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
- 2023-08-18
Bubba's Blue Plate
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2023-08-18
latest 2024-10-30
Best ToY finish
#683
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
670.55
last 5 Master vs avg 670.55 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.35
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.51 · weakest Brisket (165.81)
Road miles
557
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 551 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$232K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.55 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.7
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.69 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 165.81
- Chicken avg 170.51
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 3 of their 4 shared 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.
Bubba's Blue Plate has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3024 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)
One contest 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#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Bubba's Blue Plate's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bubba's Blue Plate on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 11 years before Bubba's Blue Plate'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2023-08-18 → 2024-10-30
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.51 · weakest Brisket (165.81)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
670.55
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
662
444–909 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
557
5 mapped stops · furthest 551 mi
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$231,820
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2023-09-27 → 2024-10-30
Power rating
1505
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- 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
- 2024
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | 2023-08-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| -0.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-30 | 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) |
| 2024-10-30 | 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) |
| 2023-09-27 | 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) |
| 2023-09-27 | 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) |
| 2023-08-18 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 16 / 48 (678.7772) | 4 (177.7028) | 24 (165.1084) | 23 (166.8344) | 16 (169.1316) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #683 (225 pts) | #579 (330 pts) | #900 (185 pts) | #777 (190 pts) | #731 (225 pts) |