High-water mark
678.2748
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2748 at Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-16
TRUE BLUE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1503 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2014-07-24
latest 2018-09-07
Best ToY finish
#1701
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.81 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 613.19 (-3.37)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±55.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.33 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.81)
Road miles
9,347
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1977 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Master avg
613.19 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
TEAM AMERICA ahead in 100% of their meetings
TEAM AMERICA has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−17.5
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 17.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 43%.
- Pork Ribs avg 149.81
- Chicken avg 167.33
- 2 calls in 7 entries
Boom or bust
±7.75%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±7.75% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 85.2% of a perfect score
- best 94.2%
A September team
Top 61%
average finish in September
Something about September: average finish in the top 61% across 3 contests, versus top 74% the rest of the year.
- 3 September contests
- top 74% the rest of the year
The long haul
9,347
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,347 miles across 8 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,977 miles to Fitzgerald Pig Pickin'.
- 8 mapped stops
- furthest 1,977 mi
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.
156 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4761 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with TRUE BLUE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4727 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1512 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before TRUE BLUE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 175.4172 | 155.9544 | 167.33 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 92.2400 | 149.81 | top 61% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 145.6684 | 159.79 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3088 | 151.3944 | 159.08 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald Pig Pickin | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 100% | 2016-06-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2014-07-24 → 2018-09-07
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ID
3 of 8 contests · 5 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.33 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.81)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Master average
613.19
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
157
52–145 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
9,347
8 mapped stops · furthest 1,977 mi
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1503 · #4738 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- First call Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1503) Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- 2016
- First category win (Chicken) Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2748 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score678.2748 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-16 |
| +3.5 | *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival | 2018-09-07 |
| +3.1 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown | 2014-07-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' | 2015-06-12 |
| -12.9 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin | 2016-06-10 |
| -11.3 | *Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | 2017-09-15 |
| -8 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2015-08-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 91% | 91% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 96% | 70.4% | 70.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 70% | 94.2% | 86.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 89.8% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-07 | *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival Boise, ID | 12 / 25 (655.3600) | 5 (170.2856) | 16 (160.5600) | 14 (167.9772) | 21 (156.5372) |
| 2017-09-15 | *Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Boise, ID | 27 / 28 (506.8112) | 12 (167.9884) | 3 (175.4056) | — | 17 (163.4172) |
| 2017-08-12 | Seward County Fair Rib Rally(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Seward, NE | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Nampa, ID | 10 / 25 (678.2748) | 1 (175.4172) | 13 (166.8344) | 14 (165.7144) | 6 (170.3088) |
| 2016-06-10 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin Fitzgerald, GA | 26 / 26 (561.8400) | 22 (155.9544) | 26 (92.2400) | 25 (156.5256) | 22 (157.1200) |
| 2015-08-28 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 43 / 49 (646.7660) | 25 (167.9772) | 40 (159.4172) | 39 (161.7028) | 39 (157.6688) |
| 2015-06-12 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' Fitzgerald, GA | 20 / 20 (605.0744) | 16 (164.5828) | 20 (122.2056) | 17 (161.1544) | 17 (157.1316) |
| 2014-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT | 14 / 31 (638.1712) | 7 (169.1200) | 5 (171.9884) | 31 (145.6684) | 20 (151.3944) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1701 (115 pts) | #1377 (175 pts) | #1844 (95 pts) | #1803 (105 pts) | #1939 (70 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2922 (53 pts) | #1925 (118 pts) | #1341 (228 pts) | — | #2070 (93 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1739 (125 pts) | #1200 (275 pts) | #2081 (110 pts) | #2090 (105 pts) | #1611 (165 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |