BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA

BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 36 at the When Pigs Fly South (2016). They are ranked #1593 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,593

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1559

peak 1564 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 29, 2016

latest Jan 25, 2019 · 2.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#651

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

40% of 10 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

683.9544 / 720

Master · When Pigs Fly South

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.51 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 671.69 (-5.19)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · Downtown BBQ Throwdown

Consistency

±9.93

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.48)

Road miles

893

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 271 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

Purse competed for

$25K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.69 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

683.9544 career-best overall

95.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.9544 at When Pigs Fly South — 95.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Dec 2, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

STREET MEAT has finished one call ahead of BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 17%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 17%

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.21 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 38%.

Pork Ribs avg 164.48
Chicken avg 169.69
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

4 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

Accutech BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Accutech BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.

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The metronome

±1.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.3% of a perfect score
10 contests

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2013 (65 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#922 (377 pts)	#903 (432 pts)	#1346 (227 pts)	#1014 (357 pts)	#908 (412 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#651 (591 pts)	#726 (551 pts)	#923 (411 pts)	#664 (606 pts)	#658 (601 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA, each with one reason worth a look.

48 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Regi-Q BBQ

#1,598 of the rated field

1558 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1558

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Bad Azz BBQ

#1,594 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1559

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2018
on an 8-contest top-10 run

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BBQmyway

#1,597 of the rated field

1558 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1560

They turned up 5 years after BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2026

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DRY HOLERS BBQ

#1,595 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1559

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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BETHEL SMOKERS

#1,599 of the rated field

1558 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1558

Level with BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 8, 2015

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TCB BBQ

#1,600 of the rated field

1558 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1558

Fewer contests behind them than BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA has cooked, 6 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Two Crackers Cooking	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	1	2	178.2972	162.2516	169.69	top 34%
Pork Ribs	8	2	0	0	172.5600	156.5256	164.48	top 51%
Pork	8	4	0	2	173.1316	161.6456	168.40	top 33%
Brisket	8	3	0	2	175.4172	159.3484	169.12	top 29%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 25%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 15%
Large (40+)	4	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
FL	7	0	top 30%
GA	1	0	top 40%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	13	0	top 46%	Jan 25, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 9 of 10 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 273 finished ahead 249 times, behind 154

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20192 milestones

Jan 25 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival

20181 milestone

Jan 26 Peak power rating (1564) Lakeland Pig Festival

20167 milestones

Apr 29 First call Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Apr 29 First category win (Chicken) Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Apr 29 First overall top-10 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Apr 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2172 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Apr 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Dec 2 First overall podium When Pigs Fly South
Dec 2 Career-best overall score683.9544 When Pigs Fly South

20151 milestone

Nov 20 First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14	When Pigs Fly South	Dec 2, 2016
+11.8	Old Town Barbecue Throwdown	May 26, 2017
+11.6	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 18, 2016
+10.8	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 27, 2017
+10.5	Downtown BBQ Throwdown	Apr 29, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.9	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 25, 2019

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	90.6%	90.6%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 52%	91.7%	91.7%
2017	3	1	0	67%	top 27%	93.6%	93.5%
2016	4	3	1	75%	top 17%	95%	94.5%
2015	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 25, 2019	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	37 / 58 (652.4000)	24 (166.2400)	35 (163.3944)	34 (163.4172)	38 (159.3484)
Jan 26, 2018	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	31 / 60 (660.4456)	42 (162.2516)	27 (165.7028)	27 (166.8228)	27 (165.6684)
May 26, 2017	Old Town Barbecue Throwdown Kissimmee, FL	4 / 22 (672.4228)	17 (162.8000)	13 (166.8228)	3 (171.9772)	4 (170.8228)
Mar 10, 2017	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	27 / 67 (674.2516)	15 (173.1200)	54 (159.9772)	22 (170.2744)	17 (170.8800)
Jan 27, 2017	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	13 / 60 (673.0056)	3 (176.5600)	29 (163.9772)	35 (161.6456)	14 (170.8228)
Dec 2, 2016	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	3 / 36 (683.9544)	7 (170.2744)	15 (166.8456)	8 (171.4172)	3 (175.4172)
Nov 18, 2016	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	7 / 38 (682.8344)	13 (167.9656)	5 (172.5600)	2 (173.1316)	12 (169.1772)
Apr 29, 2016	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL	4 / 16 (674.2172)	1 (178.2972)	10 (156.5256)	4 (168.5372)	2 (170.8572)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 20, 2015	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	—	—	—	—	—

BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)