BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ

BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 15th of 39 at the 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition (2019). They are ranked #6394 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,394

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1390

peak 1390 · rated over 32 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 29, 2015

latest Jun 5, 2026 · 11 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#688

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 36 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0744 / 720

Master · Tri-City BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.99 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 631.79 (+23.20)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1772

Pork Ribs · 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition

Consistency

±37.22

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.27 · weakest Brisket (155.18)

Road miles

4,288

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 258 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)

Purse competed for

$133K

listed at 15 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

631.79 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

673.0744 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.0744 at Tri-City BBQ Fest — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 19, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TEAM BREW & QUE has finished one call ahead of BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 71%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 71%

A tough matchup

24–0 behind in the head-to-head

SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings

SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 24 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.10 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 28%.

Brisket avg 155.18
Pork Ribs avg 163.27
2 calls in 32 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HIDDEN BOOGER BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

22 of 26 shared pork ribs entries lost

SPITFIRE ahead 85% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SPITFIRE has out-cooked them in 22 of 26 shared pork ribs entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

4,288 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,288 miles across 36 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 258 miles to Cookin On Kampeska.

36 mapped stops
furthest 258 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Tri-City BBQ Fest every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 18th

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)	#1093 (60 pts)	#914 (134 pts)	#1067 (60 pts)	#1051 (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	#825 (352 pts)	#716 (472 pts)	#505 (682 pts)	#934 (317 pts)	#785 (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 (1,134 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)

Overall rank by season

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PORK 'N MINDY

#6,395 of the rated field

1390 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1523

They've been 1523 at their best, 133 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2019

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Fire in the Hole

#6,396 of the rated field

1390 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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#6,390 of the rated field

1392 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1392

Careers of much the same size, 33 contests to 36, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 33 contests
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#6,391 of the rated field

1391 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1391

38 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 38 contests
last seen Apr 24, 2026

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#6,399 of the rated field

1390 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1390

Level with BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Mar 3, 2023

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YARDHOGS BBQ

#6,392 of the rated field

1391 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1391

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SPITFIRE	24	0	24	0%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
TIMBONE BARBECUE	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
HELPING U BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
ELWOOD BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
TEAM BREW & QUE	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Bohica BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	1	0	0	173.7144	147.9544	160.16	top 74%
Pork Ribs	36	10	1	3	177.1772	110.1716	163.27	top 56%
Pork	31	0	0	0	170.3200	141.7144	158.51	top 74%
Brisket	32	2	1	2	176.5944	131.3716	155.18	top 73%

“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
Medium (20–39)	18	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 83%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NE	15	top 81%
IA	9	top 81%
SD	8	top 82%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tri-City BBQ Fest	5	18	top 76%	Sep 19, 2025
Original SD BBQ Championships	3	30	top 83%	Jun 5, 2026
Cookin On Kampeska	3	23	top 75%	Jul 19, 2019
Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	2	21	top 72%	Sep 1, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 8 contests

Contests a season 3 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NE 15 of 36 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 23 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 36 entries · 1 win · 10 calls

Opponents faced 444 finished ahead 229 times, behind 1,000

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs May 28, 2021 → Oct 7, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Jun 5 Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships

20251 milestone

Sep 19 Career-best overall score673.0744 Tri-City BBQ Fest

20201 milestone

Sep 11 25th tracked contest Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll

20175 milestones

May 12 First call BBQ in the Bluffs
May 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
May 19 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1772 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
Aug 4 10th tracked contest Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1
Sep 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3600 Tri City BBQ Fest

20152 milestones

May 29 First tracked contest 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
May 29 Peak power rating (1485) 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.4	8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	May 31, 2019
+6.6	Cookin On Kampeska	Jul 20, 2018
+4.8	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 22, 2017
+1.7	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	Sep 1, 2018
+0.6	9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	May 28, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.6	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	May 29, 2015
-12	3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival	Jun 26, 2015
-11	5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition	May 20, 2016
-10.4	BBQ in the Bluffs	May 12, 2017
-10.3	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 16, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0	0%	top 90%	90.1%	90.1%
2025	4	0	25%	top 82%	93.5%	91.2%
2024	1	1	100%	top 81%	91.2%	91.2%
2023	2	0	50%	top 77%	89.4%	89.4%
2022	1	0	100%	—	—	—
2021	1	0	0%	top 76%	91.8%	91.8%
2020	1	0	0%	top 93%	91.2%	91.2%
2019	5	0	60%	top 71%	93.3%	89.8%
2018	6	0	33%	top 78%	91.9%	89%
2017	8	1	50%	top 79%	91%	85.7%
2016	3	0	0%	top 95%	84.5%	83.5%
2015	2	0	0%	top 100%	81.3%	81%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 5, 2026	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	43 / 48 (648.4800)	46 (155.3828)	21 (170.2972)	44 (158.8228)	31 (163.9772)
Jun 5, 2026	Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD	—	—	25 (161.6456)	—	—
Sep 19, 2025	Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	18 / 26 (673.0744)	20 (167.3944)	19 (165.1200)	14 (170.2856)	14 (170.2744)
Jun 6, 2025	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	40 / 48 (641.6228)	35 (166.8572)	33 (165.6800)	45 (158.2856)	44 (150.8000)
Jun 5, 2025	Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	8 (170.9028)	—	—
May 16, 2025	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	31 / 33 (655.3372)	32 (160.5372)	18 (170.2972)	28 (163.9656)	30 (160.5372)
Jul 19, 2024	Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ 🏅 Shenandoah, IA	29 / 36 (656.4460)	33 (154.2056)	34 (157.1088)	20 (168.5372)	1 (176.5944)
Jun 2, 2023	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	30 / 39 (643.8632)	34 (156.5144)	24 (164.5944)	38 (150.7772)	3 (171.9772)
Jun 1, 2023	Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	18 (162.8228)	—	—
Oct 7, 2022	Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS	—	—	10 (169.7028)	—	—
May 28, 2021	9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition 🏅 Valley, NE	35 / 46 (661.0740)	19 (169.1084)	30 (165.1428)	15 (170.3200)	38 (156.5028)
Sep 11, 2020	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	27 / 29 (656.4340)	20 (166.2628)	19 (167.4400)	26 (159.9312)	18 (162.8000)
Sep 20, 2019	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	25 / 34 (649.0744)	5 (173.7144)	27 (160.5600)	31 (152.5600)	22 (162.2400)
Sep 6, 2019	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	25 / 29 (642.7428)	26 (154.7884)	2 (174.2744)	26 (151.4056)	21 (162.2744)
Aug 9, 2019	GOBS Que 🏅 Arlington, NE	22 / 29 (630.0684)	25 (149.0284)	18 (159.9888)	19 (163.9656)	18 (157.0856)
Jul 19, 2019	Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD	32 / 40 (638.1144)	37 (154.2284)	12 (169.7028)	30 (159.3600)	36 (154.8232)
May 31, 2019	8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition 🏅 Valley, NE	15 / 39 (671.8972)	13 (170.2628)	8 (172.0116)	27 (161.6456)	14 (167.9772)
Sep 21, 2018	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	23 / 27 (636.4572)	26 (149.6800)	6 (168)	24 (155.9428)	18 (162.8344)
Sep 1, 2018	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	24 / 34 (647.3604)	20 (164.5600)	29 (151.9660)	17 (164.5828)	17 (166.2516)
Jul 20, 2018	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	23 / 45 (661.5884)	36 (158.8000)	10 (169.1428)	15 (167.9656)	17 (165.6800)
Jul 6, 2018	Back To Mayberry Rodney, IA	20 / 26 (658.7888)	17 (165.1200)	17 (166.2860)	13 (166.8800)	19 (160.5028)
May 18, 2018	7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	37 / 42 (621.5428)	38 (157.6800)	17 (165.1200)	36 (153.6572)	40 (145.0856)
Apr 20, 2018	Q for a Cause Papillion, NE	39 / 41 (616.9604)	21 (167.9772)	29 (160.0116)	41 (145.0400)	41 (143.9316)
Sep 22, 2017	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	20 / 37 (655.3600)	24 (162.8228)	7 (173.7144)	23 (162.2628)	29 (156.5600)
Sep 2, 2017	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	21 / 29 (643.3140)	19 (161.6456)	10 (166.8344)	24 (155.4284)	21 (159.4056)
Aug 5, 2017	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 Omaha, NE	46 / 50 (646.0684)	46 (162.8000)	41 (161.6800)	27 (167.3828)	45 (154.2056)
Aug 4, 2017	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 Omaha, NE	45 / 54 (622.1600)	28 (167.3944)	50 (150.2400)	32 (162.8572)	51 (141.6684)
Jul 21, 2017	Riverfest Community Festival Bellevue, NE	32 / 46 (637.0056)	34 (158.2628)	12 (168)	20 (166.2400)	38 (144.5028)
Jul 14, 2017	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	45 / 48 (623.3484)	36 (164.5600)	22 (168)	47 (152.5256)	48 (138.2628)
May 19, 2017	6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	33 / 47 (639.9544)	27 (162.8228)	1 (177.1772)	39 (151.9772)	42 (147.9772)
May 12, 2017	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	39 / 39 (469.5772)	37 (151.9428)	3 (175.4172)	—	39 (142.2172)
Sep 16, 2016	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	33 / 34 (608.4684)	24 (160)	27 (154.8456)	21 (162.2512)	34 (131.3716)
Aug 5, 2016	24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE	67 / 70 (589.5772)	62 (153.0856)	52 (156.5372)	70 (141.7144)	67 (138.2400)
May 20, 2016	5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition Valley, NE	39 / 42 (604.9940)	39 (147.9544)	30 (157.6684)	40 (148.5256)	34 (150.8456)
Jun 26, 2015	3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE	34 / 34 (581.5772)	22 (160.5484)	34 (110.1716)	22 (154.2972)	22 (156.5600)
May 29, 2015	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	28 / 28 (585.0968)	23 (149.0856)	25 (149.7372)	27 (144.5712)	26 (141.7028)

BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)