The comeback
7.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.8 years, then back at The Beltway BBQ Showdown (Jun 1, 2024).
- last seen Aug 12, 2016
- back Jun 1, 2024
BOOBIES BBQ
BOOBIES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 19th of 19 at The Beltway BBQ Showdown (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 1, 2024
latest Jun 1, 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.85 · weakest Chicken (154.27)
Road miles
443
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 443 mi
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BOOBIES BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
BOOBIES BBQ has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before BOOBIES BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with BOOBIES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,700 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before BOOBIES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before BOOBIES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2744 | 154.2744 | 154.27 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8460 | 158.8460 | 158.85 | top 100% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
18
finished ahead 0 times, behind 18
Longest layoff
7.8 yrs
Aug 12, 2016 → Jun 1, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score313.1204 The Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.8460 The Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest The Beltway BBQ Showdown
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
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 100% | 43.5% | 43.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2024 | The Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD | 19 / 19 (313.1204) | 19 (154.2744) | 19 (158.8460) | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 8, 2014 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Frankllin, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | — | — | — | — | — |