Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Buckeye BBQ
Buckeye BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 12th of 19 at the Smoke in the Valley (2017). They finished #2561 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1470
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2013
latest Aug 18, 2023 · 10.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.06
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.13 · weakest Brisket (149.11)
Road miles
835
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 289 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
630.35 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2561 (60 pts) | #2538 (65 pts) | #2584 (60 pts) | #2584 (60 pts) | #2597 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Buckeye BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Buckeye BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 141 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Fewer contests behind them than Buckeye BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,643 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Buckeye BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Level with Buckeye BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1470
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Buckeye BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Buckeye 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 157.1428 | 164.13 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 149.1428 | 155.56 | top 80% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 154.2172 | 161.55 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 142.8000 | 149.11 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
6 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
111
finished ahead 22 times, behind 110
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Sep 22, 2017 → Aug 18, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues
20175 milestones
- First call Smoke in the Valley
- First category win (Pork) Smoke in the Valley
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Smoke in the Valley
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.4804 Smoke in the Valley
- Career-best overall score668.4804 Smoke in the Valley
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Buckeye State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1491) Buckeye State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.2 | Smoke in the Valley | Sep 22, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off | Jul 12, 2013 |
| -10 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues | Aug 18, 2023 |
| -9.3 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship | May 17, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 63% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2023 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues 🏅 Madison, IN | 38 / 41 (615.2344) | 35 (163.3828) | 37 (154.8344) | 37 (154.2172) | 40 (142.8000) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | 12 / 19 (668.4804) | 3 (178.8572) | 12 (165.6916) | 1 (180) | 18 (143.9316) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 24, 2014 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2013 | Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off Kettering, OH | 36 / 41 (618.8228) | 34 (157.1428) | 36 (149.1428) | 34 (154.2628) | 27 (158.2744) |
| May 17, 2013 | Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH | 28 / 35 (618.8566) | 24 (157.1428) | 28 (152.5712) | 26 (157.7142) | 25 (151.4284) |