High-water mark
673.7488
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.7488 at The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-07-29
Bob s BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-15
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.95
last 4 Master vs avg 656.95 (-0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.58 · weakest Brisket (161.69)
Road miles
651
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 347 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
656.95 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
Their season
2016
their best year
2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 38%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 38%
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic (2016-06-10).
- last seen 2014-08-15
- back 2016-06-10
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.
Bob s BBQ has 4 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 87 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.
#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bob s BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Bob s BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 156.0000 | 162.98 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 162.8688 | 168.58 | top 34% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 154.8000 | 163.70 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 138.2400 | 161.69 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 38% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 38% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.58 · weakest Brisket (161.69)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
656.95
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
69–50 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
651
4 mapped stops · furthest 347 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2016-06-10
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
- First call Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5372 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic
- First overall top-10 The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score673.7488 The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2972 The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1510) Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest | 2016-07-29 |
| +6.2 | Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest | 2016-09-23 |
| +3.8 | Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic | 2016-06-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship | 2014-08-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 38% | 93.6% | 93% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS | 16 / 39 (665.6456) | 21 (166.2628) | 23 (164.0000) | 18 (166.8572) | 11 (168.5256) |
| 2016-07-29 | The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS | 9 / 37 (673.7488) | 28 (156.0000) | 3 (174.2972) | 6 (173.7372) | 10 (169.7144) |
| 2016-06-10 | Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS | 15 / 31 (668.5372) | 17 (165.6800) | 4 (173.1544) | 22 (159.4056) | 11 (170.2972) |
| 2014-08-15 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship Kirksville, MO | 14 / 16 (619.8744) | 9 (163.9656) | 9 (162.8688) | 14 (154.8000) | 15 (138.2400) |