BARDOWN BARBEQUE

BARDOWN BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 8 at the Smoke on the Waters (2021). They finished #697 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1510

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 25, 2019

latest Sep 4, 2021 · 2.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#697

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

75% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

649.1540 / 720

Master · Smoke and Fire Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Chicken · Brew N Q Open

Consistency

±9.45

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.71 · weakest Brisket (155.11)

Road miles

319

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

57%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Master avg

643.09 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Reservoir Hogs UK in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the Waters (Sep 4, 2021).

last seen Sep 7, 2019
back Sep 4, 2021

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
2021 ↗	Master	#697 (208 pts)	#753 (208 pts)	#769 (208 pts)	#727 (208 pts)	#877 (148 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#827 (350 pts)	#620 (550 pts)	#872 (355 pts)	#899 (340 pts)	#1006 (285 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	3	1	2	174.2856	164.5484	169.71	top 33%
Pork Ribs	4	2	0	1	166.2744	144.0116	156.99	top 61%
Pork	4	3	0	1	164.5712	158.2628	161.28	top 54%
Brisket	4	2	0	0	161.7028	150.2172	155.11	top 79%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	3	0	top 43%
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 97%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Waters	2	3	0	top 42%	Sep 4, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 49 finished ahead 23 times, behind 46

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 7, 2019 → Sep 4, 2021

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

20213 milestones

Sep 4 First overall podium Smoke on the Waters
Sep 4 Peak power rating (1510) Smoke on the Waters
Sep 4 Most recent contest Smoke on the Waters

20197 milestones

May 25 First tracked contest Brew N Q Open
May 25 First call Brew N Q Open
May 25 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Brew N Q Open
Aug 17 First overall top-10 Smoke and Fire Festival
Aug 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1540 Smoke and Fire Festival
Aug 17 Career-best overall score649.1540 Smoke and Fire Festival
Sep 7 First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the Waters

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.3	Smoke on the Waters	Sep 4, 2021
+6.1	Smoke and Fire Festival	Aug 17, 2019
+5	Smoke on the Waters	Sep 7, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Brew N Q Open	May 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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	1	0	100%	top 38%	89.9%	89.9%
2019	3	0	2	1	100%	top 62%	90.2%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 4, 2021	Smoke on the Waters Devon	3 / 8 (647.3828)	3 (164.5484)	3 (166.2744)	3 (162.8800)	6 (153.6800)
Sep 7, 2019	Smoke on the Waters Devon	7 / 15 (649.0516)	1 (174.2744)	12 (153.6572)	7 (159.4172)	9 (161.7028)
Aug 17, 2019	Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex	7 / 16 (649.1540)	11 (165.7256)	4 (164.0116)	8 (164.5712)	13 (154.8456)
May 25, 2019	Brew N Q Open Leicestershire	33 / 34 (626.7772)	6 (174.2856)	34 (144.0116)	28 (158.2628)	34 (150.2172)