Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Pork ×1
- Brisket ×1
BOOTIES BBQ
BOOTIES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 40 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Albany Bacon Championship (2020), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #670 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1646
peak 1648 · rated over 29 contests11 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
40
in the data
First seen
Mar 27, 2015
latest Oct 17, 2024 · 9.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
3 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time
Category wins
8
24 podiums
Overall top-10s
19
48% of 40 contests
Best top-10 run
9
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
686.70 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 672.84 (+13.86)
Walk rate
65%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.31
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.16 · weakest Brisket (166.04)
Road miles
25,838
across 40 mapped stops · furthest 2,198 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Purse competed for
$441K
listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.84 / 720
35 Master contests · 1 GC
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #994 (105 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #933 (145 pts) | #871 (145 pts) | #1082 (90 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #342 (673 pts) | #329 (733 pts) | #540 (448 pts) | #304 (803 pts) | #360 (663 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #612 (257 pts) | #724 (222 pts) | #604 (297 pts) | #761 (187 pts) | #515 (372 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #412 (266 pts) | #543 (191 pts) | #612 (166 pts) | #434 (266 pts) | #441 (266 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #444 (733 pts) | #618 (553 pts) | #302 (993 pts) | #474 (728 pts) | #565 (598 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #358 (954 pts) | #377 (924 pts) | #480 (774 pts) | #344 (989 pts) | #446 (814 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #436 (868 pts) | #579 (698 pts) | #628 (648 pts) | #528 (743 pts) | #440 (893 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1156 (263 pts) | #1049 (333 pts) | #1614 (173 pts) | #1278 (253 pts) | #1400 (213 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #902 (358 pts) | #836 (433 pts) | #614 (638 pts) | #1042 (323 pts) | #1210 (243 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BOOTIES BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
#674 of the rated field
- Contests
- 55
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1660
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BOOTIES BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BOOTIES BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#669 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 59%
- Peak
- 1646
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to BOOTIES BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 84
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1674
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BOOTIES BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 84 contests to 40.
⚔ Head-to-head#672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1646
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before BOOTIES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#668 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1646
24 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 50% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 37%
- Peak
- 1666
They turned up 8 years after BOOTIES BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| 503BACKYARDBBQ | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46% | ⚔ compare |
| CROOKED PIGS | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke324 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ | 12 | 10 | 2 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| SLOW PORKIN | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| MADDDOG'S BBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RJs Smokehouse | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGGY D'S BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| SON OF SMOKE | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| Rusty's BBQ | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 38 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 178.2972 | 158.2972 | 169.08 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 38 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 177.7028 | 158.8000 | 169.16 | top 40% |
| Pork | 38 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 180 🔥 | 153.0740 | 168.61 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 38 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 180 🔥 | 137.6572 | 166.04 | top 49% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 6 | 1 | top 19% |
| Medium (20–39) | 25 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 48% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 6 | 5 | 0 | top 32% | May 28, 2022 |
| Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 74% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 94% | Oct 15, 2021 |
| Barn Burner BBQ | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 22% | Jul 20, 2019 |
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 32% | Mar 31, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
8 contests
Contests a season
4
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
12 of 40 contests · 11 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
30
5 of them more than once
First title
Feb 15, 2020
Albany Bacon Championship
Opponents faced
1,066
finished ahead 1,166 times, behind 844
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
Apr 6, 2020 → Aug 21, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
20221 milestone
- Peak power rating (1648) Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
20206 milestones
- First Grand Championship Albany Bacon Championship
- First state championship Albany Bacon Championship
- First multi-meat day Albany Bacon Championship
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Albany Bacon Championship
- Career-best overall score698.8344 Albany Bacon Championship
- 25th tracked contest Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
20173 milestones
- First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First Reserve Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 10th tracked contest Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
20155 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0856 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall top-10 Battle of the Bones
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 31, 2017 |
| +12.7 | Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off | Aug 19, 2017 |
| +12.2 | Barn Burner BBQ | Jul 21, 2018 |
| +12.2 | Albany Bacon Championship | Feb 15, 2020 |
| +11.3 | Battle of the Bones | Jun 26, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | Aug 23, 2019 |
| -4.6 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 22, 2015 |
| -2.8 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Sep 15, 2017 |
| -1.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 27, 2015 |
| -1.9 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff | Jul 6, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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 | 100% | top 61% | 95.1% | 94.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75% | top 27% | 96.6% | 95.5% |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38% | top 57% | 94.8% | 93.9% |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50% | top 10% | 97.1% | 96.3% |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 67% | top 45% | 95.4% | 92.7% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 100% | top 18% | 95.3% | 94.5% |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67% | top 37% | 94.3% | 93.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93.8% | 92.7% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 52% | 92.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2024 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA | 26 / 33 (676.4344) | 8 (176.5716) | 23 (169.6800) | 7 (176.5600) | 33 (153.6228) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 16 / 37 (684.4684) | 28 (167.3828) | 9 (174.2628) | 9 (173.7028) | 19 (169.1200) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA | 24 / 35 (685.5884) | 15 (174.2628) | 25 (169.6800) | 17 (174.2628) | 26 (167.3828) |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Roswell, GA | 17 / 35 (689.0168) | 22 (171.9656) | 15 (174.2628) | 11 (174.2628) | 26 (168.5256) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 5 / 34 (695.4972) | 12 (172) | 9 (174.2972) | 2 (178.3200) | 10 (170.8800) |
| May 28, 2022 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 8 / 27 (678.8000) | 2 (176) | 22 (159.9772) | 2 (176) | 9 (166.8228) |
| Feb 5, 2022 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship 🏅 Puyallup, WA | 3 / 22 (685.7144) | 7 (171.4056) | 11 (169.1316) | 5 (169.7372) | 1 (175.4400) |
| Nov 13, 2021 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational unrated Shawnee, OK | 61 / 92 (682.8116) | 9 (178.2972) | 74 (168.0116) | 57 (170.2628) | 71 (166.2400) |
| Nov 11, 2021 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK | 91 / 111 (662.1252) | 97 (162.2512) | 25 (172) | 101 (161.6456) | 75 (166.2284) |
| Nov 11, 2021 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary unrated Shawnee, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Roswell, GA | 31 / 34 (674.1372) | 20 (171.9772) | 18 (170.8344) | 33 (162.8000) | 23 (168.5256) |
| Oct 8, 2021 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 34 / 70 (678.7424) | 66 (159.9428) | 4 (177.7028) | 11 (174.2628) | 50 (166.8340) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 55 / 467 (682.8000) | 46 (174.2628) | 75 (173.1200) | 327 (159.9772) | 26 (175.4400) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 116 / 185 (676.4684) | 91 (170.8572) | 74 (172) | 155 (165.0856) | 108 (168.5256) |
| Aug 21, 2021 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 9 / 27 (674.7656) | 15 (167.4056) | 5 (171.4172) | 22 (160.5256) | 2 (175.4172) |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 16 / 109 (172.0116) | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 15, 2020 | Albany Bacon Championship 🏅 Albany, OR | 1 / 16 (698.8344) | 4 (169.1428) | 5 (169.6916) | 1 (180) | 1 (180) |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Roswell, GA | 31 / 32 (658.7200) | 22 (167.9656) | 12 (170.8344) | 24 (165.6800) | 32 (154.2400) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 🏅 Wendover, NV | 24 / 37 (661.0972) | 32 (162.2400) | 19 (166.2744) | 15 (169.7028) | 30 (162.8800) |
| Aug 17, 2019 | 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 10 / 27 (658.1712) | 21 (161.6340) | 3 (171.9772) | 14 (164) | 17 (160.5600) |
| Jul 20, 2019 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC | 7 / 21 (654.7656) | 12 (162.2628) | 1 (172) | 14 (157.1084) | 7 (163.3944) |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew 🏅 Dallas, OR | 3 / 16 (684.5256) | 5 (171.4400) | 2 (172.5600) | 9 (166.2628) | 5 (174.2628) |
| May 25, 2019 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 6 / 34 (686.8800) | 9 (172.0228) | 7 (168.5600) | 1 (176.5600) | 11 (169.7372) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival Boise, ID | 5 / 25 (677.6000) | 2 (173.1200) | 18 (159.3600) | 6 (173.1200) | 4 (172) |
| Aug 18, 2018 | 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA | 7 / 27 (679.9084) | 3 (175.4056) | 8 (167.9772) | 4 (171.4056) | 12 (165.1200) |
| Jul 21, 2018 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC | 2 / 18 (678.8916) | 10 (164.0344) | 7 (169.1200) | 3 (166.8800) | 1 (178.8572) |
| Jul 13, 2018 | The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival Coeur d' Alene, ID | 4 / 19 (686.2512) | 3 (172) | 6 (170.2972) | 1 (177.7028) | 12 (166.2512) |
| May 26, 2018 | BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 5 / 35 (679.3600) | 15 (165.6684) | 3 (176.0116) | 10 (170.8572) | 13 (166.8228) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 30 / 48 (650.1944) | 19 (167.4284) | 35 (158.8000) | 14 (168.5716) | 36 (155.3944) |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out West Wendover, NV | 17 / 37 (678.8000) | 26 (170.8456) | 21 (167.4516) | 21 (167.3828) | 6 (173.1200) |
| Aug 19, 2017 | Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA | 2 / 18 (678.2172) | 12 (165.7028) | 3 (172.5600) | 7 (168.5372) | 2 (171.4172) |
| May 27, 2017 | BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 10 / 37 (675.9772) | 8 (171.9772) | 28 (160.6060) | 14 (168.5484) | 5 (174.8456) |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV | 21 / 30 (674.2512) | 27 (165.7028) | 20 (169.7028) | 26 (167.4056) | 12 (171.4400) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 2 / 30 (674.8456) | 3 (171.4400) | 8 (168.5372) | 3 (172.5484) | 14 (162.3200) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition Florence, OR | 6 / 13 (675.2912) | 9 (167.9772) | 11 (165.0856) | 4 (176) | 9 (166.2284) |
| May 28, 2016 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 15 / 43 (658.9032) | 4 (174.2972) | 24 (163.4172) | 24 (158.3316) | 19 (162.8572) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Battle of the Bones Central Point, OR | 5 / 25 (664.5484) | 9 (165.1084) | 2 (169.7144) | 5 (168) | 9 (161.7256) |
| May 22, 2015 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 26 / 38 (653.0856) | 19 (165.6684) | 15 (168.0344) | 21 (166.2628) | 35 (153.1200) |
| Apr 3, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 16 / 28 (639.3484) | 4 (169.1428) | 1 (170.8456) | 26 (153.0740) | 25 (146.2860) |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV | 19 / 30 (614.2060) | 17 (158.2972) | 14 (162.3088) | 17 (155.9428) | 27 (137.6572) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.