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BLAZEN BBQ

BLAZEN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 24 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2017). They are ranked #673 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#673
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1646
peak 1646 · rated over 18 contests6 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

24
in the data

First seen

Aug 16, 2013
latest Sep 22, 2017 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#674
Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

3
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

11
46% of 24 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%
overall standings

Best overall

704.0344 / 720
Master · King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

675.07 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 676.15 (-1.08)

Walk rate

75%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400
Pork · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

Consistency

±13.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.83 · weakest Brisket (166.93)

Road miles

16,696
across 24 mapped stops · furthest 1,057 mi

Schedule strength

68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)

Master avg

676.15 / 720
24 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Mar 10, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CAVEMAN CUISINE.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

  • Mar 10, 2017

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 24 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 24 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN TRIGGERS has finished one call ahead of BLAZEN BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

12–0 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

10–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN TRIGGERS in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 12 shared chicken entries lost

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 12 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 23% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 23% across 4 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.

  • 4 August contests
  • top 31% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.82% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.82% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.9% of a perfect score
  • 24 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #957 (360 pts) #1116 (305 pts) #1166 (285 pts) #924 (410 pts) #1359 (215 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1174 (254 pts) #1666 (164 pts) #949 (389 pts) #1238 (264 pts) #1347 (229 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #678 (533 pts) #714 (523 pts) #742 (513 pts) #654 (578 pts) #899 (393 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #981 (320 pts) #1190 (270 pts) #975 (360 pts) #908 (400 pts) #1306 (225 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #674 (459 pts) #660 (494 pts) #945 (329 pts) #822 (399 pts) #547 (584 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1646 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
1
Top-10s
59%
Peak
1646

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Oct 10, 2025
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SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS
#672 of the rated field
1646 power rating
Contests
28
GCs
0
Top-10s
36%
Peak
1646

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 24, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Aug 18, 2017
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BOOTIES BBQ
#670 of the rated field
1646 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
1
Top-10s
49%
Peak
1648

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 39 contests, alongside a 49% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen Oct 17, 2024
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Say My Name BBQ
#675 of the rated field
1646 power rating
Contests
41
GCs
1
Top-10s
37%
Peak
1666

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  • rated over 37 contests
  • last seen Aug 15, 2026
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PORKERSTARS
#671 of the rated field
1646 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
0
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1656

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

  • rated over 39 contests
  • last seen Oct 28, 2022
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Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas
#674 of the rated field
1646 power rating
Contests
55
GCs
2
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1660

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 55 contests to 24.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen Nov 21, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SMOKIN TRIGGERS 13 10 3 77% ⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ 12 3 9 25% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 12 0 12 0% ⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 11 5 6 45% ⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE 10 8 2 80% ⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 10 5 5 50% ⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ 10 4 6 40% ⚔ compare
QUAU 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ 9 2 7 22% ⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 8 5 3 63% ⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q 8 5 3 63% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
JAMBO PITS 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
Pig Skin BBQ 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
Cool Smoke 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 24 10 0 1 177.1428 148.5028 170.83 top 33%
Pork Ribs 24 8 1 3 179.4400 153.1428 168.79 top 39%
Pork 24 12 2 5 179.4400 155.9772 169.59 top 33%
Brisket 24 6 0 3 178.2972 158.7884 166.93 top 41%

“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)101top 40%
Large (40+)130top 24%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
TX61top 23%
CO40top 36%
MO40top 25%
CA30top 46%
TN30top 28%
OK20top 50%
FL10top 25%
MS10top 13%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) 2 29 0 top 40% Oct 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 7 contests
Contests a season 4.8 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in TX 6 of 24 contests · 8 states in all
Contests visited 23 1 of them more than once
First title Mar 10, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Opponents faced 1,293 finished ahead 1,840 times, behind 489

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

20175 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  2. Biggest field won (30 teams) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  3. Peak power rating (1646) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  4. Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
  5. Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
20143 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
  2. First multi-meat day King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL)
  3. Career-best overall score704.0344 King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL)
20136 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
  2. First call Stand By Your Grill
  3. First overall top-10 Stand By Your Grill
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.3600 Stand By Your Grill
  5. First overall podium Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
  6. First category win (Pork) Big Poppa Smokers - King of the Smoker (Invitational) (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+18.8King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL)Dec 12, 2014
+14.435th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue OpenOct 2, 2014
+13.3Stand By Your GrillAug 16, 2013
+11.9Sam's Club National BBQ TourMar 10, 2017
+1134th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue OpenOct 3, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-0.6Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Sep 22, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20172110 100% top 35% 94.7% 94.6%
20162010 100% top 29% 93.5% 92.4%
20157040 71% top 39% 95.2% 94.3%
20146022 67% top 28% 97.8% 94.7%
20137031 71% top 24% 95.8% 93.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 22, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Edmond, OK 20 / 30 (681.7260) 16 (173.1544) 26 (166.2972) 3 (179.4400) 29 (162.8344)
Mar 10, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour White Settlement, TX 1 / 30 (680.5484) 4 (173.7028) 3 (171.4744) 5 (169.1084) 7 (166.2628)
Sep 9, 2016 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO 12 / 49 (673.1200) 15 (168) 10 (170.2856) 10 (171.4516) 23 (163.3828)
Mar 11, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX 10 / 29 (657.6228) 29 (148.5028) 2 (174.2972) 10 (166.2628) 7 (168.5600)
Dec 11, 2015 King of the Smoker Invitational (JUDGES FULL) unrated La Quinta, CA 20 / 24 (682.3088) 8 (176.5944) 19 (168.5600) 23 (165.1428) 12 (172.0116)
Oct 23, 2015 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 46 / 93 (670.8456) 39 (169.1428) 46 (168) 39 (167.9772) 54 (165.7256)
Sep 18, 2015 2015 Colorado Rockies Championship Denver, CO 17 / 35 (685.1200) 14 (173.1428) 27 (166.8572) 15 (171.4172) 11 (173.7028)
Sep 11, 2015 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO 4 / 32 (685.6916) 4 (177.1428) 10 (165.1316) 6 (171.4172) 3 (172)
Aug 28, 2015 Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX 9 / 57 (674.7888) 8 (174.3088) 21 (165.6916) 6 (171.9656) 23 (162.8228)
Jun 13, 2015 BBQ Battle Royale at Taste of Dallas Dallas, TX 6 / 18 (678.8228) 9 (171.9772) 5 (172.5944) 5 (170.2856) 13 (163.9656)
Jun 5, 2015 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK 10 / 30 (675.9428) 11 (171.4056) 4 (174.2972) 11 (169.1200) 18 (161.1200)
Dec 12, 2014 King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL) LaQuinta, CA 4 / 24 (704.0344) 14 (172.0228) 1 (179.4400) 1 (179.4400) 7 (173.1316)
Oct 24, 2014 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 29 / 92 (674.2512) 30 (170.2856) 6 (176.0344) 31 (168.5828) 69 (159.3484)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 65 / 165 (674.2740) 109 (165.7140) 13 (175.4516) 84 (167.4400) 99 (165.6684)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 26 / 552 (688.6516) 217 (166.8800) 16 (176.0572) 34 (174.8572) 89 (170.8572)
Jul 25, 2014 Colorado Rockies Invitational BBQ Championship (Competitor's Series) unrated Denver, CO 12 / 20 (692.5260) 7 (175.4172) 15 (169.6916) 14 (170.8344) 3 (176.5828)
Apr 4, 2014 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX 8 / 50 (655.3256) 16 (160.5600) 19 (162.2744) 3 (173.7028) 26 (158.7884)
Dec 6, 2013 Big Poppa Smokers - King of the Smoker (Invitational) (JUDGES FULL) unrated LaQuinta, CA 9 / 24 (676.0804) 4 (174.3200) 21 (164.0460) 1 (176.0344) 18 (161.6800)
Oct 25, 2013 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 3 / 97 (689.7828) 3 (176.0228) 30 (169.7144) 2 (175.4972) 28 (168.5484)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 67 / 174 (666.8684) 7 (176.0228) 68 (166.2856) 137 (158.2856) 75 (166.2744)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 83 / 535 (662.2972) 20 (174.2972) 172 (164.0228) 358 (155.9772) 85 (168)
Aug 31, 2013 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX 33 / 89 (639.9312) 18 (166.2628) 64 (153.1428) 49 (156.5140) 15 (164.0116)
Aug 23, 2013 Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL 11 / 44 (673.6112) 6 (174.2628) 18 (164.5828) 8 (171.9656) 17 (162.8000)
Aug 16, 2013 Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS 8 / 62 (683.3600) 20 (170.8228) 30 (166.8228) 23 (167.4172) 2 (178.2972)

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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