The comeback
5.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.9 years, then back at Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition (2022-07-01).
- last seen 2016-07-29
- back 2022-07-01
Not a Clue BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2022-07-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
533.72
last 3 Master vs avg 533.72 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±105.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.80 · weakest Pork (107.22)
Road miles
1,360
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 680 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
533.72 / 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.
Not a Clue 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 130 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.
#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Not a Clue BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Not a Clue BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Not a Clue 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 | 155.3944 | 79.6228 | 127.86 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 143.4056 | 151.80 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 20.0000 | 107.22 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 139.4288 | 146.85 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.1 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2022-07-01
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
Pork Ribs
averages 151.80 · weakest Pork (107.22)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
533.72
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
11–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,360
3 mapped stops · furthest 680 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$3,800
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2022-07-01
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1486) Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- 2016
- Career-best overall score623.9428 Blues.Brews & Barbecue
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1544 Blues.Brews & Barbecue
- 2022
- Most recent contest Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2014-06-06 |
| -9.5 | Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition | 2022-07-01 |
| -4.6 | Blues.Brews & Barbecue | 2016-07-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 53.6% | 53.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-01 | Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS | 22 / 24 (591.3140) | 22 (148.5484) | 23 (143.4056) | 19 (156.5372) | 22 (142.8228) |
| 2016-07-29 | Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI | 30 / 39 (623.9428) | 30 (155.3944) | 13 (165.1544) | 37 (145.1084) | 18 (158.2856) |
| 2014-06-06 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 54 / 54 (385.8972) | 54 (79.6228) | 51 (146.8456) | 54 (20.0000) | 51 (139.4288) |