High-water mark
672.0000
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.0000 at Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 2, 2017
THUMBS UP BBQ
THUMBS UP BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 7th of 35 at the Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) (2017). They finished #1516 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 31, 2015
latest Jun 2, 2017 · 1.8 years on the trail
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.38 · weakest Brisket (147.59)
Road miles
61
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Master avg
622.98 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1516 (165 pts) | #2064 (95 pts) | #2059 (100 pts) | #1168 (285 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2910 (55 pts) | #2228 (80 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2921 (55 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 152.5028 | 157.88 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 152.5600 | 160.38 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4056 | 143.4056 | 157.13 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 133.6572 | 147.59 | top 77% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 55% | Jun 2, 2017 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
88
finished ahead 33 times, behind 75
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20178 milestones
- First call Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- First category win (Pork) Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- First overall top-10 Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672 Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- Career-best overall score672 Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4056 Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- Peak power rating (1493) Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- Most recent contest Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2017 | Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) Marysville, KS | 7 / 35 (672) | 18 (165.1772) | 17 (166.2744) | 1 (175.4056) | 13 (165.1428) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 27 / 30 (594.7424) | 20 (155.9540) | 25 (152.5600) | 24 (152.5712) | 30 (133.6572) |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS | 44 / 46 (602.2056) | 43 (152.5028) | 31 (162.3200) | 44 (143.4056) | 43 (143.9772) |