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.
Small Batch BBQ VA
Small Batch BBQ VA is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 20th of 40 at the BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (2021). They finished #1540 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Small Batch BBQ? VA”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 26, 2021
latest Jun 11, 2021
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.58 · weakest Chicken (152.35)
Road miles
64
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
627.30 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
454.46 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1540 (55 pts) | #1544 (55 pts) | #1584 (55 pts) | #1131 (95 pts) | #1531 (55 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 145.6800 | 152.35 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6916 | 151.3828 | 152.72 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 146.2400 | 155.58 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2516 | 154.2516 | 154.25 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 50% | Mar 27, 2021 |
More numbers
Most contests held in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
85
finished ahead 51 times, behind 107
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20215 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1499) BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score627.3028 BBQ Jamboree
- Career-best single call (Pork)164 BBQ Jamboree
- Most recent contest BBQ Jamboree
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2021 | BBQ Jamboree 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA | 26 / 30 (627.3028) | 26 (155.9656) | 28 (153.0856) | 17 (164) | 25 (154.2516) |
| Mar 27, 2021 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 20 / 40 (465.6228) | 20 (155.4172) | 21 (153.6916) | 19 (156.5140) | — |
| Mar 26, 2021 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 23 / 46 (443.3028) | 23 (145.6800) | 23 (151.3828) | 22 (146.2400) | — |