High-water mark
667.3368
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.3368 at 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 1, 2017
BOYS IN BLUE
BOYS IN BLUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 166th of 407 at the 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) (2017).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 1, 2017
latest Sep 29, 2022 · 5.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.66
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.43 · weakest Chicken (158.97)
Road miles
12
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$129K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.33 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BOYS IN BLUE, each with one reason worth a look.
BOYS IN BLUE has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 134 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,744 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1488
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BOYS IN BLUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BOYS IN BLUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
They turned up 5 years after BOYS IN BLUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#3,742 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with BOYS IN BLUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,775 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BOYS IN BLUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BOYS IN BLUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 153.6800 | 158.97 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 154.2512 | 161.11 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 157.1544 | 166.43 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 156.5028 | 162.82 | top 54% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 373 | 0 | top 82% | Sep 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
1,026
finished ahead 539 times, behind 1,304
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 1, 2017 → Sep 12, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7144 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
20174 milestones
- First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3368 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best overall score667.3368 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Peak power rating (1506) 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 1, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| -7.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
| -2 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 92% | 92% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 426 / 505 (636.3772) | 463 (153.6800) | 453 (155.9316) | 176 (170.2628) | 411 (156.5028) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 373 / 467 (631.3716) | 397 (154.2856) | 308 (162.8344) | 366 (157.1544) | 341 (157.0972) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 220 / 468 (662.2168) | 206 (166.8456) | 404 (154.2512) | 196 (167.4056) | 56 (173.7144) |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 166 / 407 (667.3368) | 289 (161.0856) | 97 (171.4056) | 98 (170.8800) | 207 (163.9656) |