High-water mark
681.0744
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.0744 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-04-01
Blue Smoke BBQ - Frisco
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-06-04
latest 2023-03-31
Best ToY finish
#1029
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
672.30
last 3 Master vs avg 672.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.01 · weakest Chicken (165.10)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$45K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.30 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PAPPO'S BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Blue Smoke BBQ - Frisco has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 86 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Blue Smoke BBQ - Frisco's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with Blue Smoke BBQ - Frisco on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 158.8116 | 165.10 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 162.2628 | 167.22 | top 47% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.7884 | 167.97 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173.1428 | 170.8572 | 172.01 | top 12% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 29% | 2022-04-01 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2021-06-04 → 2023-03-31
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 172.01 · weakest Chicken (165.10)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
672.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
106–52 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$45,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- First category win (Brisket) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9540 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- 2022
- Career-best overall score681.0744 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1428 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1521) Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2022-04-01 |
| +8.2 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off | 2021-06-04 |
| +2.8 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | 2023-03-31 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 31% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 25 / 57 (663.8628) | 43 (158.8116) | 24 (169.1200) | 30 (162.7884) | 10 (173.1428) |
| 2022-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 15 / 56 (681.0744) | 23 (166.8228) | 19 (170.2744) | 11 (173.1200) | 9 (170.8572) |
| 2021-06-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 15 / 48 (671.9540) | 16 (169.6684) | 31 (162.2628) | 20 (167.9884) | 1 (172.0344) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1411 (65 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #948 (135 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1109 (110 pts) | #1306 (70 pts) | #1287 (90 pts) | #1014 (130 pts) | #936 (145 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1029 (110 pts) | #1114 (105 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1173 (85 pts) | #610 (285 pts) |