Blue Ribbon BBQ NC NC
Rating
1536
peak 1576
Contests
27
in the data
First seen
2021-11-05
latest 2024-05-17
Best ToY finish
#247
Master 2023
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
1
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 27 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.90 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 676.40 (-4.50)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±14.45
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.62)
Road miles
9304
mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 2114 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has finished one call ahead of Blue Ribbon BBQ NC 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 9 of their 12 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 49-team field at Swine At the Shrine.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 30% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Swine At the Shrine (2022-08-05) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 13-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 160.4912 | 170.19 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 152.5028 | 167.62 | top 58% |
| Pork | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 154.2400 | 169.16 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 177.7028 | 158.2056 | 169.33 | top 43% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 13 | 0 | top 49% |
| VA | 5 | 0 | top 61% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| GA | 2 | 1 | top 32% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 66% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 9 | 1 | top 42% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (14 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NC (13 of 27 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (27 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Swine At the Shrine (2022-08-05)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 676.40
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 663.2800 | 663.28 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 687.3716 | 673.91 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 702.2516 | 683.43 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 625.4396 | 625.44 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Ayden, NC | 13 / 18 (663.2800) | 5 (173.1200) | 16 (159.9772) | 11 (166.2400) | 12 (163.9428) |
| 2023-10-13 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 18 / 27 (666.1484) | 21 (161.6684) | 16 (167.9772) | 9 (169.6800) | 16 (166.8228) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 90 / 487 (687.3716) | 134 (173.1084) | 108 (173.1316) | 297 (165.6916) | 32 (175.4400) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 145 / 211 (676.5256) | 63 (174.8572) | 190 (163.9772) | 148 (167.9656) | 109 (169.7256) |
| 2023-09-15 | Clayton BBQ Challenge Clayton, NC | 15 / 17 (666.1600) | 12 (170.2512) | 17 (156.5488) | 10 (173.1200) | 14 (166.2400) |
| 2023-08-11 | Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 1 Ashland, VA | 18 / 28 (686.2172) | 15 (173.1200) | 19 (170.8228) | 15 (173.1200) | 19 (169.1544) |
| 2023-05-19 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Ayden, NC | 13 / 25 (668.9944) | 10 (171.9772) | 13 (167.3828) | 14 (166.8344) | 17 (162.8000) |
| 2023-04-14 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 10 / 32 (678.7196) | 6 (175.4056) | 15 (166.8112) | 19 (165.6800) | 8 (170.8228) |
| 2023-04-07 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition Stem, NC | 21 / 28 (670.7200) | 17 (168.5256) | 24 (164.5372) | 16 (170.2628) | 21 (167.3944) |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 38 / 46 (662.7432) | 33 (168.5372) | 37 (164.5488) | 41 (160.5372) | 25 (169.1200) |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 17 / 53 (686.7888) | 4 (177.7144) | 32 (169.6800) | 34 (165.1316) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2023-02-24 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 30 / 33 (662.6744) | 20 (170.8228) | 32 (159.3716) | 21 (167.3828) | 26 (165.0972) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival Grovetown, GA | 32 / 51 (673.6000) | 25 (171.9656) | 36 (166.2400) | 46 (163.4056) | 13 (171.9888) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA | — | 25 (167.9772) | — | — | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 6 / 27 (691.3372) | 10 (176.5600) | 13 (169.6800) | 3 (175.4172) | 7 (169.6800) |
| 2022-09-23 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC | 10 / 32 (685.6116) | 5 (176.5600) | 21 (166.2516) | 11 (171.9772) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2022-09-09 | 18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff Hanover, VA | 11 / 17 (675.2916) | 12 (170.8228) | 15 (167.3944) | 12 (168.5372) | 9 (168.5372) |
| 2022-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 11 / 49 (685.6572) | 21 (168.5372) | 9 (171.9772) | 11 (172.0228) | 8 (173.1200) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA | 1 / 49 (702.2516) | 7 (176.5600) | 33 (169.6916) | 4 (178.2972) | 3 (177.7028) |
| 2022-07-22 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 6 / 35 (686.7312) | 10 (175.4056) | 9 (171.9656) | 9 (171.9772) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2022-07-01 | Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge Lowell, AR | 8 / 30 (694.2172) | 22 (168.5256) | 16 (170.8344) | 7 (177.1544) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2022-06-10 | WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV | 6 / 15 (673.6344) | 8 (165.6916) | 4 (171.4400) | 5 (169.6800) | 7 (166.8228) |
| 2022-05-20 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Ayden, NC | 7 / 32 (682.7540) | 26 (163.3940) | 2 (177.7144) | 16 (168.5372) | 2 (173.1084) |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 12 / 46 (686.2056) | 33 (164.5256) | 4 (175.4172) | 12 (172.0000) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition Stem, NC | 17 / 36 (673.6460) | 24 (163.9656) | 11 (170.8572) | 9 (171.9772) | 12 (166.8460) |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 33 / 53 (673.6228) | 41 (165.1200) | 22 (171.4172) | 26 (171.4056) | 40 (165.6800) |
| 2021-11-05 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival Indio, CA | 28 / 33 (625.4396) | 25 (160.4912) | 32 (152.5028) | 27 (154.2400) | 26 (158.2056) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #999 (103 pts) | #846 (168 pts) | #1199 (88 pts) | #1007 (113 pts) | #1023 (108 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #247 (862 pts) | #177 (1085 pts) | #327 (777 pts) | #241 (905 pts) | #231 (927 pts) |