A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
* Polish BBQ Kings
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-10-23
latest 2017-10-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Best overall
633.1540 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
615.12
last 3 Master vs avg 615.12 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
166.2628
Consistency
±20.40
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.86 · weakest Brisket (141.11)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
95%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1650)
Master avg
615.12 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
They cook the hard rooms
1650
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 95% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1650 power rating — a tougher draw than 95% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
* Polish BBQ Kings has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after * Polish BBQ Kings did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with * Polish BBQ Kings on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 143.8284 | 157.26 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 150.8344 | 153.89 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 158.8684 | 162.86 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5828 | 133.0744 | 141.11 | top 97% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 3 | 87 | 0 | top 96% | 2017-10-27 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-10-23 → 2017-10-27
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.86 · weakest Brisket (141.11)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
615.12
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
224
12–269 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1650
average field rating faced — tougher than 95% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-10-21 → 2017-10-27
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2628 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1491) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- 2016
- Career-best overall score633.1540 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- 2017
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2017-10-27 |
| -8.6 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2015-10-23 |
| -8.1 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2016-10-21 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81.5% | 81.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-27 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 95 / 95 (586.6056) | 95 (143.8284) | 94 (150.8344) | 85 (158.8684) | 95 (133.0744) |
| 2016-10-21 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 90 / 96 (633.1540) | 67 (165.1084) | 93 (152.0000) | 73 (163.4628) | 88 (152.5828) |
| 2015-10-23 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 87 / 93 (625.6112) | 75 (162.8456) | 81 (158.8228) | 48 (166.2628) | 92 (137.6800) |