The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Wee Daddy's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Bonnie Blue BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Bonnie Blue BBQ
Bonnie Blue BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 31 at the Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) (2021). They are ranked #4691 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Bonnie BlueBBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1504 · rated over 21 contests
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
Mar 8, 2019
latest Oct 10, 2025 · 6.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
3% of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
331.47 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 322.73 (+8.74)
Walk rate
26%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±35.15
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.71)
Road miles
1,388
across 33 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$92K
listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
322.73 / 360
21 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
494.70 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bonnie Blue BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1514
They've been 1514 at their best, 45 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,692 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1500
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Bonnie Blue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 27 contests to 34, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,669 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1469
16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 50% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#4,694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1469
Level with Bonnie Blue BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,707 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 3%
- Peak
- 1469
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Bonnie Blue BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 17 | 1 | 16 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Deviant Smoke | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTSY-Q | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Wee Daddy's BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Swine Crew | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Say My Name BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 175.4172 | 154.7772 | 168.15 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 151.4056 | 162.71 | top 68% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 154.8228 | 165.35 | top 57% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 19 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 4 | 0 | top 47% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 20 | 0 | top 73% | Jun 13, 2025 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 85% | May 3, 2025 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 63% | May 2, 2025 |
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 65% | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 74% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
8 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
29 of 34 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
13
6 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
25 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls
Opponents faced
332
finished ahead 276 times, behind 514
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Sep 6, 2019 → Jun 11, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20241 milestone
- 25th tracked contest Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20221 milestone
- Peak power rating (1504) Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
20211 milestone
- First overall top-10 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
20191 milestone
- Career-best overall score494.6968 Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
20162 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD)
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.1084 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Oct 8, 2021 |
| +7.5 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
| +7 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Oct 7, 2022 |
| +4.9 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +2.6 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | May 3, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
| -11.5 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 11, 2021 |
| -10.5 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | May 3, 2025 |
| -9.9 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 17, 2024 |
| -7.8 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 6, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14% | top 70% | 94.6% | 91.8% |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13% | top 71% | 93.8% | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 93.5% | 92.2% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 71% | 94.6% | 77% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 92.2% | 91.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 23 / 30 (321.6116) | 25 (161.0972) | 23 (160.5144) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 15 / 28 (340.5028) | 12 (174.2628) | 22 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 20 / 35 (337.6572) | 24 (168.5372) | 13 (169.1200) | — | — |
| May 16, 2025 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 23 / 32 (332.4684) | 23 (168.5256) | 24 (163.9428) | 13 (169.7028) | — |
| May 3, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 23 / 23 (314.7312) | 22 (162.8112) | 23 (151.9200) | 18 (166.2400) | — |
| May 2, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 21 / 28 (333.0744) | 10 (170.8228) | 24 (162.2516) | 18 (166.2284) | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 25 / 43 (334.2056) | 28 (165.6800) | 25 (168.5256) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL | 24 / 38 (325.0284) | 12 (173.1200) | 33 (151.9084) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 23 / 27 (333.6228) | 13 (170.8228) | 23 (162.8000) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 14 (154.7772) | — | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 24 / 35 (326.1828) | 28 (163.3828) | 22 (162.8000) | — | — |
| May 17, 2024 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 35 / 39 (319.8972) | 36 (156.5144) | 27 (163.3828) | 6 (173.1200) | — |
| May 4, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 14 / 20 (335.9200) | 15 (167.3828) | 15 (168.5372) | — | — |
| May 3, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 14 / 27 (337.6572) | 13 (170.2628) | 12 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 27 / 38 (331.9084) | 17 (170.2628) | 30 (161.6456) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 14 / 38 (336.5372) | 22 (165.6800) | 13 (170.8572) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 15 / 35 (327.3372) | 16 (165.6800) | 21 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 4 / 31 (340.5372) | 6 (171.9656) | 6 (168.5716) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 52 / 49 (168.5828) | 3 (168.5828) | — | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 29 / 31 (322.7884) | 13 (169.7256) | 29 (153.0628) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL | 12 / 19 (494.6968) | 3 (172.5484) | 14 (162.8000) | 15 (159.3484) | — |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 17 / 34 (331.9544) | 8 (169.1316) | 24 (162.8228) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 5 (175.4172) | 7 (170.2744) | 13 (167.9884) | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 9 (173.1084) | 30 (159.9540) | 37 (154.8228) | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2013 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 19 / 23 (325.1084) | 4 (173.7028) | 23 (151.4056) | — | — |