High-water mark
665.0740
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0740 at Triple B Festival Day 2 — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-06-24
Blue Haze BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1529
peak 1529 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-21
latest 2017-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.26
last 3 Master vs avg 661.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±3.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.83 · weakest Brisket (160.35)
Road miles
119
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
661.26 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BIGG SMOAK BBQ has finished one call ahead of Blue Haze BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SAUCY DAWG BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Triple B Festival Day 1 (2017-06-23).
- last seen 2015-08-21
- back 2017-06-23
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival (2015-08-21).
- 2015-08-21
- 22-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Blue Haze BBQ 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 78 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.
#2233 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Level with Blue Haze BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 4 years before Blue Haze BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 4 years before Blue Haze BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Blue Haze BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 174.2856 | 167.9656 | 170.83 | top 22% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.2972 | 156.0000 | 161.34 | top 42% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 160.5372 | 168.74 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 155.3716 | 160.35 | top 49% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2017-06-24
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.83 · weakest Brisket (160.35)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
661.26
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
38
48–14 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
119
3 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2017-06-23
Power rating
1529
peak 1529 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- First call Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- First category win (Chicken) Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- First overall top-10 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- First overall podium Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4916 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- 2017
- Career-best overall score665.0740 Triple B Festival Day 2
- Peak power rating (1529) Triple B Festival Day 2
- Most recent contest Triple B Festival Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.3 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2015-08-21 |
| +9.8 | Triple B Festival Day 1 | 2017-06-23 |
| +5.8 | Triple B Festival Day 2 | 2017-06-24 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 92.4% | 92.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 14% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-24 | Triple B Festival Day 2 Kenora, ON | 8 / 21 (665.0740) | 7 (170.2512) | 16 (156.0000) | 6 (171.4172) | 7 (167.4056) |
| 2017-06-23 | Triple B Festival Day 1 Kenora, ON | 6 / 22 (662.2172) | 6 (167.9656) | 9 (161.7144) | 3 (174.2628) | 11 (158.2744) |
| 2015-08-21 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg, MB | 3 / 22 (656.4916) | 1 (174.2856) | 2 (166.2972) | 11 (160.5372) | 14 (155.3716) |