Blue Hound BBQ
Blue Hound BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 23 at the "Spooky Q" 1792 (2025). They finished #1020 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 31, 2025
latest Mar 20, 2026
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.82 · weakest Brisket (151.62)
Road miles
90
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
621.75 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 147.3600 | 160.82 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 153.6344 | 157.37 | top 89% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 138.7544 | 151.94 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0628 | 150.1828 | 151.62 | top 96% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score626.6516 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest "Spooky Q" 1792
- First call "Spooky Q" 1792
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 "Spooky Q" 1792
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 119 / 125 (626.6516) | 124 (147.3600) | 113 (161.1088) | 105 (165.1200) | 121 (153.0628) |
| Oct 31, 2025 | "Spooky Q" 1792 Monticello, KY | 22 / 23 (616.8460) | 4 (174.2744) | 20 (153.6344) | 23 (138.7544) | 22 (150.1828) |