High-water mark
683.3140
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.3140 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint
The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 21st of 29 at the Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship (2015).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 17, 2015
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 10.3 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 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.03
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.98 · weakest Brisket (161.09)
Road miles
766
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 766 mi
Purse competed for
$106K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
671.89 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 163.9772 | 170.26 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2860 | 163.9656 | 168.56 | top 48% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 169.6800 | 171.98 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 143.3140 | 161.09 | top 66% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
426
finished ahead 293 times, behind 292
Longest layoff
10.3 yrs
Jul 17, 2015 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score683.3140 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- First call Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.2568 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 94.9% | 94.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 157 / 401 (683.3140) | 162 (171.9656) | 310 (163.9656) | 71 (175.4172) | 116 (171.9656) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 117 / 158 (677.0976) | 141 (163.9772) | 45 (174.2860) | 78 (170.8572) | 107 (167.9772) |
| Jul 17, 2015 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA | 21 / 29 (655.2568) | 5 (174.8456) | 11 (167.4172) | 12 (169.6800) | 29 (143.3140) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.