High-water mark
670.2168
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2168 at Jack Town Throw Down — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 2, 2018
Bootleggers Barbeque Team
Bootleggers Barbeque Team is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 12th of 26 at the Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival (2019). They finished #1684 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 2, 2018
latest Jul 19, 2019 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.70
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.25 · weakest Chicken (157.87)
Road miles
342
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.94 / 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 | #1684 (106 pts) | #1881 (86 pts) | #1363 (166 pts) | #1488 (136 pts) | #1742 (101 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 151.9084 | 157.87 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 162.2856 | 164.36 | top 49% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 164 | 166.25 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 147.4400 | 158.46 | top 63% |
“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 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 58% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
102
finished ahead 44 times, behind 77
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Showdown
20186 milestones
- First tracked contest Jack Town Throw Down
- First call Jack Town Throw Down
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2168 Jack Town Throw Down
- Career-best overall score670.2168 Jack Town Throw Down
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1428 Jack Town Throw Down
- Peak power rating (1505) Jack Town Throw Down
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Jack Town Throw Down | Mar 2, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | Jul 19, 2019 |
| -4.3 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival | Feb 22, 2019 |
| -2.9 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | May 24, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 68% | 89.3% | 84.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2019 | Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Hattiesburg, MS | 23 / 28 (643.2796) | 26 (153.6684) | 21 (162.2856) | 13 (168.5256) | 24 (158.8000) |
| May 24, 2019 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 12 / 26 (138.2628) | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 22, 2019 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival 🏅 Diberville, MS | 12 / 16 (627.3140) | 16 (151.9084) | 5 (163.9656) | 8 (164) | 13 (147.4400) |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Jack Town Throw Down Ridgeland, MS | 14 / 31 (670.2168) | 17 (168.0228) | 13 (166.8228) | 14 (166.2284) | 7 (169.1428) |