High-water mark
670.7312
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.7312 at Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Jun 9, 2023
BOARder Line BBQ
BOARder Line BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 26 at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 15 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 31, 2017
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 9.2 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 60%
overall standings
Best overall
670.7312 / 720
Competitor Series · Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
175.4172
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.97 · weakest Brisket (145.63)
Road miles
118
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
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BOARder Line BBQ 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 152 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with BOARder Line BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before BOARder Line BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,630 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before BOARder Line BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-1 Smokin' Guns | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BLAZERS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Holy Smoke | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs B Hatin' | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 161.1200 | 165.97 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 154.2172 | 163.58 | top 63% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 160.5600 | 165.78 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6344 | 145.6344 | 145.63 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 4 | 13 | 0 | top 55% | Jun 12, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 76 times, behind 123
Longest layoff
5.2 yrs
Mar 31, 2017 → Jun 10, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20241 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20232 milestones
- First call Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score670.7312 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20221 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8000 The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
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 84% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 36% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 27 / 32 (494.1828) | 25 (162.8000) | 26 (164.5484) | 17 (166.8344) | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 13 / 36 (510.7888) | 15 (170.8344) | 17 (169.6800) | 17 (170.2744) | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 18 / 33 (501.6572) | 29 (161.1200) | 3 (175.4172) | 25 (165.1200) | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 14 / 30 (670.7312) | 15 (169.1084) | 20 (161.6800) | 10 (167.9656) | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 12 / 26 (658.8000) | 11 (165.1544) | 19 (155.9428) | 17 (160.5600) | — |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN | 45 / 48 (630.6056) | 34 (166.8112) | 47 (154.2172) | 42 (163.9428) | 46 (145.6344) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.