High-water mark
691.3372
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.3372 at Grills Gone Wild — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 7, 2025
Blessed Beyond BBQ
Blessed Beyond BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 15 at the Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds (2024). They are ranked #4203 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jan 4, 2024
latest Apr 17, 2026 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
675.67 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 672.95 (+2.72)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.15
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.88 · weakest Brisket (165.60)
Road miles
538
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 84 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.95 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1020 (60 pts) | #985 (100 pts) | #770 (191 pts) | #1067 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #670 (220 pts) | #743 (215 pts) | #824 (195 pts) | #748 (195 pts) | #558 (320 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #716 (205 pts) | #620 (300 pts) | #839 (185 pts) | #717 (225 pts) | #812 (175 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Blessed Beyond BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
135 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1528
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Blessed Beyond BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Cool Guys BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,220 of the rated field
- Contests
- 45
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1478
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Blessed Beyond BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,217 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1479
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Blessed Beyond BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Blessed Beyond BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with Blessed Beyond BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings BBQ Team | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cold Beer BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Going Yard BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5828 | 157.6456 | 169.69 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 163.9544 | 168.71 | top 63% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 165.6800 | 169.88 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 159.3600 | 165.60 | top 62% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
233
finished ahead 79 times, behind 251
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Feb 7, 2025 → Apr 17, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score691.3372 Grills Gone Wild
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Grills Gone Wild
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3372 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Peak power rating (1491) 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- First call Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First overall top-10 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 7, 2025 |
| +1.2 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | Jan 4, 2024 |
| -8.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -6 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 17, 2026 |
| -1.2 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | Mar 16, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 80% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 96% | 95.3% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 70% | 93.2% | 92.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 33 / 41 (673.6000) | 17 (175.4056) | 27 (168.5372) | 36 (165.6800) | 33 (163.9772) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 9 (174.2744) | — | — |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 11 / 25 (691.3372) | 7 (174.2744) | 20 (169.6800) | 15 (169.6684) | 2 (177.7144) |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 17 / 38 (681.6456) | 25 (170.8228) | 13 (173.1200) | 18 (169.6800) | 23 (168.0228) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 7 / 15 (670.7544) | 2 (176.5828) | 9 (164.5372) | 5 (170.2744) | 10 (159.3600) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 52 / 61 (661.0288) | 51 (163.4172) | 53 (163.9544) | 29 (170.8228) | 49 (162.8344) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 33 / 43 (659.3372) | 39 (157.6456) | 30 (166.8572) | 15 (173.1544) | 32 (161.6800) |