The comeback
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Derby BBQ Festival (Jun 8, 2018).
- last seen Sep 11, 2015
- back Jun 8, 2018
BS Barbecue
BS Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 10th of 39 at the Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2019
latest Jun 7, 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.23)
Road miles
1,210
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 604 mi
Purse competed for
$9,900
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BS Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
BS Barbecue has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 111 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1510
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BS Barbecue)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BS Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with BS Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#2,968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,970 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 159.3828 | 159.38 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2284 | 158.2284 | 158.23 | top 28% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
53
finished ahead 34 times, behind 18
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Sep 11, 2015 → Jun 8, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20195 milestones
- First call Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score317.6112 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)159.3828 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest National Bar-B-Que Derby
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 10 / 39 (317.6112) | 10 (159.3828) | 11 (158.2284) | — | — |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2014 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2013 | National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |