Bayshore BBQ

Bayshore BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 64 at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship (2023). They are ranked #5998 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,998

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1434

peak 1434 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 9, 2021

latest Jul 14, 2023 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#748

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

661.0400 / 720

Master · New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.21 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 617.55 (+15.66)

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.6060

Pork · New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Consistency

±23.21

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 158.11 · weakest Brisket (147.89)

Road miles

541

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$62K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

617.55 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 69%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 69%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

CHUNKY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

CHUNKY BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.22 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 147.89
Chicken avg 158.11
1 call in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BAD WOLVES in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared chicken entries.

A July team

Top 65% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 65% across 3 contests, versus top 85% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 85% the rest of the year

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
2023 ↗	Master	#748 (190 pts)	#646 (282 pts)	#688 (290 pts)	#575 (330 pts)	#663 (260 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#807 (180 pts)	#868 (180 pts)	#912 (180 pts)	#854 (180 pts)	#837 (180 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#788 (172 pts)	#800 (182 pts)	#850 (177 pts)	#815 (172 pts)	#823 (172 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Bayshore BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

ODB's Ribticklin BBQ

#5,995 of the rated field

1435 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2019

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Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers

#6,005 of the rated field

1434 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Mar 28, 2025

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Smokin-N-Pokin

#6,004 of the rated field

1434 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

Level with Bayshore BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Feb 14, 2025

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Shelby Smokers

#5,997 of the rated field

1434 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Bayshore BBQ's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 26, 2024

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Big BarQ BBQ

#5,996 of the rated field

1435 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 17, 2022

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Stink-Eye BBQ

#5,999 of the rated field

1434 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Bayshore BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
POPPA Q-BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Second Helping BBQ -PA	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Big Butts BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BLUE & GRAY BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	0	164.5256	144.5600	158.11	top 82%
Pork Ribs	9	1	171.9772	146.8116	157.87	top 70%
Pork	9	1	172.6060	143.9772	154.20	top 80%
Brisket	9	1	170.2856	131.3600	147.89	top 83%

“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)	4	0	top 92%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 78%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2	22	0	top 56%	Jul 14, 2023
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	26	0	top 86%	Apr 22, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 4 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Opponents faced 190 finished ahead 77 times, behind 392

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

20236 milestones

Apr 22 First call New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
Jul 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0400 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 14 10th tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 14 Career-best overall score661.0400 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 14 Career-best single call (Pork)172.6060 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 14 Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20212 milestones

Jul 9 First tracked contest New Jersey State BBQ Championship
Jul 9 Peak power rating (1490) New Jersey State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.5	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 14, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 22, 2021
-11.6	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 23, 2021
-10.7	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Apr 23, 2022
-10.6	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Apr 22, 2022
-10	New Jersey State BBQ Championship	Jul 9, 2021

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)
2023	4	50%	top 69%	91.8%	89.7%
2022	3	0%	top 91%	85.8%	85.2%
2021	3	0%	top 94%	83.8%	82.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 14, 2023	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	22 / 64 (661.0400)	41 (161.0740)	45 (157.0744)	5 (172.6060)	9 (170.2856)
Apr 22, 2023	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	26 / 30 (641.5888)	28 (155.3600)	6 (171.9772)	23 (164.5372)	29 (149.7144)
Apr 21, 2023	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	31 / 36 (634.5940)	31 (157.0512)	32 (154.7656)	21 (166.2400)	30 (156.5372)
Apr 21, 2023	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Blairstown, NJ	—	11 (162.8228)	—	—	—
Jul 9, 2022	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	47 / 61 (617.5652)	36 (163.9312)	43 (154.8228)	55 (145.1312)	41 (153.6800)
Apr 23, 2022	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	41 / 41 (611.2680)	41 (154.7884)	36 (158.2856)	41 (148.5256)	39 (149.6684)
Apr 22, 2022	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	46 / 48 (610.7312)	30 (164.5256)	30 (162.2628)	48 (149.7144)	47 (134.2284)
Oct 23, 2021	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	31 / 31 (603.2344)	30 (154.7884)	29 (154.8116)	31 (149.1428)	31 (144.4916)
Oct 22, 2021	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	30 / 31 (598.0572)	23 (162.2400)	30 (146.8116)	30 (147.9656)	31 (141.0400)
Jul 9, 2021	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	50 / 59 (579.8744)	55 (144.5600)	24 (159.9772)	53 (143.9772)	57 (131.3600)

Bayshore BBQ

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 (6 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A July team

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

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)