High-water mark
672.5256
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5256 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 21, 2024
Blueprint BBQ
Blueprint BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 39th of 172 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2024). They are ranked #4071 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 23, 2017
latest Jun 27, 2025 · 8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.32 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 638.25 (+5.07)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.00 · weakest Brisket (152.85)
Road miles
747
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Purse competed for
$70K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.25 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Blueprint BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Blueprint BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Blueprint BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,051 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1504
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Blueprint BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 11 contests to 7.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,047 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Blueprint BBQ)
They've been 1523 at their best, 41 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,053 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1514
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Blueprint BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Blueprint BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1530
2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to Blueprint BBQ)
23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,085 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
They turned up 6 years after Blueprint BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Clue BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Genuswine Brisket Authority | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Most Wanted BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Hot to Handle | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Jonesy's Smoke Rangers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs For Her Pleasure | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Slow Cookin' Cats | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Blind | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| The Drizzlers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke on the Water and Fire in my Eye | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| C'mon Que | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Happy Beetle BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 157.0972 | 161.68 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 151.4056 | 160.72 | top 59% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 152 | 163.00 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 142.8000 | 152.85 | top 71% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 39 | 0 | top 54% | Jun 27, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
484
finished ahead 461 times, behind 679
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
Jun 21, 2019 → May 12, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20243 milestones
- First call The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score672.5256 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)176 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20192 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4344 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1497) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
| +3.7 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Minnesota in May | May 12, 2023 |
| -9.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2023 |
| -6.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
| -3.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2025 |
| -0.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Jun 22, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.8% | 86.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 106 / 159 (643.8516) | 94 (162.8460) | 103 (161.6916) | 88 (164.5140) | 123 (154.8000) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 39 / 172 (672.5256) | 94 (161.7028) | 76 (164) | 6 (176) | 27 (170.8228) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 142 / 167 (619.8972) | 121 (158.8228) | 78 (164.5256) | 148 (152) | 149 (144.5488) |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 55 / 59 (631.8860) | 45 (164.5372) | 51 (159.4516) | 57 (157.6800) | 56 (150.2172) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 76 / 183 (648.4344) | 40 (167.3828) | 74 (163.9772) | 52 (167.3944) | 151 (149.6800) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 101 / 185 (631.8972) | 110 (157.0972) | 93 (159.9772) | 105 (157.7256) | 99 (157.0972) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 129 / 184 (619.2800) | 86 (159.3828) | 144 (151.4056) | 50 (165.6916) | 160 (142.8000) |