A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big Bear BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Bear BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Blessed Girl BBQ
Blessed Girl BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 77 at the Minnesota in May (2026). They finished #311 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 12, 2023
latest May 8, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.78
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.82 · weakest Chicken (156.55)
Road miles
0
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$46K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
322.51 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #311 (70 pts) | #297 (90 pts) | #322 (70 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #368 (60 pts) | #371 (60 pts) | #313 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1293 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #373 (60 pts) | #377 (60 pts) | #311 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1317 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #333 (60 pts) | #179 (260 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Blessed Girl BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Blessed Girl BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 113 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,099 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Blessed Girl BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Black Stack BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Blessed Girl BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Blessed Girl BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Blessed Girl BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Blessed Girl BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 146.8116 | 156.55 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 161.0972 | 164.82 | top 49% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 4 | 23 | 0 | top 48% | May 8, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
201
finished ahead 176 times, behind 238
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.8232 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score326.8232 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1503) Minnesota in May
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 Minnesota in May
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Minnesota in May | May 8, 2026 |
| +1.6 | Minnesota in May | May 12, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Minnesota in May | May 9, 2025 |
| -1.2 | Minnesota in May | May 10, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 90% | 90% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 23 / 77 (326.8232) | 19 (164.0116) | 23 (162.8116) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 36 / 58 (316.4800) | 38 (152.5372) | 26 (163.9428) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 34 (163.3944) | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 32 / 58 (323.9200) | 31 (162.8228) | 31 (161.0972) | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 42 (161.6572) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 26 / 59 (322.8116) | 38 (146.8116) | 2 (176) | — | — |