Team of the Year

Team profile

Gold-N-Blue Barbecue

Listed under another spelling in the results: GOLD-N-BLUE BARBECUE.

Contests
100
Grand Championships GC
5
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
12
Overall top 10s
63
Average overall score
450.337
Best overall score
693.074
Seasons active
2019–2026
Sanctioning bodies
KCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 34%

Entries
95
Firsts
9
Top 10s
72

Ribs

Typical finishTop 44%

Entries
98
Firsts
5
Top 10s
61

Pork

Typical finishTop 53%

Entries
41
Firsts
2
Top 10s
19

Brisket

Typical finishTop 68%

Entries
22
Firsts
0
Top 10s
4

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for Gold-N-Blue Barbecue Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2019 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2021 with 22 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 0510152025 2019: 4 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 4 top 10s 4 2019 2020: 5 contests, 3 top 10s 5 2020 2021: 22 contests, 16 top 10s 22 2021 2022: 14 contests, 12 top 10s 14 2022 2023: 18 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 15 top 10s 18 2023 2024: 12 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 8 top 10s 12 2024 2025: 11 contests, 4 top 10s 11 2025 2026: 6 contests, 1 top 10 6 2026
Overall contests by year for Gold-N-Blue Barbecue
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2019414364.523
2020503394.329
202122016397.363
202214012446.827
202318215390.75
20241228370.141
20251104678.697
2026601677.141
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for Gold-N-Blue Barbecue Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 678.697 in 2025. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 300400500600700800 2019: average overall score 364.523364.5 2019 2020: average overall score 394.329394.3 2020 2021: average overall score 397.363397.4 2021 2022: average overall score 446.827446.8 2022 2023: average overall score 390.75390.7 2023 2024: average overall score 370.141370.1 2024 2025: average overall score 678.697678.7 2025 2026: average overall score 677.141677.1 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  • Corrected: the scores changed after KCBS certified them.
  1. 14th

    Keystone Classic Cookoff

    Oct 2, 2026KCBS Harrisburg, PA 25 teams

    Results status: Corrected. KCBS certified these scores, then they changed (first seen Oct 8). These are the corrected scores.KCBS certified these scores, then they changed (first seen Oct 8). These are the corrected scores.
    661.543
  2. 5th

    Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 21, 2026KCBS Edinburg, VA 26 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    690.24
  3. 20th

    Chillin & Grillin in the Glades

    Jul 17, 2026KCBS Wise, VA 35 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    673.6
  4. 23rd

    Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT)

    Jun 19, 2026KCBS Jawbone Park 17 Friendly Way Buckhannon, WV 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    666.777
  5. 13th

    BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)

    Mar 28, 2026KCBS Bethpage Camp-Resort 679 Brown's Lane Urbanna, VA 36 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    693.074
  6. 26th

    BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)

    Mar 27, 2026KCBS Bethpage Camp-Resort 679 Brown's Lane Urbanna, VA 40 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    677.612
  7. 14th

    Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

    Oct 3, 2025KCBS Harrisburg, PA 30 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    675.257
  8. 14th

    Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 22, 2025KCBS Edinburg, VA 16 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    654.091
  9. 14th

    Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2)

    Aug 9, 2025KCBS Doswell, VA 25 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    681.029
  10. 19th

    Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1)

    Aug 8, 2025KCBS Doswell, VA 25 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    674.766
  11. 9th

    Chillin & Grillin in the Glades

    Jul 18, 2025KCBS Wise, VA 34 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    689.051
  12. 14th

    Almost Heaven BBQ Bash

    Jun 13, 2025KCBS Jawbone Park 17 Friendly Way Buckhannon, WV 30 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    682.868

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