ROCK N BLUES BBQ KS
Rating
1505
peak 1514
Contests
35
in the data
First seen
2019-04-12
latest 2026-04-10
Best ToY finish
#338
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 35 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
673.70 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 667.32 (+6.39)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.37
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.82)
Road miles
1547
mi across 35 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
M Squared Smokin' Q has finished one call ahead of ROCK N BLUES BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BEER DART BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 28 of their 29 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Flying W North BBQ in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 179.4400 | 149.6228 | 169.86 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.9544 | 164.82 | top 64% |
| Pork | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 148.5256 | 165.38 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 146.8688 | 167.26 | top 47% |
“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 | 34 | 0 | top 58% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 18 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (34 of 35 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (35 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 667.32
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 673.0284 | 673.03 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 681.6228 | 671.29 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 686.1940 | 676.46 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 690.7656 | 678.31 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 680.4800 | 669.90 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 683.8856 | 668.05 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 669.7372 | 656.54 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 671.4284 | 655.71 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS | 77 / 101 (673.0284) | 79 (167.9884) | 94 (163.9544) | 19 (175.4056) | 77 (165.6800) |
| 2025-10-10 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 22 / 30 (660.9596) | 9 (175.4056) | 26 (162.8344) | 28 (154.1940) | 17 (168.5256) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 46 / 92 (681.6228) | 82 (163.3828) | 1 (180.0000) | 70 (165.6800) | 23 (172.5600) |
| 2024-10-11 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 13 / 31 (686.1940) | 5 (177.1428) | 15 (171.4056) | 28 (163.3828) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 73 / 97 (666.7200) | 34 (173.7028) | 72 (166.2400) | 82 (163.3828) | 73 (163.3944) |
| 2023-10-13 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 8 / 39 (690.7656) | 15 (173.7144) | 19 (170.8112) | 9 (171.9772) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2023-09-01 | Smoke on the River Burlington, KS | 17 / 20 (669.6344) | 8 (174.3088) | 15 (165.1200) | 15 (162.8228) | 14 (167.3828) |
| 2023-06-30 | Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS | 19 / 33 (683.3256) | 15 (173.7028) | 18 (171.4172) | 21 (169.6800) | 21 (168.5256) |
| 2023-06-02 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual McLouth, KS | 14 / 36 (666.8112) | 16 (166.2856) | 4 (175.4400) | 27 (159.4172) | 15 (165.6684) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 46 / 103 (681.0284) | 27 (174.2628) | 60 (167.9772) | 83 (161.6456) | 8 (177.1428) |
| 2022-10-14 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 12 / 28 (680.4800) | 2 (179.4400) | 15 (167.3944) | 21 (162.7884) | 10 (170.8572) |
| 2022-10-07 | Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS | 21 / 29 (673.6116) | 6 (177.7028) | 26 (158.8116) | 22 (165.1200) | 12 (171.9772) |
| 2022-09-09 | 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 18 / 37 (672.4688) | 12 (172.5600) | 33 (154.2288) | 12 (172.5600) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2022-07-01 | Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS | 10 / 24 (666.8116) | 2 (176.0116) | 19 (157.1200) | 13 (164.0000) | 9 (169.6800) |
| 2022-06-03 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual McLouth, KS | 18 / 30 (658.1824) | 23 (158.8340) | 22 (160.5372) | 8 (170.2856) | 6 (168.5256) |
| 2022-04-29 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition Topeka, KS | 41 / 77 (670.1596) | 34 (169.7028) | 49 (163.9312) | 46 (164.5600) | 15 (171.9656) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 60 / 94 (670.1828) | 52 (168.5484) | 61 (166.2628) | 42 (170.8228) | 58 (164.5488) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 41 / 71 (667.2912) | 24 (170.8344) | 51 (161.0856) | 27 (169.7028) | 35 (165.6684) |
| 2021-10-22 | Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 15 / 30 (675.8856) | 17 (168.5600) | 10 (171.9656) | 20 (164.5372) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2021-10-15 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 14 / 25 (666.7084) | 10 (170.8228) | 18 (158.8344) | 11 (169.6684) | 12 (167.3828) |
| 2021-09-10 | Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 22 / 53 (683.8856) | 12 (175.4172) | 43 (159.3600) | 6 (177.7028) | 17 (171.4056) |
| 2021-07-09 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 35 / 43 (651.8628) | 3 (177.7372) | 38 (155.9428) | 35 (162.7884) | 37 (155.3944) |
| 2021-06-04 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 27 / 28 (642.6856) | 23 (163.3828) | 26 (162.8228) | 22 (162.2628) | 26 (154.2172) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 38 / 105 (682.1712) | 29 (174.2628) | 45 (170.8228) | 62 (166.8228) | 42 (170.2628) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 32 / 70 (673.1312) | 5 (174.8572) | 14 (173.1428) | 61 (155.4284) | 26 (169.7028) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 83 / 93 (638.7656) | 90 (149.6228) | 63 (165.7028) | 50 (168.0228) | 81 (155.4172) |
| 2020-09-11 | Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 33 / 48 (653.6916) | 34 (163.9656) | 28 (167.4400) | 6 (175.4172) | 42 (146.8688) |
| 2020-07-10 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 40 / 61 (663.9656) | 33 (167.4172) | 32 (167.4400) | 37 (167.4400) | 47 (161.6684) |
| 2020-06-19 | Black Silo Winery Trenton, MO | 22 / 31 (669.7372) | 24 (165.1772) | 25 (161.6572) | 12 (171.4628) | 8 (171.4400) |
| 2019-10-25 | Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 37 / 44 (640.4688) | 30 (164.5716) | 36 (161.0972) | 43 (148.5256) | 29 (166.2744) |
| 2019-09-27 | Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 24 / 53 (654.1368) | 28 (163.3828) | 10 (170.2628) | 28 (162.7884) | 31 (157.7028) |
| 2019-07-12 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 53 / 59 (638.6972) | 45 (165.0856) | 57 (151.9544) | 53 (158.8000) | 36 (162.8572) |
| 2019-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual McLouth, KS | 8 / 25 (671.4284) | 13 (165.1428) | 16 (162.2856) | 18 (164.0000) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2019-04-26 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 12 / 38 (670.7312) | 17 (167.9656) | 24 (163.3712) | 14 (167.3944) | 5 (172.0000) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs Osage City, KS | 62 / 104 (658.8232) | 17 (174.2744) | 82 (159.9772) | 88 (157.7144) | 47 (166.8572) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #791 (60 pts) | #866 (60 pts) | #903 (60 pts) | #752 (90 pts) | #814 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1108 (70 pts) | #902 (140 pts) | #1535 (55 pts) | #1451 (55 pts) | #1058 (95 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #770 (176 pts) | #708 (241 pts) | #887 (166 pts) | #994 (116 pts) | #713 (231 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #394 (503 pts) | #426 (523 pts) | #447 (548 pts) | #472 (438 pts) | #358 (598 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #338 (681 pts) | #213 (1046 pts) | #461 (546 pts) | #343 (706 pts) | #245 (946 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #368 (518 pts) | #215 (888 pts) | #368 (563 pts) | #335 (623 pts) | #363 (563 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #429 (251 pts) | #467 (241 pts) | #489 (236 pts) | #296 (416 pts) | #367 (331 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #638 (515 pts) | #700 (490 pts) | #712 (475 pts) | #742 (440 pts) | #485 (700 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #934 (315 pts) | #816 (415 pts) | #1036 (300 pts) | #784 (445 pts) | #968 (315 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1138 (267 pts) | #1284 (242 pts) | #1129 (302 pts) | #1293 (237 pts) | #1117 (297 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1204 (244 pts) | #1143 (294 pts) | #1278 (249 pts) | #1065 (334 pts) | #1327 (234 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1108 (263 pts) | #1358 (213 pts) | #1224 (253 pts) | #1178 (278 pts) | #1175 (253 pts) |