BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX TX
Rating
1668
peak 1684
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2018-12-28
latest 2022-08-19
Best ToY finish
#26
Master 2019
Grand champs
2
3 reserve
Category wins
11
33 podiums
Overall top-10s
22
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
675.47 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 684.72 (-9.25)
Walk rate
79%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
9
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.89
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.24 · weakest Chicken (169.99)
Road miles
15597
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 1023 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
LA PASADITA has finished one call ahead of BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Rio Valley Meat BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
BOOMERANG BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 18 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Texas Smoke Whisper in 13 of their 15 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.6060 points of the Grand Championship at Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 (2019-07-13).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at Buskers, Brews & BBQ.
📅 A July team
Something about July: average finish in the top 8% across 3 contests, versus top 22% the rest of the year.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 4 of 47 at their very first tracked contest, Arizona National BBQ Stampede (2018-12-28).
Teams like this (closest power rating, TX first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 177.7028 | 161.6684 | 169.99 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 36 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.3944 | 171.10 | top 31% |
| Pork | 34 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.3716 | 171.86 | top 29% |
| Brisket | 34 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 178.8572 | 161.1084 | 172.24 | top 21% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 10 | 0 | top 19% |
| KS | 5 | 0 | top 42% |
| CO | 5 | 1 | top 16% |
| NM | 4 | 1 | top 15% |
| OK | 3 | 0 | top 29% |
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 8% |
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 6% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 1 | top 6% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 1 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 20 | 0 | top 24% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (27 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TX (10 of 34 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (36 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 (2019-03-14)
- Wins it all in 6% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 684.72
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 675.9200 | 675.92 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 687.3940 | 675.35 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 697.0856 | 697.09 |
| 2019 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 700.5140 | 685.64 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 693.6456 | 693.65 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-19 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships Lubbock, TX | 17 / 59 (675.9200) | 19 (167.9772) | 2 (179.4400) | 20 (167.9772) | 9 (172.0000) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 53 / 185 (687.3940) | 98 (170.8228) | 114 (169.1200) | 75 (171.4284) | 22 (176.0228) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 294 / 467 (653.6112) | 281 (163.4056) | 428 (151.3944) | 129 (169.1200) | 123 (169.6912) |
| 2021-08-20 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 12 / 43 (673.6684) | 15 (165.7028) | 2 (178.8572) | 24 (162.2284) | 9 (169.1656) |
| 2021-08-06 | SLV Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO | 8 / 42 (686.7428) | 4 (176.5600) | 29 (165.0972) | 21 (170.8112) | 3 (174.2744) |
| 2020-02-14 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 3 / 42 (697.0856) | 22 (166.2628) | 4 (175.4056) | 6 (176.5600) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 101 / 135 (671.2912) | 128 (161.6684) | 102 (166.2400) | 89 (167.9656) | 24 (175.4172) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 179 / 468 (667.8856) | 101 (171.4056) | 45 (174.2744) | 323 (161.0972) | 275 (161.1084) |
| 2019-08-30 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 17 / 58 (682.2056) | 18 (171.9656) | 21 (169.1544) | 14 (171.9656) | 18 (169.1200) |
| 2019-08-23 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 3 / 62 (691.9540) | 27 (167.4056) | 13 (169.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (174.8456) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 18 / 68 (683.3028) | 17 (171.9772) | 11 (174.2628) | 30 (167.3828) | 25 (169.6800) |
| 2019-08-02 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO | 6 / 54 (689.0856) | 27 (169.1200) | 36 (165.1084) | 1 (177.1428) | 1 (177.7144) |
| 2019-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition Dodge City, KS | 3 / 39 (699.9428) | 2 (176.5600) | 7 (172.5600) | 8 (174.2628) | 5 (176.5600) |
| 2019-07-13 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI | 2 / 36 (694.2056) | 1 (177.7028) | 1 (179.4400) | 22 (165.0972) | 9 (171.9656) |
| 2019-07-12 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 Green Bay, WI | 4 / 37 (686.2628) | 19 (163.9428) | 2 (176.6172) | 3 (176.5828) | 13 (169.1200) |
| 2019-06-29 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) Artesia, NM | 5 / 34 (695.3600) | 10 (174.2628) | 7 (173.1200) | 15 (170.8228) | 4 (177.1544) |
| 2019-06-28 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) Artesia, NM | 2 / 41 (700.5140) | 4 (177.1428) | 1 (180.0000) | 16 (170.8228) | 6 (172.5484) |
| 2019-06-22 | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship Oklahoma City, OK | 3 / 27 (690.3200) | 14 (166.8572) | 4 (173.1428) | 2 (176.0000) | 3 (174.3200) |
| 2019-06-14 | 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 12 / 55 (675.8280) | 23 (168.5256) | 18 (166.8112) | 7 (171.9656) | 14 (168.5256) |
| 2019-06-07 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO | 1 / 38 (695.9428) | 9 (171.4056) | 12 (171.9772) | 3 (175.4172) | 1 (177.1428) |
| 2019-05-24 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA | 38 / 72 (671.8516) | 24 (171.9656) | 57 (162.8116) | 64 (159.3716) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2019-05-11 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) Plainview, TX | 8 / 21 (685.6344) | 3 (175.4172) | 6 (174.2972) | 6 (173.1200) | 16 (162.8000) |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) Plainview, TX | 11 / 38 (673.1088) | 20 (161.6916) | 14 (166.8800) | 15 (168.5372) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2019-05-03 | 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down Show Low, AZ | 2 / 45 (694.8344) | 10 (173.1200) | 3 (177.7372) | 9 (170.8572) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2019-04-26 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 22 / 39 (663.2916) | 27 (162.8000) | 26 (161.6800) | 20 (167.3944) | 11 (171.4172) |
| 2019-04-19 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 6 / 33 (689.6572) | 14 (169.1316) | 3 (177.1428) | 9 (171.4172) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2019-04-05 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 3 / 61 (691.9772) | 13 (172.0000) | 8 (172.5944) | 4 (175.4056) | 5 (171.9772) |
| 2019-03-22 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | 9 / 48 (684.4572) | 23 (169.6800) | 21 (168.5256) | 2 (174.2744) | 16 (171.9772) |
| 2019-03-15 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 Ruidoso, NM | 7 / 21 (683.8740) | 17 (162.2284) | 8 (170.8228) | 1 (177.7028) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2019-03-14 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 Ruidoso, NM | 1 / 18 (687.3828) | 4 (172.5600) | 1 (176.5600) | 8 (168.5828) | 3 (169.6800) |
| 2019-02-15 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 5 / 33 (697.7028) | 8 (174.8572) | 18 (169.7256) | 2 (178.8572) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2019-02-01 | Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX | 5 / 126 (685.6912) | 18 (167.4056) | 22 (168.0000) | 1 (179.4400) | 16 (170.8456) |
| 2019-01-11 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 9 / 38 (678.7428) | 3 (176.5600) | 30 (159.9544) | 3 (176.0000) | 16 (166.2284) |
| 2018-12-28 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ | 4 / 47 (693.6456) | 28 (169.6800) | 2 (176.5600) | 6 (177.7028) | 12 (169.7028) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1145 (100 pts) | #1231 (90 pts) | #1363 (70 pts) | #1256 (85 pts) | #936 (145 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #454 (400 pts) | #443 (440 pts) | #484 (415 pts) | #623 (265 pts) | #392 (515 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #454 (235 pts) | #865 (75 pts) | #533 (210 pts) | #579 (175 pts) | #413 (285 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #26 (2475 pts) | #51 (1971 pts) | #14 (2357 pts) | #4 (2601 pts) | #26 (2324 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #94 (1944 pts) | #112 (1718 pts) | #62 (1952 pts) | #50 (2086 pts) | #46 (2114 pts) |