High-water mark
678.7772
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7772 at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 18, 2023
Bubba's Blue Plate
Bubba's Blue Plate is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 16th of 48 at the Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships (2023). They finished #683 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 32 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 18, 2023
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.35
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.51 · weakest Brisket (165.81)
Road miles
557
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 551 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$232K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.55 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bubba's Blue Plate, each with one reason worth a look.
Bubba's Blue Plate has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 105 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1515
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Bubba's Blue Plate)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bubba's Blue Plate has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1508
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Bubba's Blue Plate)
33 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where Bubba's Blue Plate's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,031 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with Bubba's Blue Plate on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Bubba's Blue Plate's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Bubba's Blue Plate's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Bubba's Blue Plate's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TINY E BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Fergolicious BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Regi-Q BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 162.2628 | 170.51 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 165.1084 | 167.74 | top 59% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 159.9428 | 166.48 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 158.8228 | 165.81 | 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
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
662
finished ahead 444 times, behind 909
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7772 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- Career-best overall score678.7772 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- Peak power rating (1507) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 18, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| -0.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 93.4% | 93.1% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 59% | 94.3% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 271 / 444 (667.9656) | 208 (169.7144) | 289 (166.2628) | 130 (171.9656) | 345 (160.0228) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 140 / 169 (672.4916) | 163 (162.2628) | 114 (169.1200) | 49 (173.1316) | 121 (167.9772) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 163 / 211 (673.6228) | 105 (171.4400) | 142 (168.5372) | 203 (160.5256) | 54 (173.1200) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 324 / 487 (659.8744) | 164 (171.4172) | 223 (169.6916) | 386 (159.9428) | 379 (158.8228) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 16 / 48 (678.7772) | 4 (177.7028) | 24 (165.1084) | 23 (166.8344) | 16 (169.1316) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.