Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 7th
- average top 14%
Texas Select BBQ
Texas Select BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 7th of 42 at the Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (2016). They are ranked #2301 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1527 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Feb 25, 2016 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.99
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.05 · weakest Brisket (161.25)
Road miles
1,490
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 536 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
654.17 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Texas Select BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
62 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,307 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1608
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Texas Select BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Texas Select BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
They turned up 6 years after Texas Select BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#2,305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1527
Level with Texas Select BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 153.1544 | 161.72 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 152.5828 | 165.15 | top 36% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0228 | 160.5028 | 166.05 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5484 | 151.3256 | 161.25 | top 42% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 14% | Feb 25, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
894
finished ahead 578 times, behind 682
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20162 milestones
- Peak power rating (1527) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
20154 milestones
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score676.5944 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0228 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
20141 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.7088 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | Feb 26, 2015 |
| +13.8 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | Feb 25, 2016 |
| +1.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 3, 2013 |
| -0.7 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 11% | 94% | 94% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 90.1% | 89.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2016 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 7 / 42 (671.3596) | 28 (162.8912) | 4 (175.4172) | 25 (160.5028) | 2 (172.5484) |
| Feb 26, 2015 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 7 / 61 (676.5944) | 3 (174.2972) | 23 (165.1544) | 2 (176.0228) | 27 (161.1200) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 322 / 552 (648.7088) | 326 (162.8572) | 471 (152.5828) | 79 (172.0116) | 292 (161.2572) |
| Aug 30, 2014 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 37 / 76 (641.1204) | 58 (153.1544) | 19 (166.8344) | 38 (161.1316) | 28 (160) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 314 / 535 (633.0740) | 376 (155.4056) | 128 (165.7600) | 259 (160.5828) | 385 (151.3256) |