A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG GUNS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG GUNS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Bastey Boys
Bastey Boys is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 5th of 28 at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (2013).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1512
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 4, 2013
latest Jul 3, 2015 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.84
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.42 · weakest Pork (151.39)
Road miles
343
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 172 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
624.77 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1430 | 157.1200 | 163.42 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164.5712 | 151.9428 | 156.98 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 138.2854 | 151.39 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 165.1430 | 141.6572 | 152.98 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 3 | 5 | 0 | top 42% | Jul 3, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NY
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
86
finished ahead 69 times, behind 56
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jul 4, 2013 → Jul 4, 2014
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
20141 milestone
- Peak power rating (1512) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First call I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First category win (Brisket) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score637.1426 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1430 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Jul 4, 2013 |
| +0.6 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Jul 4, 2014 |
| +0.5 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Jul 3, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.8 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | Sep 13, 2014 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 87% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2015 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 17 / 31 (622.7544) | 10 (161.6800) | 9 (158.2972) | 8 (161.1200) | 29 (141.6572) |
| Sep 13, 2014 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 24 / 43 (626.7316) | 11 (165.7372) | 32 (151.9428) | 29 (155.3600) | 30 (153.6916) |
| Jul 4, 2014 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 14 / 27 (612.4572) | 15 (157.1200) | 11 (153.1200) | 18 (150.8000) | 16 (151.4172) |
| Jul 4, 2013 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 5 / 28 (637.1426) | 2 (169.1430) | 2 (164.5712) | 26 (138.2854) | 1 (165.1430) |