, 2013	Bates County BBQ State Championship 🏅 Butler, MO	20 / 33 (636.0460)	28 (150.2972)	11 (165.1772)	3 (171.4400)	27 (149.1316)
Oct 18, 2013	Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q Independence, MO	21 / 22 (619.9544)	22 (154.8800)	19 (154.8572)	3 (172.5828)	21 (137.6344)
Jul 3, 2013	Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest Liberty, MO	21 / 30 (630.8568)	21 (157.7144)	23 (155.4286)	19 (159.4286)	17 (158.2852)
May 3, 2013	Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO	36 / 39 (590.8568)	30 (158.2858)	36 (145.7140)	36 (140.5714)	33 (146.2856)
Mar 15, 2013	NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO	71 / 79 (596.5716)	78 (131.4284)	60 (151.4288)	15 (166.8570)	65 (146.8574)

UNCLE BO'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

Pork nemesis

Going the wrong way

Looking over their shoulder

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)

📉 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)