High-water mark
675.3372
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.3372 at Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 6, 2019
BLUE SQUIRREL BBQ
BLUE SQUIRREL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 16 at the Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff (2019). They finished #1096 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 5, 2018
latest Sep 6, 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.69)
Road miles
369
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 130 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.39 / 720
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1096 (226 pts) | #1390 (161 pts) | #978 (301 pts) | #1191 (216 pts) | #1027 (276 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 154.8344 | 159.68 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 151.9888 | 158.69 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 158.8000 | 164.53 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8572 | 154.2400 | 159.97 | top 53% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
247
finished ahead 82 times, behind 170
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20196 milestones
- First overall top-10 Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3372 Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
- Career-best overall score675.3372 Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1500) Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
- Most recent contest Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
20182 milestones
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.5 | Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff | Sep 6, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -5.1 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Oct 5, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 50% | 93.8% | 90.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2019 | Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff 🏅 Wichita, KS | 5 / 16 (675.3372) | 13 (162.2400) | 2 (173.1200) | 6 (169.1200) | 3 (170.8572) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 127 / 183 (630.1488) | 119 (157.6916) | 140 (151.9888) | 64 (165.6684) | 123 (154.8000) |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 41 / 56 (630.6972) | 28 (163.9428) | 47 (153.7144) | 39 (158.8000) | 41 (154.2400) |
| Aug 19, 2018 | Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival – Saucy and Glazed BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Newton, KS | — | 8 (154.8344) | 10 (155.9428) | — | — |