High-water mark
664.5940
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.5940 at Boats, Bands & BBQ — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 6, 2014
PLAN B BBQ
PLAN B BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2014. Their best overall finish is 8th of 29 at the Boats, Bands & BBQ (2014). They finished #1647 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 30, 2014
latest Aug 1, 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.90 · weakest Brisket (155.22)
Road miles
1,329
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,204 mi
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Master avg
639.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1647 (149 pts) | #1960 (114 pts) | #1315 (229 pts) | #1872 (129 pts) | #1915 (119 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 164.0112 | 165.90 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 149.7032 | 158.27 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 157.6684 | 159.79 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 148.4912 | 155.22 | top 64% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
67
finished ahead 34 times, behind 57
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20147 milestones
- First call Boats, Bands & BBQ
- First overall top-10 Boats, Bands & BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5940 Boats, Bands & BBQ
- Career-best overall score664.5940 Boats, Bands & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172 Boats, Bands & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1503) Boats, Bands & BBQ
- Most recent contest The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.6 | Boats, Bands & BBQ | Jun 6, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition | Aug 1, 2014 |
| -6.2 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown | May 30, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 63% | 92.3% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2014 | The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition Alamosa, CO | 26 / 31 (626.2288) | 22 (164.0112) | 27 (149.7032) | 21 (157.6684) | 21 (154.8460) |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO | 8 / 29 (664.5940) | 13 (166.2740) | 3 (172) | 10 (164) | 12 (162.3200) |
| May 30, 2014 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 26 / 34 (626.7312) | 12 (167.4284) | 31 (153.1088) | 26 (157.7028) | 28 (148.4912) |
| Nov 15, 2013 | The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |