Their season
2014
their best year
2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 53%
BUZZARD'S BAY BARBEQUE
BUZZARD'S BAY BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 15th of 25 at the Troy Pig Out (2014). They finished #1136 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2014
latest Feb 20, 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.27)
Road miles
1,385
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,101 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
626.03 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 147.9888 | 157.69 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 138.2516 | 148.27 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 159.9772 | 161.54 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 142.2172 | 158.53 | top 45% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NY
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
135
finished ahead 78 times, behind 78
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
- First call Roc City Rib Fest
- Career-best overall score639.4056 Roc City Rib Fest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 Roc City Rib Fest
- Peak power rating (1506) Roc City Rib Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | Roc City Rib Fest | May 24, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Feb 20, 2015 |
| -4.1 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Jul 4, 2014 |
| -2 | Troy Pig Out | Jul 19, 2014 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 88.8% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kissimmee, FL | 20 / 22 (636.9716) | 14 (165.0972) | 21 (152.5372) | 17 (162.2400) | 16 (157.0972) |
| Jul 19, 2014 | Troy Pig Out Troy, NY | 15 / 25 (620.4344) | 16 (157.6800) | 10 (156.5600) | 6 (163.9772) | 20 (142.2172) |
| Jul 4, 2014 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 18 / 27 (607.3264) | 25 (147.9888) | 23 (138.2516) | 5 (159.9772) | 6 (161.1088) |
| May 24, 2014 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 29 / 86 (639.4056) | 43 (160) | 74 (145.7256) | 40 (159.9772) | 4 (173.7028) |