A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Benefit Ct BBQ
Benefit Ct BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 17th of 30 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 9, 2019
latest Oct 11, 2024 · 5.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.58)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
316.55 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 158.2400 | 159.98 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 153.1772 | 156.58 | top 82% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 66% | Oct 15, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
146
finished ahead 72 times, behind 115
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Oct 15, 2021 → Oct 11, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score318.2172 MD State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20211 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.7144 Maryland State BBQ Bash
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1502) Maryland State BBQ Bash
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.8 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Aug 9, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 11, 2024 |
| -1.7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 15, 2021 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2024 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 25 / 26 (318.2172) | 26 (158.2400) | 22 (159.9772) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 19 / 25 (314.8916) | 18 (161.7144) | 20 (153.1772) | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 17 / 30 (301.7716) | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 10, 2018 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |