The comeback
5.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.8 years, then back at Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge (2021-03-26).
- last seen 2015-06-05
- back 2021-03-26
Shorty’s BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2021-03-26
Best ToY finish
#1236
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.22
last 3 Master vs avg 609.22 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.71 · weakest Brisket (145.46)
Road miles
933
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 394 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.22 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Shorty’s BBQ 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 151 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Shorty’s BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Shorty’s BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 149.7256 | 161.71 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 123.9772 | 146.29 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 149.1200 | 155.76 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3600 | 138.7660 | 145.46 | top 86% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.7 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2021-03-26
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.71 · weakest Brisket (145.46)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.22
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
31–99 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
933
3 mapped stops · furthest 394 mi
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,450
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.8 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2021-03-26
Power rating
1485
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- Career-best overall score635.9088 Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2972 Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- Peak power rating (1502) Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- 2021
- Most recent contest Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.1 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | 2013-07-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge | 2021-03-26 |
| -6.4 | Original SD BBQ Championships | 2015-06-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79% | 79% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-26 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge 🏅 St. Roberts, MO | 52 / 52 (569.0628) | 51 (149.7256) | 52 (123.9772) | 50 (149.1200) | 48 (146.2400) |
| 2015-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 31 / 41 (622.6856) | 17 (165.1200) | 35 (149.7144) | 30 (156.4912) | 34 (151.3600) |
| 2013-07-19 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS | 20 / 42 (635.9088) | 11 (170.2972) | 14 (165.1772) | 18 (161.6684) | 35 (138.7660) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #1988 (100 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |