High-water mark
691.9428
career-best overall
96.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.9428 at Atlanta BBQ Festival — 96.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 5, 2018
HIRED GUNS BBQ
HIRED GUNS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 4th of 48 at the Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (2015). They finished #1281 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 14, 2015
latest May 5, 2018 · 2.7 years on the trail
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 13%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 177.70 · weakest Brisket (165.10)
Road miles
6
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
691.07 / 720
2 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 171.9656 | 173.13 | top 19% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 177.7028 | 177.7028 | 177.70 | top 4% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 171.4172 | 175.14 | top 12% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 161.6800 | 165.10 | top 47% |
“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
66
finished ahead 66 times, behind 7
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Aug 14, 2015 → May 5, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Career-best overall score691.9428 Atlanta BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Festival
20156 milestones
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- First call Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- First category win (Pork) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- First overall top-10 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score690.2056 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2018 | Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA | 5 / 27 (691.9428) | 5 (174.2972) | 1 (177.7028) | 6 (171.4172) | 11 (168.5256) |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 4 / 48 (690.2056) | 9 (171.9656) | 2 (177.7028) | 1 (178.8572) | 26 (161.6800) |