#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headGo Blue BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-09-27
latest 2026-08-28
Best ToY finish
#1182
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.70 · weakest Chicken (155.40)
Road miles
596
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 596 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.29 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
162.27 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
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.
Go Blue 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 146 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.
#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Go Blue BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Go Blue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Go Blue BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Go Blue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 143.3716 | 155.40 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 150.7656 | 159.01 | top 82% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 163.4056 | 165.70 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 156.5256 | 160.81 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ND | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND BBQ Championship | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 83% | 2025-10-03 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2024-09-27 → 2026-08-28
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ND
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.70 · weakest Chicken (155.40)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
639.29
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
162.27
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
77
16–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
596
3 mapped stops · furthest 596 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-09-27 → 2025-10-03
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest ND BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1489) ND BBQ Championship
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2800 ND BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score651.2800 ND BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9884 ND BBQ Championship
- 2026
- Most recent contest Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-08-28 |
| -11 | ND BBQ Championship | 2024-09-27 |
| -2.7 | ND BBQ Championship | 2025-10-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 45.1% | 45.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 16 / 16 (162.2744) | — | 14 (162.2744) | — | — |
| 2025-10-03 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 33 / 46 (651.2800) | 24 (167.4288) | 45 (150.7656) | 23 (167.9884) | 27 (165.0972) |
| 2024-09-27 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 44 / 47 (627.3028) | 47 (143.3716) | 29 (164.0000) | 31 (163.4056) | 37 (156.5256) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |