SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2002

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1538

peak 1538 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-13

latest 2015-10-09

Best ToY finish

#546

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9656 / 720

Master · Wheatstock Grill Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.13 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 653.31 (+12.82)

Walk rate

58%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.0000

Pork Ribs · Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest

Consistency

±19.16

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.49 · weakest Brisket (161.37)

Road miles

601

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 75 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

653.31 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

679.9656 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9656 at Wheatstock Grill Off — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-08

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BLUE BUCKET BBQ has finished one call ahead of SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.13 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 161.37
Pork Ribs avg 165.49
4 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of INDIGO PIG in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 5 shared pork ribs entries lost

FRONT DOOR GANG ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FRONT DOOR GANG has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork ribs entries.

An October team

Top 28% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 45% the rest of the year

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.

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

Grinders BBQ

#2006 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1538

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

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MANNY'S BBQ

#1999 of the rated field

1538 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1538

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2016-10-29

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ROGUE Q SMOKERS OF THE SERENGETI

#2001 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1538

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ has cooked, 8 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-09-26

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Hogback Cookers

#2007 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1538

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-09-05

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Pig Time BBQ

#2003 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

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Skinny's BBQ

#2009 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2016-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
INDIGO PIG	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
BLACK EYE BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BLUE BUCKET BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
RICH AND STU'S VOODOO BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
BLUE COLLAR BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
KC SMOKE DAWGS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
LAZY 2 BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
MEL'S BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
FRONT DOOR GANG	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
LIL' FIDDLER'S	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON WHEELS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	2	0	0	172.0228	150.8800	162.56	top 54%
Pork Ribs	12	4	0	1	176.0000	155.9428	165.49	top 36%
Pork	12	4	1	1	175.4516	155.4056	163.89	top 47%
Brisket	12	4	0	1	174.8572	145.0856	161.37	top 46%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	11	0	top 43%
MO	1	0	top 57%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 58%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	2	40	0	top 58%	2015-04-10

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2013-09-13 → 2015-10-09

Busiest season 2014 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 11 of 12 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 165.49 · weakest Brisket (161.37)

Walk rate 58% a top-10 call in 7 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 42% 5 of 12 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 653.31 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 745 479–514 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 601 12 mapped stops · furthest 75 mi

Schedule strength 1532 average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests

Power rating 1538 peak 1538 · #2002 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 13 First tracked contest Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
Sep 13 First call Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
2014
May 16 First overall top-10 Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ
May 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3716 Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0000 Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest
2015
May 8 10th tracked contest Wheatstock Grill Off
May 8 Career-best overall score679.9656 Wheatstock Grill Off
Oct 9 First category win (Pork) Smoke on the Water
Oct 9 Peak power rating (1538) Smoke on the Water
Oct 9 Most recent contest Smoke on the Water

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee	2014-10-10
+12	Smoke on the Water	2015-10-09
+9.4	Wheatstock Grill Off	2015-05-08
+9	Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ	2014-05-16
+6.5	Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest	2014-09-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.6	Big Blue BBQ Championship	2014-06-06
-2.2	Smoke in the Spring	2015-04-10
-1.9	Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest	2014-08-01
-1.3	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
-0.6	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest	2015-07-31

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	4	2	1	50%	top 39%	94.4%	92.1%
2014	6	3	0	67%	top 45%	94.2%	90.6%
2013	2	0	0	50%	top 54%	88.9%	88.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-10-09	Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS	4 / 33 (675.3944)	9 (167.4056)	13 (163.3944)	1 (175.4516)	5 (169.1428)
2015-07-31	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	27 / 46 (655.9088)	38 (159.9656)	12 (169.6916)	30 (162.8344)	25 (163.4172)
2015-05-08	Wheatstock Grill Off Abilene, KS	8 / 32 (679.9656)	16 (168.0000)	16 (168.5256)	13 (168.5828)	4 (174.8572)
2015-04-10	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	60 / 97 (641.0856)	88 (151.9656)	30 (166.8228)	60 (161.7256)	46 (160.5716)
2014-10-10	Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS	5 / 37 (678.2856)	6 (172.0228)	5 (170.2972)	8 (168.5484)	3 (167.4172)
2014-09-12	Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS	10 / 29 (661.1200)	17 (164.5944)	2 (176.0000)	19 (158.8000)	14 (161.7256)
2014-08-01	Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	23 / 37 (641.6344)	16 (164.5600)	10 (163.9772)	27 (159.3828)	27 (153.7144)
2014-06-06	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	19 / 25 (618.1368)	14 (158.8228)	18 (158.8228)	22 (155.4056)	24 (145.0856)
2014-05-16	Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ Abilene, KS	8 / 27 (671.3716)	15 (167.4172)	5 (169.1200)	7 (168.0116)	10 (166.8228)
2014-04-11	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	40 / 73 (643.2568)	31 (164.5256)	47 (155.9428)	24 (165.1200)	44 (157.6684)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	305 / 535 (633.5996)	447 (150.8800)	136 (165.6684)	354 (156.5256)	232 (160.5256)
2013-09-13	Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS	17 / 34 (639.9312)	14 (160.5600)	21 (157.6684)	7 (166.2628)	19 (155.4400)

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	#731 (480 pts)	#941 (365 pts)	#880 (405 pts)	#719 (520 pts)	#723 (510 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#546 (690 pts)	#590 (660 pts)	#428 (915 pts)	#635 (605 pts)	#556 (665 pts)