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
- Sep 16, 2016
TRUE BLUE BBQ
TRUE BLUE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 10th of 25 at the Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival (2016). They are ranked #4769 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1503 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jul 24, 2014
latest Sep 7, 2018 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
13% 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
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.33 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.81)
Road miles
9,347
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,977 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Master avg
613.19 / 720
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TRUE BLUE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Level with TRUE BLUE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,781 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They've been 1502 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,784 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1514
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.
⚔ Compare careers#4,792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1467
They turned up 7 years after TRUE BLUE BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald Pig Pickin | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 100% | Jun 10, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ID
3 of 8 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
156
finished ahead 52 times, behind 145
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival
20165 milestones
- 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
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- First call Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1503) Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.1 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | Sep 16, 2016 |
| +3.5 | Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival | Sep 7, 2018 |
| +3.1 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown | Jul 24, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' | Jun 12, 2015 |
| -13 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin | Jun 10, 2016 |
| -11.3 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | Sep 15, 2017 |
| -8 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | Aug 28, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2018 | Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival Boise, ID | 12 / 25 (655.3600) | 5 (170.2856) | 16 (160.5600) | 14 (167.9772) | 21 (156.5372) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Boise, ID | 27 / 28 (506.8112) | 12 (167.9884) | 3 (175.4056) | — | 17 (163.4172) |
| Aug 12, 2017 | Seward County Fair Rib Rally (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Seward, NE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Nampa, ID | 10 / 25 (678.2748) | 1 (175.4172) | 13 (166.8344) | 14 (165.7144) | 6 (170.3088) |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin Fitzgerald, GA | 26 / 26 (561.8400) | 22 (155.9544) | 26 (92.2400) | 25 (156.5256) | 22 (157.1200) |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 43 / 49 (646.7660) | 25 (167.9772) | 40 (159.4172) | 39 (161.7028) | 39 (157.6688) |
| Jun 12, 2015 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' Fitzgerald, GA | 20 / 20 (605.0744) | 16 (164.5828) | 20 (122.2056) | 17 (161.1544) | 17 (157.1316) |
| Jul 24, 2014 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT | 14 / 31 (638.1712) | 7 (169.1200) | 5 (171.9884) | 31 (145.6684) | 20 (151.3944) |