BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ SD

Power ranking

#2860

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1425

peak 1505

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-31

latest 2026-06-05

Best ToY finish

#688

Master 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 78%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0744

Tri-City BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.99 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 651.40 (+3.59)

Walk rate

41%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5944

Brisket · Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ

Consistency

±12.16

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.31 · weakest Pork (160.76)

Road miles

2754

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 395 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BUCKSHOTBBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 69% across 3 contests, versus top 78% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	1	0	0	173.7144	149.0284	161.41	top 73%
Pork Ribs	17	4	0	1	174.2744	157.1088	166.31	top 58%
Pork	13	0	0	0	170.3200	150.7772	160.76	top 76%
Brisket	13	2	1	2	176.5944	150.8000	162.91	top 60%

“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	Avg finish
SD	6	top 85%
IA	4	top 79%
NE	3	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 76%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 82%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (5 contests)
Cooks mostly in SD (9 of 17 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (17 entries)
All-time average overall score: 651.40

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	2	0	648.4800	648.48
2025	4	0	673.0744	656.68
2024	1	1	656.4460	656.45
2023	2	0	643.8632	643.86
2022	1	0	—	—
2021	1	0	661.0740	661.07
2020	1	0	656.4340	656.43
2019	5	0	671.8972	646.38

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	43 / 48 (648.4800)	46 (155.3828)	21 (170.2972)	44 (158.8228)	31 (163.9772)
2026-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD	—	—	25 (161.6456)	—	—
2025-09-19	Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	18 / 26 (673.0744)	20 (167.3944)	19 (165.1200)	14 (170.2856)	14 (170.2744)
2025-06-06	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	40 / 48 (641.6228)	35 (166.8572)	33 (165.6800)	45 (158.2856)	44 (150.8000)
2025-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	8 (170.9028)	—	—
2025-05-16	King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA	31 / 33 (655.3372)	32 (160.5372)	18 (170.2972)	28 (163.9656)	30 (160.5372)
2024-07-19	Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ Shenandoah, IA	29 / 36 (656.4460)	33 (154.2056)	34 (157.1088)	20 (168.5372)	1 (176.5944)
2023-06-02	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	30 / 39 (643.8632)	34 (156.5144)	24 (164.5944)	38 (150.7772)	3 (171.9772)
2023-06-01	Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	18 (162.8228)	—	—
2022-10-07	Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS	—	—	10 (169.7028)	—	—
2021-05-28	9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	35 / 46 (661.0740)	19 (169.1084)	30 (165.1428)	15 (170.3200)	38 (156.5028)
2020-09-11	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	27 / 29 (656.4340)	20 (166.2628)	19 (167.4400)	26 (159.9312)	18 (162.8000)
2019-09-20	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	25 / 34 (649.0744)	5 (173.7144)	27 (160.5600)	31 (152.5600)	22 (162.2400)
2019-09-06	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	25 / 29 (642.7428)	26 (154.7884)	2 (174.2744)	26 (151.4056)	21 (162.2744)
2019-08-09	GOBS Que Arlington, NE	22 / 29 (630.0684)	25 (149.0284)	18 (159.9888)	19 (163.9656)	18 (157.0856)
2019-07-19	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	32 / 40 (638.1144)	37 (154.2284)	12 (169.7028)	30 (159.3600)	36 (154.8232)
2019-05-31	8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	15 / 39 (671.8972)	13 (170.2628)	8 (172.0116)	27 (161.6456)	14 (167.9772)

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)	#705 (134 pts)	#823 (60 pts)	#814 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#688 (204 pts)	#784 (194 pts)	#553 (383 pts)	#697 (224 pts)	#681 (224 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1123 (85 pts)	#624 (285 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1015 (149 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#708 (235 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	—	—	#1192 (113 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1170 (90 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1068 (110 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#1114 (54 pts)	#856 (79 pts)	#853 (84 pts)	#1121 (54 pts)	#809 (89 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#832 (352 pts)	#722 (472 pts)	#507 (682 pts)	#941 (317 pts)	#789 (412 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#909 (332 pts)	#891 (367 pts)	#700 (512 pts)	#796 (437 pts)	#797 (427 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#726 (519 pts)	#781 (509 pts)	#313 (1134 pts)	#864 (454 pts)	#786 (494 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1492 (179 pts)	#1531 (184 pts)	#1576 (179 pts)	#1497 (199 pts)	#1543 (179 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2713 (59 pts)	#2134 (74 pts)	#2716 (59 pts)	#2157 (74 pts)	#2123 (74 pts)