High-water mark
336.5372
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 336.5372 at Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Apr 23, 2021
BLUE SQUEALERS
BLUE SQUEALERS is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 13th of 29 at the Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2019
latest Apr 23, 2021 · 2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.56 · weakest Pork (159.95)
Road miles
12
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$9,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
327.94 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | — | #166 (149 pts) | #228 (99 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 160.5484 | 166.56 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 158.8000 | 161.38 | top 64% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 159.9544 | 159.95 | top 67% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
63
finished ahead 27 times, behind 45
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Apr 26, 2019 → Apr 23, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20215 milestones
- First call Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score336.5372 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score336.5372 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5716 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2021 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 13 / 29 (336.5372) | 8 (172.5716) | 16 (163.9656) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | 34 / 45 (319.3484) | 30 (160.5484) | 33 (158.8000) | 30 (159.9544) | — |