A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE & GRAY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE & GRAY BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Gouda's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1511 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2023-03-24
latest 2023-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.30 · weakest Brisket (142.19)
Road miles
91
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
91%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1630)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.88 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
487.87 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
They cook the hard rooms
1630
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 91% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1630 power rating — a tougher draw than 91% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
Gouda'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 111 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 8 years before Gouda's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with Gouda's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Gouda's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Gouda's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Gouda's 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 147.9428 | 158.80 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 143.8856 | 155.96 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 159.9312 | 165.30 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.1940 | 142.1940 | 142.19 | top 97% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
| DC | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 34% | 2023-03-25 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2023-03-24 → 2023-06-24
Busiest season
2023
7 contests
Cooks most in
VA
4 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.30 · weakest Brisket (142.19)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
620.88
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
487.87
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
79–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
91
7 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
1630
average field rating faced — tougher than 91% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$30,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1503
peak 1511 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs)
- First call BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score482.6972 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9772 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- Peak power rating (1511) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- Career-best overall score620.8796 Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Most recent contest Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.7 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2023-03-25 |
| +5.2 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 2023-03-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2023-06-24 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29% | top 55% | 137% | 119.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-24 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 28 / 29 (620.8796) | 22 (170.8228) | 29 (143.8856) | 26 (163.9772) | 28 (142.1940) |
| 2023-06-24 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Washington, DC | — | 25 (154.2284) | — | — | — |
| 2023-06-24 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington, DC | — | — | 21 (163.4400) | — | — |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 16 / 46 (493.0512) | 14 (166.8228) | 10 (166.2972) | 18 (159.9312) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | 33 (147.9428) | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 18 / 53 (482.6972) | 22 (154.2056) | 22 (156.5144) | 3 (171.9772) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA | — | — | 32 (149.6572) | — | — |
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 ↗ | Backyard | — | #203 (225 pts) | #185 (245 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | #1130 (109 pts) | #1084 (130 pts) | — | — |