A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bourbon & Blues BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bourbon & Blues BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BOFAB BBQ
BOFAB BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 41st of 63 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.21
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.11 · weakest Brisket (155.25)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
318.95 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
622.72 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 158.2400 | 162.67 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 151.9544 | 156.25 | top 85% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 154.8000 | 164.11 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 149.0972 | 155.25 | top 68% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 41 | 0 | top 87% | Jan 22, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
237
finished ahead 70 times, behind 349
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20242 milestones
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8572 Lakeland Pig Festival
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score622.7200 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| -11.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -5.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -3.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
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 65% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 115% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 41 / 63 (319.8860) | 22 (166.2400) | 45 (153.6460) | 18 (167.4172) | 35 (157.1088) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 46 / 40 (315.9088) | 29 (163.9544) | 48 (151.9544) | 29 (163.3828) | 27 (159.3828) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 46 / 61 (321.0628) | 49 (158.2400) | 39 (162.8228) | 10 (170.8572) | 36 (155.3944) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 48 / 51 (622.7200) | 30 (162.2628) | 43 (156.5600) | 47 (154.8000) | 46 (149.0972) |