A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON ahead in 100% of their meetings
KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Blackbeard BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-04-12
latest 2022-03-18
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 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.07
last 3 Master vs avg 636.07 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.85 · weakest Brisket (156.91)
Road miles
41
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship (2021-03-19).
- last seen 2019-04-12
- back 2021-03-19
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.
Blackbeard 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 119 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Blackbeard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Blackbeard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 154.2744 | 162.85 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 149.6800 | 157.87 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 150.2284 | 158.45 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3940 | 152.5028 | 156.91 | top 75% |
“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
2.9 yrs
2019-04-12 → 2022-03-18
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 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 162.85 · weakest Brisket (156.91)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
39–154 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
41
3 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
1589
average field rating faced — tougher than 70% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2019-04-12 → 2021-03-19
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Peak power rating (1494) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5768 Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score653.5768 Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1200 Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2021-03-19 |
| -6.5 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2019-04-12 |
| -2.3 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2022-03-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 50 / 71 (653.5768) | 30 (169.1200) | 54 (159.9656) | 58 (161.0972) | 43 (163.3940) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 63 / 70 (631.3484) | 46 (165.1428) | 65 (149.6800) | 51 (164.0228) | 63 (152.5028) |
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO | 44 / 54 (623.2912) | 46 (154.2744) | 30 (163.9656) | 49 (150.2284) | 41 (154.8228) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |