Bear Claw BBQ Team
Bear Claw BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 14 at the Twin Smoke (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 20, 2023
latest May 18, 2024 · 1 year on the trail
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.15 · weakest Chicken (153.11)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
633.13 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 151.9656 | 153.11 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 156.0344 | 161.15 | top 43% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 157.1200 | 159.71 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 149.1428 | 159.15 | top 45% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 53% | May 18, 2024 |
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Twin Smoke
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Twin Smoke
- First call Twin Smoke
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
- Career-best overall score646.8228 Twin Smoke
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1656 Twin Smoke
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2024 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 10 / 18 (619.4400) | 15 (151.9656) | 9 (156.0344) | 7 (162.2972) | 11 (149.1428) |
| May 20, 2023 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 7 / 14 (646.8228) | 12 (154.2628) | 5 (166.2744) | 9 (157.1200) | 4 (169.1656) |