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SHO GUD BARBEQUE

SHO GUD BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 4th of 70 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2013). They are ranked #2370 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,370
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1524
peak 1524 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

Jan 25, 2013
latest Jan 27, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#732
Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

3
7 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
25% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 45%
overall standings

Best overall

673.6000 / 720
Master · World Food Championships

Perfect 180s

0

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
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 170.42 · weakest Pork (161.68)

Road miles

155
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

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

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
  • Nov 3, 2015

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-10
  • 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
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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 (Jan 25, 2013).

  • Jan 25, 2013
  • 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

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

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

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SHO GUD BARBEQUE, each with one reason worth a look.

95 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
#2,360 of the rated field
1525 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 Nov 18, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head
Meat Sweats BBQ
#2,377 of the rated field
1524 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1535

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 Nov 5, 2025
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Fireside Smokers
#2,376 of the rated field
1524 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1530

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

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Mar 7, 2025
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Good News BBQ
#2,375 of the rated field
1524 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
1
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1531

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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Smokin Hot Babe Bbq
#2,363 of the rated field
1525 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1526

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

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Apr 17, 2021
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ONE SLICE AT A TIME
#2,374 of the rated field
1524 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1526

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 Aug 26, 2016
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin 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

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)30top 51%
Large (40+)50top 41%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Lakeland Pig Festival 2 4 0 top 35% Jan 29, 2016
Plant City Pig Jam 2 23 0 top 51% Nov 21, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests
Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in FL 8 of 8 contests
Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 231 finished ahead 221 times, behind 155

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

20172 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1524) Lakeland Pig Festival
  2. Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20151 milestone
  1. Career-best overall score673.6000 World Food Championships
20136 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
  2. First call Lakeland Pig Festival
  3. First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8568 Lakeland Pig Festival
  5. First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  6. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Plant City Pig Jam

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.6Lakeland Pig FestivalJan 25, 2013
+4.5Lakeland Pig FestivalJan 27, 2017
+3.9World Food ChampionshipsNov 3, 2015
+3.6Plant City Pig JamNov 22, 2013
+3.5Florida Heritage BBQ ClassicMar 26, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-3.4Lakeland Pig FestivalJan 29, 2016
-2.5Plant City Pig JamNov 21, 2014

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)
20171000 100% top 43% 92.1% 92.1%
20161000 0% top 64% 90.8% 90.8%
20152011 50% top 46% 93.6% 93.2%
20141000 100% top 59% 88.9% 88.9%
20133012 100% top 33% 92.6% 92%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jan 27, 2017 Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL 26 / 60 (663.3488) 25 (168.5716) 3 (173.1544) 52 (155.3484) 22 (166.2744)
Jan 29, 2016 Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL 37 / 58 (653.6340) 19 (168.5828) 43 (158.2400) 38 (160.5484) 21 (166.2628)
Nov 3, 2015 World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL 28 / 58 (673.6000) 22 (170.8344) 14 (172) 42 (165.0856) 36 (165.6800)
Mar 26, 2015 Florida Heritage BBQ Classic Kissimmee, FL 10 / 23 (667.9084) 3 (174.2628) 18 (164.5372) 1 (173.7372) 19 (155.3712)
Nov 21, 2014 Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL 23 / 39 (639.8172) 36 (150.2056) 7 (168.5372) 29 (152.5144) 10 (168.5600)
Nov 22, 2013 Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL 23 / 53 (655.3028) 28 (163.4400) 1 (178.2972) 32 (160.5028) 36 (153.0628)
Feb 15, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL 12 / 24 (665.1422) 17 (167.4284) 1 (176.5714) 20 (155.4282) 16 (165.7142)
Jan 25, 2013 Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL 4 / 70 (666.8568) 58 (153.7140) 3 (172) 7 (170.2856) 3 (170.8572)

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