They almost always walk
62%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 13 contests
A top-10 category call in 62% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
THE BLAZERS
THE BLAZERS is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 23 at the Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2026). They finished #856 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 210 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2020
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 5.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
31% of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Best overall
669.1084 / 720
Competitor Series · The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
62%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
177.7144
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.59 · weakest Brisket (161.70)
Road miles
645
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
651.93 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to THE BLAZERS, each with one reason worth a look.
THE BLAZERS has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 144 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Fewer contests behind them than THE BLAZERS has cooked, 5 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
They turned up 5 years after THE BLAZERS did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before THE BLAZERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with THE BLAZERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,521 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before THE BLAZERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before THE BLAZERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTQue | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Destroyer | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Holy Smoke | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad company cookers | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Pimp | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Bigg Wiggs BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| M-1 Smokin' Guns | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Killer B Backyard BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG G BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BOARder Line BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| DC's Backyard Smokers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| VanBand BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Daddy-Jacks BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 146.7884 | 162.56 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 158.8112 | 167.59 | top 45% |
| Pork | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 157.6340 | 165.39 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 160 | 161.70 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 60% | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 37% | May 1, 2026 |
| Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 35% | Apr 19, 2024 |
| The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 65% | Jun 10, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
13 of 13 contests
Contests visited
6
4 of them more than once
Opponents faced
233
finished ahead 173 times, behind 229
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Oct 19, 2018 → Sep 25, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- First overall podium Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20211 milestone
- Career-best overall score669.1084 The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
—4 milestones
- First tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First call Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall top-10 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score513.6684 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 96.4% | 94.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 93.5% | 92.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 35% | 95.1% | 94.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 90.4% | 90% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 21 / 32 (501.0168) | 9 (174.2628) | 17 (169.1200) | 29 (157.6340) | — |
| May 1, 2026 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 3 / 23 (520.5488) | 5 (171.9656) | 6 (171.9888) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 24 / 36 (496.4916) | 34 (146.8000) | 5 (177.7144) | 10 (171.9772) | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 19 / 31 (505.0516) | 25 (161.0972) | 16 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 6 / 33 (513.6688) | 8 (170.2628) | 6 (173.7144) | 11 (169.6916) | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 19 / 37 (505.0628) | 23 (165.6800) | 15 (170.2744) | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 27 / 30 (638.7196) | 30 (146.7884) | 19 (162.2400) | 13 (166.8228) | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 21 / 26 (645.5652) | 22 (155.3484) | 16 (158.8112) | 9 (165.1428) | — |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Smoke on The Shores 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 48 / 63 (650.6852) | 54 (163.9312) | 46 (162.8228) | 52 (160.5256) | 45 (163.4056) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 10 / 20 (669.1084) | 15 (159.4628) | 6 (171.4400) | 7 (167.3828) | — |
| Sep 25, 2020 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest 🏅 Savannah, TN | 36 / 47 (653.1656) | 30 (166.2972) | 35 (162.9028) | 37 (163.9656) | 39 (160) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Clarksville, TN | — | 6 (163.4400) | 8 (159.9656) | — | — |
| — | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 7 / 36 (513.6684) | 13 (167.9884) | 8 (170.2744) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.