The comeback
4.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jun 7, 2019).
- last seen May 15, 2015
- back Jun 7, 2019
Bonnie Blue
Bonnie Blue is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 15th of 32 at the Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2020).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2019
latest Mar 6, 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.23)
Road miles
59
across 5 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$1,650
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
325.63 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bonnie Blue, each with one reason worth a look.
Bonnie Blue has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 114 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1499
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Bonnie Blue)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bonnie Blue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- 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#3,266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with Bonnie Blue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#3,270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Bonnie Blue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 162.8228 | 165.39 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 158.2400 | 160.23 | top 70% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
48
finished ahead 26 times, behind 29
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
May 15, 2015 → Jun 7, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20204 milestones
- First call Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score326.2056 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9656 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20191 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.0512 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2020 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL | 15 / 32 (326.2056) | 10 (167.9656) | 22 (158.2400) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 16 / 25 (325.0512) | 18 (162.8228) | 18 (162.2284) | — | — |
| May 15, 2015 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 16, 2014 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |