Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Crimson & Blue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1539
peak 1539 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2016-04-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
674.06
last 4 Master vs avg 674.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
and counting
Consistency
±1.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.13)
Road miles
139
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
674.06 / 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.
High-water mark
675.9200
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9200 at The G Town Smokin Showdown — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-04-29
The comeback
2.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at The G Town Smokin Showdown (2016-04-29).
- last seen 2013-10-18
- back 2016-04-29
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.
Crimson & Blue 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 82 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.
#1973 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1539
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#1977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Crimson & Blue did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#1978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Level with Crimson & Blue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
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#1994 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#1987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 160.5600 | 166.97 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.7028 | 161.1200 | 166.13 | top 37% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178.8800 | 166.2512 | 172.99 | top 21% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 160.5372 | 167.97 | top 30% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2016-04-29
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 172.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.13)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
4 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests — and still running
Master average
674.06
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
98
91–23 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
139
4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
2013-10-18 → 2016-04-29
Power rating
1539
peak 1539 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
- First call 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
- First category win (Brisket) 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
- First overall top-10 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2628 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
- 2016
- Career-best overall score675.9200 The G Town Smokin Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8800 The G Town Smokin Showdown
- Peak power rating (1539) The G Town Smokin Showdown
- Most recent contest The G Town Smokin Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | Smoke on the Water | 2013-10-11 |
| +9.4 | The G Town Smokin Showdown | 2016-04-29 |
| +8.3 | 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off | 2013-09-13 |
| +7.3 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest | 2013-10-18 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 22% | 93.6% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-29 | The G Town Smokin Showdown Garnett, KS | 9 / 26 (675.9200) | 11 (168.5372) | 18 (161.1200) | 1 (178.8800) | 11 (167.3828) |
| 2013-10-18 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest 🏅 Garnett, KS | 7 / 25 (671.8396) | 7 (170.8228) | 7 (169.6800) | 14 (166.2512) | 9 (165.0856) |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 4 / 43 (674.2172) | 9 (167.9772) | 3 (169.7028) | 3 (176.0000) | 17 (160.5372) |
| 2013-09-13 | 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off Yates Center, KS | 7 / 25 (674.2628) | 14 (160.5600) | 11 (164.0000) | 4 (170.8228) | 1 (178.8800) |