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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1527 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2016-02-25
Best ToY finish
#1476
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.17
last 5 Master vs avg 654.17 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±16.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.05 · weakest Brisket (161.25)
Road miles
1,490
mi 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
Storylines (5 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.
High-water mark
676.5944
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.5944 at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-02-26
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.80 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 161.25
- Pork avg 166.05
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Texas Select BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with Texas Select BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 14% | 2016-02-25 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2016-02-25
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.05 · weakest Brisket (161.25)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
2 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
654.17
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
898
578–682 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,490
5 mapped stops · furthest 536 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Power rating
1527
peak 1527 · #2286 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.7088 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- 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
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1527) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
| +13.8 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2016-02-25 |
| +1.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -0.7 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-25 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 7 / 42 (671.3596) | 28 (162.8912) | 4 (175.4172) | 25 (160.5028) | 2 (172.5484) |
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 7 / 61 (676.5944) | 3 (174.2972) | 23 (165.1544) | 2 (176.0228) | 27 (161.1200) |
| 2014-10-02 | 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) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 37 / 76 (641.1204) | 58 (153.1544) | 19 (166.8344) | 38 (161.1316) | 28 (160.0000) |
| 2013-10-03 | 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) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1557 (165 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #1416 (210 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #1218 (260 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1476 (165 pts) | #1275 (235 pts) | #2142 (70 pts) | #1215 (260 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |