A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
TRUEBUD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
TRUEBUD BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bob-O-Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-09
latest 2015-08-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.89
last 4 Master vs avg 642.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.67 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.12)
Road miles
42
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Master avg
642.89 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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-O-Que 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 130 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.
#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bob-O-Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
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#3483 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 157.0740 | 161.67 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 149.0856 | 160.12 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 154.8228 | 160.55 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.7028 | 160.55 | top 55% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 60% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 59% | 2015-05-08 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2014-05-09 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.67 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.12)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
642.89
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
68–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
42
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Power rating
1494
peak 1494 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Peak power rating (1495) Sertoma 48 BBQ
- First call McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8856 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Career-best overall score657.0172 Smokin' on Oak
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 Smokin' on Oak
- Most recent contest Smokin' on Oak
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2015-05-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.7 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2014-05-09 |
| -4.1 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual | 2014-06-06 |
| -0.7 | Smokin' on Oak | 2015-08-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 91.3% | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 88.5% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS | 26 / 42 (657.0172) | 36 (157.0740) | 26 (163.4288) | 33 (163.3944) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2015-05-08 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 22 / 45 (651.8856) | 39 (158.2284) | 15 (167.4172) | 19 (165.1316) | 24 (161.1084) |
| 2014-06-06 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual McLouth, KS | 24 / 36 (625.6340) | 7 (167.9884) | 33 (149.0856) | 23 (158.8572) | 29 (149.7028) |
| 2014-05-09 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 37 / 54 (637.0172) | 32 (163.4056) | 34 (160.5372) | 42 (154.8228) | 34 (158.2516) |