SHO GUD BARBEQUE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2353

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1524

peak 1524 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2017-01-27

Best ToY finish

#732

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

673.6000 / 720

Master · World Food Championships

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 660.70 (-1.04)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Plant City Pig Jam

Consistency

±9.99

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.42 · weakest Pork (161.68)

Road miles

155

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Master avg

660.70 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Signature meat

25% pork ribs entries won

2 wins from 8 entries

When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 25% of their entries (2 of 8).

best 178.2972
average 170.42
5 calls

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

673.6000 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.6000 at World Food Championships — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-11-03

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of SHO GUD BARBEQUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

SWAMP BOYS ahead in 83% of their meetings

SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.7 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.74 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 63%.

Pork avg 161.68
Pork Ribs avg 170.42
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of KATHLEEN ROADKILL in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

3 of 4 shared pork ribs entries lost

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared pork ribs entries.

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 70 at their very first tracked contest, Lakeland Pig Festival (2013-01-25).

2013-01-25
70-team field

The metronome

±1.39% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.8% of a perfect score
8 contests

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90 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BACKMAN BBQ

#2343 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1525

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SHO GUD BARBEQUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SHO GUD BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-11-18

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Meat Sweats BBQ

#2356 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1535

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Fireside Smokers

#2360 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-03-07

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Smokin Hot Babe Bbq

#2346 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Level with SHO GUD BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2021-04-17

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PAT BBQ

#2340 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-06-08

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ONE SLICE AT A TIME

#2367 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-08-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
United Pork Smokers	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SWINOS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	0	1	174.2628	150.2056	164.63	top 53%
Pork Ribs	8	5	2	4	178.2972	158.2400	170.42	top 26%
Pork	8	2	1	1	173.7372	152.5144	161.68	top 57%
Brisket	8	2	0	1	170.8572	153.0628	163.97	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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 41%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Lakeland Pig Festival	2	4	0	top 35%	2016-01-29
Plant City Pig Jam	2	23	0	top 51%	2014-11-21

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2017-01-27

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in FL 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 170.42 · weakest Pork (161.68)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 2 of 8 contests

Master average 660.70 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 234 221–155 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 155 8 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi

Schedule strength 1539 average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests

Power rating 1524 peak 1524 · #2353 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jan 25 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 First call Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8568 Lakeland Pig Festival
Feb 15 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Nov 22 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Plant City Pig Jam
2015
Nov 3 Career-best overall score673.6000 World Food Championships
2017
Jan 27 Peak power rating (1524) Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 27 Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Lakeland Pig Festival	2013-01-25
+4.5	Lakeland Pig Festival	2017-01-27
+3.9	World Food Championships	2015-11-03
+3.6	Plant City Pig Jam	2013-11-22
+3.6	Florida Heritage BBQ Classic	2015-03-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.4	Lakeland Pig Festival	2016-01-29
-2.5	Plant City Pig Jam	2014-11-21

Category scores over time

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 43%	92.1%	92.1%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	90.8%	90.8%
2015	2	1	1	50%	top 46%	93.6%	93.2%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 59%	88.9%	88.9%
2013	3	1	2	100%	top 33%	92.6%	92%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-01-27	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	26 / 60 (663.3488)	25 (168.5716)	3 (173.1544)	52 (155.3484)	22 (166.2744)
2016-01-29	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	37 / 58 (653.6340)	19 (168.5828)	43 (158.2400)	38 (160.5484)	21 (166.2628)
2015-11-03	World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL	28 / 58 (673.6000)	22 (170.8344)	14 (172.0000)	42 (165.0856)	36 (165.6800)
2015-03-26	Florida Heritage BBQ Classic Kissimmee, FL	10 / 23 (667.9084)	3 (174.2628)	18 (164.5372)	1 (173.7372)	19 (155.3712)
2014-11-21	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	23 / 39 (639.8172)	36 (150.2056)	7 (168.5372)	29 (152.5144)	10 (168.5600)
2013-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	23 / 53 (655.3028)	28 (163.4400)	1 (178.2972)	32 (160.5028)	36 (153.0628)
2013-02-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL	12 / 24 (665.1422)	17 (167.4284)	1 (176.5714)	20 (155.4282)	16 (165.7142)
2013-01-25	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	4 / 70 (666.8568)	58 (153.7140)	3 (172.0000)	7 (170.2856)	3 (170.8572)

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

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
2013 ↗	Master	#732 (424 pts)	#1192 (239 pts)	#376 (824 pts)	#962 (329 pts)	#773 (419 pts)