High-water mark
681.1316
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.1316 at Minnesota in May — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-15
BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1515 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-15
latest 2015-07-31
Best ToY finish
#910
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.63
last 3 Master vs avg 661.63 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 171.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.45)
Road miles
231
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Master avg
661.63 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 60 at their very first tracked contest, Minnesota in May (2015-05-15).
- 2015-05-15
- 60-team field
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.
BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 103 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2669 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC)
13 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 155.9656 | 163.22 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8688 | 157.6572 | 162.45 | top 53% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 159.3944 | 164.54 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 169.1200 | 171.42 | top 20% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 8% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2015-07-31
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
IA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 171.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.45)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
661.63
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
85–56 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
231
3 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi
Schedule strength
1556
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Power rating
1514
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Minnesota in May
- First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.1316 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score681.1316 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4400 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1515) Minnesota in May
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15 | Minnesota in May | 2015-05-15 |
| +4.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-07-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2015-07-24 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 43% | 94.6% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 14 / 30 (661.6232) | 21 (161.7028) | 15 (162.8116) | 11 (167.4172) | 10 (169.6916) |
| 2015-07-24 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 40 / 54 (642.1372) | 48 (155.9656) | 43 (157.6572) | 35 (159.3944) | 11 (169.1200) |
| 2015-05-15 | Minnesota in May St. Paul, MN | 5 / 60 (681.1316) | 11 (172.0000) | 18 (166.8688) | 26 (166.8228) | 4 (175.4400) |
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 | #910 (355 pts) | #1163 (265 pts) | #1192 (260 pts) | #1270 (245 pts) | #777 (470 pts) |