TRIED & TRUE BAR-B-QUE
TRIED & TRUE BAR-B-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2014. Their best overall finish is 10th of 11 at the Smoke in the Valley (2014). They finished #1887 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 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 10, 2014
latest Oct 10, 2014
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.53 · weakest Chicken (153.65)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
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 | #1887 (111 pts) | #1972 (111 pts) | #2001 (106 pts) | #1930 (121 pts) | #1956 (111 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153.6456 | 153.6456 | 153.65 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6688 | 153.6688 | 153.67 | top 100% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 164.5256 | 164.53 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154.8228 | 154.8228 | 154.82 | top 91% |
“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
Opponents faced
10
finished ahead 1 times, behind 9
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Oct 10, 2014 → Sep 22, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Valley
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Valley
- First call Smoke in the Valley
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Valley
- Career-best overall score626.6628 Smoke in the Valley
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5256 Smoke in the Valley
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2017 | Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 10, 2014 | Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | 10 / 11 (626.6628) | 10 (153.6456) | 11 (153.6688) | 9 (164.5256) | 10 (154.8228) |