Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Blitzkrieg BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1540
peak 1556 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
2013-02-15
latest 2025-03-21
Best ToY finish
#1114
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
668.81
last 5 Master vs avg 668.48 (+0.34)
Walk rate
92%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.73 · weakest Chicken (166.34)
Road miles
1,813
mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 674 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$79K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
668.48 / 720
13 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (11 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.
They almost always walk
92%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 12 of 13 contests
A top-10 category call in 92% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
687.3828
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3828 at Torry Island BBQ Showdown — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-03-21
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL has finished one call ahead of Blitzkrieg BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
9–1
behind in the head-to-head
SWAMP BOYS ahead in 90% of their meetings
SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
A strong matchup
7–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The comeback
4.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at Torry Island BBQ Showdown (2024-03-01).
- last seen 2020-01-24
- back 2024-03-01
Pork Ribs nemesis
7 of 10
shared pork ribs entries lost
SWAMP BOYS ahead 70% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SWAMP BOYS has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared pork ribs entries.
Announced themselves early
2nd
at their very first contest
Finished 2 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-02-15).
- 2013-02-15
- 24-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
HOT WACHULA'S has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The metronome
±1.47%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.47% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 92.8% of a perfect score
- 13 contests
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.
69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1953 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1950 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Blitzkrieg BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
Level with Blitzkrieg BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#1954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Blitzkrieg BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAMP BOYS | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BLUE Q FL | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Two Crackers Cooking | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE SHACK BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SWINOS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Hot Ashes | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 156.5028 | 166.34 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 152.5032 | 168.73 | top 33% |
| Pork | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.3828 | 166.79 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 178.2858 | 149.6228 | 166.62 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 11 | 0 | top 36% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 49% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 51% | 2025-03-21 |
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 58% | 2020-01-24 |
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 38% | 2016-01-29 |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.1 yrs
2013-02-15 → 2025-03-21
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
11 of 13 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
10
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
13 entries · 1 win · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.73 · weakest Chicken (166.34)
Walk rate
92%
a top-10 call in 12 of 13 contests
Overall top-10 rate
38%
5 of 13 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
668.48
out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
409
341–288 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,813
13 mapped stops · furthest 674 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$79,000
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2024-03-01
Power rating
1540
peak 1556 · #1949 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First Reserve Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.7144 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- First category win (Chicken) Lakeland Pig Festival
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2019
- 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1556) Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2025
- Career-best overall score687.3828 Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-02-15 |
| +12.7 | When Pigs Fly South | 2015-11-06 |
| +9.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2015-01-30 |
| +9.2 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | 2017-02-17 |
| +7.7 | * Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) | 2016-04-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2020-01-24 |
| -9.5 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2024-03-01 |
| -3.6 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-08-02 |
| -1.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | 2013-09-13 |
| -0.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2016-01-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 93.5% | 92.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 93.3% | 93.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 45% | 95.2% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-21 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 8 / 26 (687.3828) | 12 (167.9656) | 2 (178.2972) | 10 (168.5372) | 7 (172.5828) |
| 2024-03-01 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 15 / 21 (658.1028) | 14 (166.2284) | 4 (177.7144) | 15 (164.5372) | 17 (149.6228) |
| 2020-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 39 / 53 (651.8512) | 47 (156.5028) | 8 (173.7028) | 50 (155.3828) | 25 (166.2628) |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 25 / 58 (667.3944) | 44 (158.8000) | 30 (164.5716) | 15 (169.7028) | 6 (174.3200) |
| 2017-02-17 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL | 6 / 26 (679.3372) | 10 (166.2400) | 2 (174.8572) | 12 (164.5372) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2016-04-01 | * Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) Vero Beach, FL | 7 / 25 (673.0284) | 11 (166.2628) | 4 (166.2628) | 4 (173.1200) | 9 (167.3828) |
| 2016-01-29 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 30 / 58 (656.9716) | 33 (165.0972) | 51 (152.5032) | 12 (168.5484) | 8 (170.8228) |
| 2015-11-06 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 4 / 35 (669.7260) | 4 (167.4400) | 5 (169.1544) | 7 (167.4172) | 6 (165.7144) |
| 2015-01-30 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 15 / 62 (671.8972) | 1 (180.0000) | 46 (158.2400) | 26 (166.2400) | 24 (167.4172) |
| 2014-11-07 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 15 / 42 (664.4456) | 30 (158.2400) | 13 (167.9772) | 7 (173.1084) | 17 (165.1200) |
| 2013-09-13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Hendersonville, TN | 19 / 30 (666.7656) | 20 (167.3828) | 8 (173.1200) | 14 (167.4056) | 25 (158.8572) |
| 2013-08-02 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA | 39 / 61 (657.5772) | 34 (167.3828) | 29 (166.8344) | 32 (167.3944) | 49 (155.9656) |
| 2013-02-15 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL | 2 / 24 (685.7144) | 5 (174.8572) | 7 (170.2858) | 11 (162.2856) | 2 (178.2858) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1114 (249 pts) | #1446 (174 pts) | #1562 (154 pts) | #1832 (119 pts) | #1158 (249 pts) |