BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. IL

Power ranking

#689

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1566

peak 1603

Contests

in the data

First seen

latest 2024-10-30

Best ToY finish

#69

Master 2020

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 43 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

692.5600

American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.55 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 667.13 (-24.58)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Consistency

±25.58

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.31)

Road miles

6867

mi across 41 mapped stops · furthest 398 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has finished one call ahead of BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

One2BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 24 of their 29 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of WE WILL ROCK QUE in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES).

🐣 Announced themselves early

Finished 1 of 38 at their very first tracked contest, Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) ().

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	42	16	2	4	179.4400	161.1312	170.71	top 35%
Pork Ribs	42	9	2	3	178.8800	151.9200	165.31	top 53%
Pork	40	15	1	5	178.2972	155.3600	168.69	top 40%
Brisket	40	14	0	1	176.5716	151.9084	166.52	top 47%

“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
IL	16	1	top 38%
IN	12	0	top 39%
MI	4	0	top 53%
IA	4	0	top 64%
WI	3	0	top 29%
KS	1	0	top 13%
NE	1	0	top 27%
MO	1	0	top 71%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	20	1	top 46%
Large (40+)	22	0	top 38%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (15 contests)
Cooks mostly in IL (16 of 43 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (42 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) (null)
Wins it all in 2% of contests
All-time average overall score: 667.13

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
—	2	1	1	661.5884	589.93
2024	7	0	1	692.5600	679.44
2021	5	0	0	668.4684	658.46
2020	14	0	1	686.2744	670.94
2019	15	0	2	687.9884	671.82

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 - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	57 / 444 (692.5600)	7 (179.4400)	323 (164.5372)	42 (176.0344)	83 (172.5484)
2024-07-19	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash Oshkosh, WI	12 / 37 (670.7544)	11 (173.1084)	16 (166.2400)	17 (166.2744)	15 (165.1316)
2024-05-17	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN	23 / 32 (669.5540)	16 (172.5600)	13 (169.6684)	30 (155.3600)	10 (171.9656)
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI	9 / 62 (692.5144)	12 (176.0000)	9 (173.7144)	29 (171.9772)	27 (170.8228)
2024-03-29	Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA	36 / 42 (663.3144)	5 (175.4400)	40 (152.5144)	3 (174.8572)	36 (160.5028)
2024-01-26	SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE	7 / 26 (687.9660)	1 (178.2972)	15 (169.7144)	18 (166.8344)	10 (173.1200)
2021-07-09	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL	34 / 38 (645.4856)	34 (161.6572)	13 (168.5372)	31 (163.3828)	36 (151.9084)
2021-06-19	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 Franklin, IN	27 / 37 (668.4684)	14 (171.9656)	7 (172.5600)	33 (163.3828)	31 (160.5600)
2021-06-18	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN	39 / 51 (659.8284)	22 (170.8112)	43 (160.5372)	26 (167.9772)	42 (160.5028)
2021-05-01	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	26 / 44 (660.4456)	31 (163.3828)	23 (162.8460)	12 (169.6800)	28 (164.5368)
2021-04-23	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	32 / 45 (658.0912)	20 (169.6912)	38 (162.8000)	36 (161.6456)	22 (163.9544)
2020-10-16	Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI	22 / 50 (659.8516)	13 (169.6800)	21 (165.1088)	40 (158.2172)	19 (166.8456)
2020-10-02	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA	38 / 66 (665.0628)	47 (163.9884)	23 (167.3828)	34 (167.4172)	31 (166.2744)
2020-09-25	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	23 / 28 (654.7312)	12 (170.8456)	23 (163.3944)	16 (164.5256)	27 (155.9656)
2020-09-12	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 Warsaw, IN	12 / 26 (682.2856)	12 (171.4400)	20 (164.5828)	3 (172.5600)	6 (173.7028)
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 Warsaw, IN	14 / 36 (669.6456)	17 (168.5256)	24 (164.5600)	13 (170.8456)	18 (165.7144)
2020-08-14	Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN	10 / 50 (683.3712)	32 (166.2512)	14 (169.7372)	18 (170.8228)	4 (176.5600)
2020-07-18	CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2 Eureka, IL	10 / 25 (674.8116)	15 (169.6684)	19 (163.9772)	5 (171.4288)	8 (169.7372)
2020-07-17	CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 1 Eureka, IL	21 / 30 (662.1948)	2 (174.2860)	22 (164.5944)	24 (166.2400)	29 (157.0744)
2020-07-10	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL	29 / 53 (669.6000)	30 (167.3828)	34 (163.4172)	20 (170.8228)	29 (167.9772)
2020-06-27	Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA	28 / 47 (665.0284)	9 (173.1084)	42 (159.9428)	5 (174.8572)	44 (157.1200)
2020-06-26	Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA	28 / 53 (663.2916)	18 (170.8228)	46 (159.9544)	5 (174.2856)	43 (158.2288)
2020-06-20	Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) Franklin, IN	2 / 63 (686.2744)	15 (172.5600)	28 (166.8688)	12 (172.5600)	5 (174.2856)
2020-06-19	Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN	16 / 69 (676.5144)	10 (173.1316)	57 (158.8228)	2 (178.2972)	38 (166.2628)
2020-05-29	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	6 / 66 (680.5596)	46 (161.1312)	1 (178.8800)	10 (170.2628)	10 (170.2856)
2019-10-18	Best of the Midwest Union Grove, WI	5 / 52 (674.2060)	4 (174.2628)	24 (161.1432)	18 (166.2400)	4 (172.5600)
2019-10-11	Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) Arthur, IL	18 / 43 (670.7428)	21 (170.2628)	24 (163.3828)	7 (174.8456)	31 (162.2516)
2019-09-20	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	15 / 28 (669.1084)	8 (171.9884)	23 (162.8800)	17 (166.2284)	18 (168.0116)
2019-09-13	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival Mears, MI	22 / 35 (655.9312)	11 (169.7028)	29 (157.6684)	7 (168.5716)	23 (159.9884)
2019-08-09	Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN	13 / 29 (677.0172)	9 (172.5484)	28 (153.6228)	4 (174.2744)	5 (176.5716)
2019-07-12	Harvest On Fire at The Winery Marshall, IL	10 / 31 (673.5884)	6 (176.0000)	15 (165.6800)	20 (164.5256)	10 (167.3828)
2019-06-28	BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Joliet, IL	10 / 42 (679.8968)	16 (171.9656)	4 (174.2972)	21 (165.0856)	16 (168.5484)
2019-06-21	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL	13 / 50 (668.9712)	14 (170.8228)	14 (167.9656)	28 (163.9544)	23 (166.2284)
2019-06-14	Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL	3 / 25 (681.0284)	9 (167.3712)	1 (176.5716)	9 (169.1200)	7 (167.9656)
2019-05-31	Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	15 / 36 (665.0284)	12 (169.7028)	23 (161.6800)	17 (166.8228)	17 (166.8228)
2019-05-25	Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 Westmont, IL	21 / 48 (658.1480)	12 (169.1084)	13 (167.9884)	35 (155.3600)	17 (165.6912)
2019-05-24	Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 Westmont, IL	6 / 40 (674.7428)	2 (175.4056)	34 (151.9200)	1 (176.5828)	7 (170.8344)
2019-05-17	Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition Valparaiso, IN	7 / 20 (662.1600)	5 (168.5256)	14 (158.2744)	3 (170.2744)	9 (165.0856)
2019-05-03	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	3 / 33 (687.9884)	10 (170.2856)	5 (171.4400)	4 (174.2972)	3 (171.9656)
2019-04-05	CCSFest Indianapois, IN	10 / 40 (678.7080)	24 (167.3712)	10 (171.4056)	10 (170.8228)	14 (169.1084)
	Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Yorkville, IL	10 / 22 (661.5884)	10 (163.9428)	3 (174.8572)	—	—
	Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) Yorkville, IL	1 / 38 (518.2744)	1 (175.4400)	6 (167.4172)	—	—

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	#354 (613 pts)	#229 (983 pts)	#410 (588 pts)	#367 (598 pts)	#400 (548 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#917 (120 pts)	#899 (145 pts)	#985 (130 pts)	#766 (185 pts)	#904 (135 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#69 (1244 pts)	#56 (1299 pts)	#111 (964 pts)	#31 (1604 pts)	#66 (1206 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#139 (1613 pts)	#123 (1621 pts)	#172 (1379 pts)	#95 (1712 pts)	#137 (1523 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#168 (1538 pts)	#99 (1778 pts)	#149 (1528 pts)	#235 (1236 pts)	#130 (1645 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#238 (1363 pts)	#180 (1481 pts)	#290 (1174 pts)	#221 (1355 pts)	#154 (1590 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#304 (1158 pts)	#257 (1260 pts)	#298 (1190 pts)	#254 (1278 pts)	#142 (1693 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1947 (95 pts)	#1520 (175 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#1534 (165 pts)