Their season
2016
their best year
2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 29%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 1 category win
- average top 29%
.SHOWOFF BBQ
.SHOWOFF BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 9th of 21 at the Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River (2017).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 21, 2016
latest Aug 11, 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.16
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.71 · weakest Brisket (157.53)
Road miles
265
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
643.45 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.SHOWOFF 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 96 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with .SHOWOFF BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,858 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
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⚔ Compare careers#2,863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 167.3712 | 146.8000 | 157.57 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 162.2284 | 166.71 | top 24% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 158.8000 | 163.69 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167.4172 | 152.5144 | 157.53 | top 48% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
More numbers
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
94
finished ahead 70 times, behind 73
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20173 milestones
- First overall top-10 Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River
- Peak power rating (1510) Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River
- Most recent contest Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River
20166 milestones
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships
- First call Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD)
- First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6344 San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score661.6344 San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition | Oct 21, 2016 |
| +5.5 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River | Aug 11, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge | Jul 28, 2017 |
| -0.4 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 59% | 89.8% | 88.5% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 29% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2017 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River Ceres, CA | 9 / 21 (646.7200) | 14 (156.5256) | 6 (163.9772) | 13 (158.8000) | 3 (167.4172) |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA | 19 / 26 (629.5772) | 24 (146.8000) | 5 (169.1200) | 12 (159.4172) | 16 (154.2400) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 38 / 62 (635.8744) | 45 (154.8572) | 29 (162.2284) | 21 (166.2744) | 47 (152.5144) |
| Oct 21, 2016 | San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition San Francisco, CA | 11 / 38 (661.6344) | 17 (162.2744) | 6 (173.1428) | 5 (170.2628) | 15 (155.9544) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) Ceres, CA | — | 1 (167.3712) | 2 (165.0972) | — | — |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |