The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (2016-09-03).
- last seen 2013-08-31
- back 2016-09-03
Barbed Wire BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1496 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2016-09-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 167.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.71)
Road miles
793
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 793 mi
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.06 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Barbed Wire 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 117 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.
#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Barbed Wire BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barbed Wire BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 152.5828 | 155.71 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.3828 | 147.9428 | 152.71 | top 61% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 148.5828 | 156.27 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 164.5484 | 167.41 | top 19% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 59% | 2016-09-03 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2016-09-03
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 167.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.71)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.06
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
61–84 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
793
3 mapped stops · furthest 793 mi
Purse competed for
$14,950
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2016-09-03
Power rating
1496
peak 1496 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.2628 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score642.7424 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2019
- Most recent contest Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1
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 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-21 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 🏅 Belvidere, IL | — | — | 9 (154.8000) | — | — |
| 2016-09-03 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 36 / 58 (642.7424) | 45 (158.8456) | 49 (155.3828) | 33 (163.9656) | 19 (164.5484) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 50 / 89 (619.3712) | 67 (152.5828) | 72 (147.9428) | 71 (148.5828) | 4 (170.2628) |