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TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q

TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q is a competition barbecue team with 39 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition (2014). They are ranked #581 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “TATTOO BOB'S BAR B Q”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#581
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1662
peak 1685 · rated over 38 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

39
in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013
latest Sep 1, 2018 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#165
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

5
16 podiums

Overall top-10s

19
49% of 39 contests

Best top-10 run

4
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 33%
overall standings

Best overall

687.4060 / 720
Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

664.35 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 667.33 (-2.98)

Walk rate

79%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Pork · 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition

Consistency

±11.86
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.69)

Road miles

4,518
across 39 mapped stops · furthest 662 mi

Schedule strength

58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Master avg

667.33 / 720
39 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Among the elite

#581 of 6,477 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1662 puts them #581 of 6,477 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

  • rating 1662
  • peak 1685
  • 38 rated contests

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

Against the odds

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition (May 30, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, QUAU.

Happy hunting ground

Top 14% average finish here

Cass County is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 5th
  • average top 14%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition (May 30, 2014).

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 31 of 39 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 39 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

687.4060 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.4060 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 25, 2015

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

17–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HELPING U BBQ in 17 of their 22 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

PORK PATROL BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The metronome

±1.65% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.65% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 92.7% of a perfect score
  • 39 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked RiverFest Red White and Que every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 3rd

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #1178 (250 pts) #1161 (285 pts) #993 (375 pts) #1016 (355 pts) #1442 (190 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #910 (375 pts) #767 (515 pts) #1239 (260 pts) #619 (650 pts) #911 (390 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #216 (1,439 pts) #231 (1,329 pts) #253 (1,264 pts) #227 (1,304 pts) #249 (1,309 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #165 (1,659 pts) #144 (1,644 pts) #196 (1,479 pts) #135 (1,650 pts) #252 (1,344 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Contests
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GCs
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Top-10s
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Peak
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Contests
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GCs
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Top-10s
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Peak
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  • rated over 63 contests
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#580 of the rated field
1662 power rating
Contests
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GCs
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Top-10s
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Peak
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#586 of the rated field
1661 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
57
GCs
0
Top-10s
21%
Peak
1675
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 57 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2023
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INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE
#577 of the rated field
1663 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
66
GCs
1
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1692
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 66 contests
  • last seen Mar 22, 2019
⚔ Head-to-head
THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS
#572 of the rated field
1663 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
22
GCs
0
Top-10s
59%
Peak
1663
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q)

Level with TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Sep 12, 2019
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
WHEN PIGS DIE 28 15 13 54% ⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ 24 8 16 33% ⚔ compare
HELPING U BBQ 22 17 5 77% ⚔ compare
PORK PATROL BBQ 21 11 10 52% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 19 14 5 74% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 18 7 11 39% ⚔ compare
SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 17 17 0 100% ⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE 17 9 8 53% ⚔ compare
YOU GONNA LIKE IT 16 14 2 88% ⚔ compare
HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 16 12 4 75% ⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ 16 5 11 31% ⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 15 2 13 13% ⚔ compare
ELWOOD BBQ 14 14 0 100% ⚔ compare
ALWAYS SMOK'D 14 14 0 100% ⚔ compare
COUNTRY ROADS NE 14 13 1 93% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 39 17 2 5 179.4400 154.2284 168.21 top 37%
Pork Ribs 39 17 1 3 178.8572 147.9772 165.69 top 42%
Pork 39 14 2 7 180 🔥 153.0396 167.18 top 39%
Brisket 39 15 0 1 176 153.1200 166.25 top 37%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 33%
Medium (20–39)221top 31%
Large (40+)160top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NE231top 27%
MO70top 41%
IA50top 38%
AR10top 84%
OK10top 13%
TN10top 75%
KS10top 27%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
RiverFest Red White and Que 4 3 0 top 19% Jul 15, 2016
BBQ in the Bluffs 3 5 0 top 31% May 8, 2015
Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge 2 15 0 top 55% Sep 1, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 5 0 top 52% Sep 9, 2016
Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show 2 3 0 top 14% Sep 26, 2014
Cass County 2 5 0 top 14% Aug 8, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 14 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 6.5 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NE 23 of 39 contests · 7 states in all
Contests visited 30 6 of them more than once
First title May 30, 2014 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
Opponents faced 1,201 finished ahead 1,960 times, behind 666

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
20153 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Sauce & Cycles
  2. Career-best overall score687.4060 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
  3. Peak power rating (1685) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
20146 milestones
  1. First category win (Pork Ribs) 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
  2. First Grand Championship 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
  3. First multi-meat day 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
  4. First perfect 180 (Pork) 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
  5. Biggest field won (30 teams) 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
  6. 10th tracked contest Sauce and Cycles
20135 milestones
  1. First tracked contest BBQ in the Bluffs
  2. First call BBQ in the Bluffs
  3. First overall top-10 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7146 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
  5. First overall podium Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.4Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock ShowSep 27, 2013
+1434th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue OpenOct 3, 2013
+13.8Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Sep 25, 2015
+13.63rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue CompetitionMay 30, 2014
+12.1Cass CountyAug 9, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.3Sam's Club National BBQ TourSep 9, 2016
-11.3Sam's Club National BBQ TourJul 25, 2014
-9Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)Oct 24, 2014
-8.8Sam's Club National BBQ Tour ChampionshipOct 9, 2015
-4.5Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff ChallengeSep 2, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181000 0% top 59% 91.3% 91.3%
20174001 75% top 45% 93.2% 92.5%
20164011 75% top 47% 93.7% 91.9%
201510070 90% top 31% 95.5% 93.3%
201414173 71% top 33% 95.3% 92.7%
20136040 100% top 17% 94.7% 92.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 1, 2018 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE 20 / 34 (657.6340) 22 (161.7028) 13 (166.8572) 22 (162.2512) 16 (166.8228)
Sep 2, 2017 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE 15 / 29 (657.5772) 1 (179.4400) 15 (161.6916) 28 (153.0396) 19 (163.4060)
Aug 5, 2017 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 Omaha, NE 28 / 50 (671.2916) 19 (171.9772) 12 (171.9772) 40 (161.6456) 30 (165.6916)
Aug 4, 2017 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 Omaha, NE 19 / 54 (670.7656) 41 (159.9428) 12 (169.7372) 3 (177.1428) 31 (163.9428)
May 19, 2017 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE 17 / 47 (664.5028) 10 (171.9656) 12 (169.1428) 26 (162.8572) 23 (160.5372)
Sep 9, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kansas City, MO 26 / 30 (650.2516) 27 (160.5716) 21 (163.4172) 12 (169.7372) 28 (156.5256)
Aug 5, 2016 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE 33 / 70 (655.3600) 5 (174.2744) 65 (147.9772) 14 (170.8228) 34 (162.2856)
Jul 15, 2016 RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE 9 / 45 (674.7772) 11 (168.5600) 24 (161.1088) 1 (176) 13 (169.1084)
May 20, 2016 5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition Valley, NE 14 / 42 (665.6572) 9 (170.2856) 28 (158.2744) 11 (170.2744) 8 (166.8228)
Oct 9, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR 42 / 50 (679.3488) 48 (166.2744) 41 (169.1316) 38 (169.6800) 20 (174.2628)
Sep 25, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK 4 / 30 (687.4060) 9 (172.5716) 4 (174.8800) 10 (171.4172) 11 (168.5372)
Sep 11, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Kansas City, MO 5 / 28 (686.3092) 4 (176.5944) 9 (169.1432) 7 (172.0116) 10 (168.5600)
Aug 14, 2015 23rd Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE 10 / 42 (674.7656) 5 (171.9656) 10 (169.7028) 15 (169.6800) 22 (163.4172)
Jul 17, 2015 RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE 15 / 45 (660.5600) 20 (165.7256) 22 (162.8572) 24 (162.2744) 8 (169.7028)
Jul 10, 2015 Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE 10 / 31 (669.0856) 3 (176.5828) 4 (172.5716) 13 (166.8112) 24 (153.1200)
Jun 26, 2015 3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE 6 / 34 (669.7828) 18 (161.7256) 9 (170.2972) 7 (168.6172) 5 (169.1428)
May 29, 2015 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE 6 / 28 (658.1712) 14 (162.2284) 9 (163.3828) 6 (170.2856) 7 (162.2744)
May 8, 2015 BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA 5 / 33 (671.3940) 14 (167.4056) 16 (160.5484) 4 (174.8800) 6 (168.5600)
May 1, 2015 Apple Blossom BBQ Contest St. Joseph, MO 18 / 36 (661.0172) 15 (169.1428) 33 (155.3716) 12 (166.8228) 7 (169.6800)
Oct 24, 2014 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 69 / 92 (654.7428) 22 (171.9772) 78 (158.2744) 84 (153.0856) 26 (171.4056)
Oct 11, 2014 WinnaVegas Rib Master Classic Sloan, IA 5 / 34 (685.6912) 7 (171.4056) 18 (165.7256) 2 (172.5600) 5 (176)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 58 / 552 (680.5368) 212 (166.8800) 96 (171.4056) 125 (170.2628) 69 (171.9884)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 132 / 165 (654.2052) 124 (163.9884) 145 (158.2628) 132 (162.2284) 58 (169.7256)
Sep 26, 2014 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE 11 / 47 (664.4916) 2 (174.2744) 26 (159.9888) 20 (163.9656) 10 (166.2628)
Aug 15, 2014 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE 11 / 38 (667.3372) 20 (162.8000) 6 (172.5600) 15 (163.4172) 10 (168.5600)
Aug 8, 2014 Cass County Weeping Water, NE 5 / 35 (671.9656) 2 (173.7028) 6 (173.7256) 19 (159.4172) 13 (165.1200)
Aug 1, 2014 Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS 10 / 37 (664.4916) 1 (176.5716) 34 (150.2172) 7 (171.4400) 9 (166.2628)
Jul 25, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA 24 / 29 (637.5428) 28 (154.2284) 19 (163.4172) 18 (162.2400) 23 (157.6572)
Jul 18, 2014 RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE 3 / 35 (686.2632) 8 (170.2628) 7 (169.1660) 3 (175.4172) 6 (171.4172)
Jul 4, 2014 Sauce and Cycles Falls City, NE 5 / 15 (674.8684) 9 (166.9028) 5 (167.9656) 2 (178.8572) 12 (161.1428)
May 30, 2014 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE 1 / 30 (677.6912) 20 (159.9884) 1 (174.8572) 1 (180) 11 (162.8456)
May 9, 2014 BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA 10 / 33 (662.2060) 11 (169.1084) 3 (170.8800) 25 (157.1088) 12 (165.1088)
May 2, 2014 Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO 12 / 33 (657.6228) 17 (161.6800) 10 (165.7028) 13 (165.1200) 9 (165.1200)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 12 / 535 (681.6804) 52 (171.4172) 2 (178.8572) 262 (160.5600) 42 (170.8460)
Sep 27, 2013 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE 3 / 56 (681.1200) 8 (172) 5 (174.8800) 14 (168.5372) 22 (165.7028)
Aug 9, 2013 Cass County Weeping Water, NE 6 / 44 (677.2000) 5 (172.6172) 4 (172.0572) 9 (167.9884) 21 (164.5372)
Jul 19, 2013 RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE 5 / 32 (661.7140) 6 (168.5828) 9 (169.1428) 18 (160.5828) 12 (163.4056)
May 31, 2013 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE 6 / 34 (653.7146) 20 (158.2858) 25 (149.1428) 3 (174.2860) 2 (172)
May 10, 2013 BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA 15 / 32 (645.1428) 15 (164.5714) 19 (157.7142) 24 (156.5714) 6 (166.2858)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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