The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Dana Point State BBQ Championship (2016-10-07).
- last seen 2013-08-23
- back 2016-10-07
Beach Bum BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-10-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 153.13 · weakest Chicken (131.59)
Road miles
4,117
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2182 mi
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
582.95 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The long haul
4,117
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,117 miles across 3 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,182 miles to Dana Point State BBQ Championship.
- 3 mapped stops
- furthest 2,182 mi
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Beach Bum BBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Beach Bum BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Beach Bum BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131.9656 | 131.2228 | 131.59 | top 98% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 148.5372 | 151.11 | top 71% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7372 | 152.5256 | 153.13 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 135.9656 | 147.11 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 99% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 99% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 153.13 · weakest Chicken (131.59)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
582.95
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
3–98 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,117
3 mapped stops · furthest 2,182 mi
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-10-07
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score590.5484 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)158.2628 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2019
- Most recent contest Hawgin On Lanier
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 82% | 82% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 79.9% | 79.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-02 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Gainesville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-10-07 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 74 / 75 (590.5484) | 75 (131.2228) | 69 (148.5372) | 70 (152.5256) | 52 (158.2628) |
| 2013-08-23 | Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival Harrisonburg, VA | 26 / 28 (575.3484) | 27 (131.9656) | 14 (153.6800) | 16 (153.7372) | 26 (135.9656) |