Blue Smoke BBQ of Frisco

Blue Smoke BBQ of Frisco is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 13th of 70 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (2017). They are ranked #2980 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,980

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1506

peak 1506 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 4, 2015

latest Apr 6, 2018 · 2.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

657.0856 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Pork · Cedar Fest BBQ

Consistency

±10.43

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.22 · weakest Chicken (154.46)

Road miles

502

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi

Schedule strength

17%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)

Master avg

641.49 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−13.8 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.76 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.

Chicken avg 154.46
Pork avg 168.22
0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PAPPO'S BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

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The teams rated closest to Blue Smoke BBQ of Frisco, each with one reason worth a look.

109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Twisted Smoke

#2,977 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 25, 2025

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FOUR GUYS PORKIN

#2,962 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

They turned up 5 years after Blue Smoke BBQ of Frisco did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 7, 2025

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Comparrillas

#2,988 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1506

Level with Blue Smoke BBQ of Frisco on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2024

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MOKAN BBQ MOB

#2,968 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1511

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

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BOSSMAN BAR-B-QUE

#2,970 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2022

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MEAT FIRE BREW BBQ

#2,966 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 28, 2017

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	0	0	157.0856	150.2172	154.46	top 72%
Pork Ribs	5	0	0	0	165.7144	154.8340	159.43	top 59%
Pork	5	3	1	1	174.8800	154.8340	168.22	top 31%
Brisket	5	0	0	0	167.3828	139.9316	159.38	top 46%

“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
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2	13	0	top 35%	Apr 6, 2018
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	29	0	top 64%	Sep 3, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 219 finished ahead 166 times, behind 163

Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 31, 2017 → Apr 6, 2018

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20181 milestone

Apr 6 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

20174 milestones

Mar 31 First category win (Pork) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Mar 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0856 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Mar 31 Career-best overall score657.0856 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Mar 31 Peak power rating (1506) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

20162 milestones

Apr 1 First call Cedar Fest BBQ
Apr 1 Career-best single call (Pork)174.8800 Cedar Fest BBQ

20151 milestone

Sep 4 First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Mar 31, 2017
+2.1	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 3, 2016
+1.2	Cedar Fest BBQ	Apr 1, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.8	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
-0.1	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Apr 6, 2018

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0%	top 52%	89.3%	89.3%
2017	1	1	100%	top 19%	91.3%	91.3%
2016	2	0	100%	top 51%	89.9%	88.6%
2015	1	0	0%	top 79%	87.8%	87.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 6, 2018	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	36 / 69 (642.7200)	47 (156.5028)	46 (158.2860)	32 (163.9656)	21 (163.9656)
Mar 31, 2017	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	13 / 70 (657.0856)	33 (157.0856)	35 (157.7600)	1 (174.8572)	13 (167.3828)
Sep 3, 2016	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	29 / 58 (647.2568)	51 (155.9200)	51 (154.8340)	9 (172.5600)	26 (163.9428)
Apr 1, 2016	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	35 / 67 (627.9200)	43 (152.5712)	31 (160.5372)	5 (174.8800)	62 (139.9316)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	55 / 70 (632.4568)	66 (150.2172)	30 (165.7144)	58 (154.8340)	32 (161.6912)

Blue Smoke BBQ of Frisco

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (3 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Teams like this (closest power rating)

By meat

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)