High-water mark
667.2684
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.2684 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 28, 2025
Black & Blue BBQ
Black & Blue BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 21st of 69 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (2018).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 6, 2018
latest Mar 28, 2025 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.33
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.37 · weakest Brisket (158.61)
Road miles
2,565
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,282 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.05 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 161.1200 | 167.02 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 166.2972 | 168.37 | top 29% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 154.2516 | 162.05 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 153.6228 | 158.61 | top 58% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 49% | Apr 5, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
141
finished ahead 93 times, behind 82
Longest layoff
6 yrs
Apr 5, 2019 → Mar 28, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score667.2684 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
20184 milestones
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0632 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1507) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.3 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Apr 6, 2018 |
| +2.6 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | Mar 28, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.4 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Apr 5, 2019 |
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 48% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2025 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 23 / 48 (667.2684) | 18 (169.6800) | 11 (171.9772) | 35 (158.7884) | 16 (166.8228) |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 41 / 61 (635.8288) | 34 (161.1200) | 20 (166.8344) | 49 (154.2516) | 46 (153.6228) |
| Aug 31, 2018 | West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Ranson, WV | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 21 / 69 (665.0632) | 15 (170.2744) | 22 (166.2972) | 11 (173.1200) | 46 (155.3716) |