A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Third Circle BBQ
Third Circle BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 34th of 38 at the Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest (2020). They finished #856 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 17, 2020
latest Mar 20, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.84
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.14 · weakest Brisket (158.24)
Road miles
359
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 359 mi
Schedule strength
98%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1672)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
650.21 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 163.4172 | 165.71 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 152.5372 | 166.14 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 162.2628 | 163.22 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 148.5256 | 158.24 | top 85% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
89
finished ahead 11 times, behind 130
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- First call Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs
- Career-best overall score657.6688 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
- Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
20203 milestones
- First tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5772 Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1493) Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 | Mar 19, 2021 |
| -7.1 | Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest | Oct 17, 2020 |
| -5.6 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 | Mar 20, 2021 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 93% | 91.3% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2021 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 46 / 50 (657.6688) | 38 (168.0344) | 29 (168.0116) | 47 (162.2628) | 46 (159.3600) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 53 / 56 (643.3944) | 48 (163.4172) | 29 (168.5828) | 48 (162.8688) | 54 (148.5256) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs Shawnee, OK | — | — | 4 (175.4400) | — | — |
| Oct 17, 2020 | Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest 🏅 Columbia, MO | 34 / 38 (649.5772) | 34 (165.6800) | 38 (152.5372) | 32 (164.5372) | 25 (166.8228) |