SKY BLUE THIGHS

SKY BLUE THIGHS is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 49 at the Sertoma 48 BBQ (2013). They are ranked #2269 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,269

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1528

peak 1528 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Sep 25, 2026 · 13.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#813

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 20 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0972 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.08 (+12.32)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Consistency

±20.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.68)

Road miles

237

across 20 mapped stops

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Purse competed for

$184K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.08 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

689.0972 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0972 at Shawnee Great Grillers — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 25, 2026

A tough matchup

12–1 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 92% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.53 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 15%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.68
Pork avg 165.21
0 calls in 20 entries

A strong matchup

11–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMF in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque (Sep 21, 2018).

last seen Sep 23, 2016
back Sep 21, 2018

Pork nemesis

10 of 14 shared pork entries lost

Fat&Dumb BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Fat&Dumb BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared pork entries.

A September team

Top 39% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 39% across 14 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

14 September contests
top 50% the rest of the year

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A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 17th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#814 (120 pts)	#1036 (80 pts)	#1055 (100 pts)	#1067 (60 pts)	#909 (110 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#825 (145 pts)	#944 (130 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)	#752 (205 pts)	#782 (190 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#938 (120 pts)	#945 (145 pts)	#1118 (120 pts)	#802 (180 pts)	#840 (175 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#986 (120 pts)	#1051 (120 pts)	#996 (155 pts)	#1046 (120 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#813 (160 pts)	#824 (175 pts)	#1023 (120 pts)	#960 (120 pts)	#854 (160 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1754 (90 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#1130 (235 pts)	#1906 (75 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1840 (125 pts)	#981 (355 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1589 (150 pts)	#1640 (155 pts)	#1653 (150 pts)	#1668 (150 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#958 (300 pts)	#724 (455 pts)	#1310 (215 pts)	#923 (345 pts)	#906 (340 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SKY BLUE THIGHS, each with one reason worth a look.

71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

MEAT MITCH

#2,277 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1540

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SKY BLUE THIGHS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SKY BLUE THIGHS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2018

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Totally Bodacious BBQ

#2,260 of the rated field

1529 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1529

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SKY BLUE THIGHS)

Fewer contests behind them than SKY BLUE THIGHS has cooked, 9 to 20, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Bill's Back Yard

#2,270 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1531

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2024

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BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ

#2,276 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1533

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Mar 15, 2024

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Shane Edd's BBQ

#2,264 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1533

They turned up 9 years after SKY BLUE THIGHS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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SMOKIN' WEAD BBQ

#2,262 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1540

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before SKY BLUE THIGHS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Fat&Dumb BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
F.O.M.S.B.	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
Evening Wood	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
SMF	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
Overland Pig Committee	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
KC Rib doctor	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Last Years Leftovers	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Grilligans Island	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
This Little Piggy Got Smoked	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	2	0	175.4400	146.2056	164.94	top 49%
Pork Ribs	20	0	0	173.1200	146.7772	159.68	top 63%
Pork	20	3	1	177.7144	151.9656	165.21	top 50%
Brisket	20	2	1	173.7256	143.3028	164.25	top 39%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 87%
Large (40+)	19	0	top 48%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	19	0	top 48%
MO	1	0	top 84%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	7	17	top 30%	Sep 23, 2022
Shawnee Great Grillers	3	13	top 27%	Sep 25, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	273	top 71%	Sep 27, 2023
Sertoma 48 BBQ	3	12	top 64%	May 6, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 19 of 20 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 8 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,559 finished ahead 1,277 times, behind 1,987

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 23, 2016 → Sep 21, 2018

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20263 milestones

Sep 25 Career-best overall score689.0972 Shawnee Great Grillers
Sep 25 Peak power rating (1528) Shawnee Great Grillers
Sep 25 Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers

20231 milestone

Sep 27 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

20181 milestone

Sep 21 10th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

20133 milestones

May 10 First tracked contest Sertoma 48 BBQ
May 10 First call Sertoma 48 BBQ
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5708 Sertoma 48 BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.1	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2013
+10.8	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2019
+10.6	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)	Sep 24, 2021
+10.6	Shawnee Great Grillers	Sep 25, 2026
+8.7	Shawnee Great Grillers	Sep 27, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	Sertoma 48 BBQ	May 9, 2014
-10.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	Sep 16, 2021
-9.8	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway	Aug 17, 2013
-9.6	6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2024
-8.9	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0%	top 20%	95.7%	95.7%
2024	2	50%	top 58%	94.4%	91.6%
2023	2	0%	top 53%	93.3%	92%
2022	2	0%	top 43%	93.2%	92.8%
2021	2	0%	top 53%	94.1%	90.1%
2019	1	100%	top 19%	93.5%	93.5%
2018	1	0%	top 42%	91.1%	91.1%
2016	2	50%	top 54%	91.3%	90.1%
2015	1	0%	top 44%	90.5%	90.5%
2014	3	0%	top 74%	89.9%	87%
2013	3	67%	top 43%	92.4%	90.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 25, 2026	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	13 / 65 (689.0972)	21 (171.9656)	17 (172.5716)	26 (170.8456)	15 (173.7144)
Sep 27, 2024	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	20 / 73 (679.3484)	23 (171.4056)	51 (159.9656)	9 (175.4172)	11 (172.5600)
Mar 15, 2024	6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	51 / 58 (639.2688)	45 (164.5372)	56 (147.3600)	52 (161.1200)	29 (166.2516)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	350 / 487 (652.4000)	446 (154.2284)	463 (151.3372)	21 (177.7144)	181 (169.1200)
Sep 22, 2023	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	25 / 73 (671.8856)	20 (173.1084)	66 (153.0856)	17 (173.7144)	14 (171.9772)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	273 / 505 (664.4912)	55 (175.4400)	464 (153.6572)	370 (161.6684)	62 (173.7256)
Sep 23, 2022	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	27 / 87 (671.3260)	35 (168.5488)	18 (173.1200)	45 (163.4288)	29 (166.2284)
Sep 24, 2021	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS	17 / 86 (677.6116)	14 (171.9772)	29 (169.6916)	49 (165.0856)	17 (170.8572)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	400 / 467 (619.1888)	444 (146.2056)	327 (161.6572)	302 (162.2516)	416 (149.0744)
Sep 27, 2019	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	19 / 102 (673.0056)	60 (163.9656)	45 (163.9428)	3 (176.5600)	22 (168.5372)
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	45 / 107 (655.8628)	59 (163.3828)	45 (165.6916)	57 (163.4172)	46 (163.3712)
Sep 23, 2016	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	38 / 111 (657.6684)	49 (164.5372)	30 (166.8572)	94 (156.0112)	13 (170.2628)
May 6, 2016	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	31 / 42 (639.8056)	37 (153.6456)	39 (146.7772)	24 (166.2400)	3 (173.1428)
Sep 25, 2015	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	49 / 112 (651.9312)	100 (152.4912)	67 (161.7028)	38 (166.2856)	13 (171.4516)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	464 / 552 (619.7716)	332 (162.8228)	431 (155.9316)	476 (151.9656)	478 (149.0516)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	50 / 112 (647.3828)	24 (169.7144)	64 (157.7144)	49 (164.5484)	71 (155.4056)
May 9, 2014	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	50 / 54 (611.2112)	44 (156.5372)	40 (158.2628)	45 (153.0740)	52 (143.3372)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	19 / 114 (665.1316)	8 (172.5600)	53 (161.6684)	65 (159.4632)	6 (171.4400)
Aug 17, 2013	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	27 / 31 (638.6284)	11 (170.8228)	23 (158.8116)	18 (165.6912)	31 (143.3028)
May 10, 2013	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	12 / 49 (656.5708)	9 (170.8570)	36 (153.7140)	7 (169.7142)	21 (162.2856)

SKY BLUE THIGHS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

A September team

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)