BIG BOB GIBSON BAR-B-Q

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

Power ranking

#699

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1641

peak 1641 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2019-09-12

Best ToY finish

#749

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 20%

overall standings

Best overall

698.8456 / 720

Master · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

686.22 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 683.05 (+3.18)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Consistency

±12.32

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.63 · weakest Brisket (169.01)

Road miles

10,492

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 1741 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)

Purse competed for

$68K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

683.05 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

698.8456 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 698.8456 at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-10-27

A tough matchup

10–2 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Cool Smoke in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The long haul

10,492 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,492 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,741 miles to The Smithfield King of the Smoker(INVITATIONAL)(Judges Full).

16 mapped stops
furthest 1,741 mi

The metronome

±1.71% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.71% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.9% of a perfect score
16 contests

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OM BBQ

#700 of the rated field

1641 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1641

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

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LOVE-N-SMOKE

#697 of the rated field

1641 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1643

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 34 contests to 16.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2023-04-29

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HOME FARM BBQ

#696 of the rated field

1641 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1642

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 64 contests, alongside a 22% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 60 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP

#698 of the rated field

1641 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 69
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1678

No shared contest yet.

Level with BIG BOB GIBSON BAR-B-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 67 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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KOSMO'S Q

#695 of the rated field

1642 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1645

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to BIG BOB GIBSON BAR-B-Q)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — BIG BOB GIBSON BAR-B-Q ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2015-10-16

⚔ Head-to-head

DIVA Q

#693 of the rated field

1642 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1647

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BIG BOB GIBSON BAR-B-Q)

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

rated over 40 contests
last seen 2019-01-25

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Cool Smoke	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
QUAU	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	6	1	2	178.8572	162.8228	172.63	top 25%
Pork Ribs	16	5	2	2	178.8800	165.1200	172.10	top 23%
Pork	16	3	0	0	177.7028	155.4284	169.31	top 34%
Brisket	16	3	0	1	180.0000 🔥	158.2284	169.01	top 37%

“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	Avg finish
TN	4	top 21%
MO	4	top 26%
KS	3	top 8%
CA	2	top 29%
AL	2	top 17%
MS	1	top 12%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 23%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 19%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)	3	4	0	top 24%	2018-10-26
The Smithfield King of the Smoker(INVITATIONAL)(JUDGES FULL)	2	6	0	top 29%	2017-12-01

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.5 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2019-09-12

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 4 of 16 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 1 win · 6 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 172.63 · weakest Brisket (169.01)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 10 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 8 of 16 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 683.05 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,864 3,200–669 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 10,492 16 mapped stops · furthest 1,741 mi

Schedule strength 1576 average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests

Purse competed for $68,425 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29

Power rating 1641 peak 1641 · #699 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First call Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.5710 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
May 3 First category win (Pork Ribs) West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
May 3 First overall top-10 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
2014
Mar 27 First overall podium BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek
2016
Oct 29 10th tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
2017
Oct 27 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Oct 27 Career-best overall score698.8456 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
2019
Sep 12 Peak power rating (1641) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Sep 12 Most recent contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.3	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2014-10-24
+15.1	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2017-10-27
+14.8	BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek	2014-03-27
+14.4	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
+13.9	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2016-10-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.5	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)	2018-10-26

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 15%	94.7%	94.7%
2018	2	0	0	0%	top 31%	96.1%	94.2%
2017	2	2	1	100%	top 21%	97.1%	96.7%
2016	2	1	0	100%	top 14%	96.4%	96.1%
2015	2	2	0	100%	top 11%	96.9%	96.3%
2014	4	2	1	50%	top 26%	95.9%	94.1%
2013	3	1	1	67%	top 14%	94.5%	93.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	68 / 468 (681.6916)	130 (169.7028)	18 (176.0344)	190 (167.4172)	154 (168.5372)
2018-10-26	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN	59 / 102 (665.0052)	77 (162.8228)	57 (168.5256)	21 (172.5484)	78 (161.1084)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	24 / 467 (691.9316)	36 (175.4172)	192 (167.9772)	63 (173.1200)	27 (175.4172)
2017-12-01	The Smithfield King of the Smoker(INVITATIONAL)(JUDGES FULL) unrated Rancho Mirage, CA	8 / 25 (693.6456)	14 (170.8344)	1 (178.8800)	17 (171.9656)	13 (171.9656)
2017-10-27	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	10 / 95 (698.8456)	11 (177.1428)	28 (173.1200)	48 (168.5828)	2 (180.0000)
2016-12-02	The Smithfield King of the Smoker(INVITATIONAL)(Judges Full) unrated Rancho Mirage, CA	6 / 24 (694.2516)	2 (177.7144)	5 (175.4400)	5 (177.7028)	21 (163.3944)
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	19 / 557 (689.6800)	9 (177.1428)	37 (174.2744)	79 (172.0000)	196 (166.2628)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	5 / 606 (697.6572)	4 (178.2972)	46 (174.2628)	41 (174.2744)	105 (170.8228)
2015-04-10	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	7 / 34 (688.4684)	20 (169.6684)	4 (176.5716)	10 (170.8228)	14 (171.4056)
2014-10-24	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	4 / 92 (690.8344)	5 (176.5716)	12 (173.1428)	4 (177.1772)	55 (163.9428)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	214 / 552 (661.6340)	147 (169.7028)	178 (168.0000)	227 (165.7028)	347 (158.2284)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	76 / 165 (671.8628)	83 (168.5256)	104 (165.6800)	40 (171.4172)	93 (166.2400)
2014-03-27	BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL	3 / 21 (686.7772)	1 (178.8572)	7 (170.8344)	11 (165.1084)	5 (171.9772)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	103 / 535 (659.8972)	129 (167.3828)	154 (165.1200)	277 (160.0116)	94 (167.3828)
2013-05-03	West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN	5 / 46 (675.9996)	12 (169.7142)	1 (176.5714)	33 (155.4284)	4 (174.2856)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	12 / 100 (680.5710)	10 (172.5714)	19 (169.1428)	29 (165.7142)	12 (173.1426)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#1820 (95 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1931 (65 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2083 (90 pts)	#1736 (145 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1484 (164 pts)	#2082 (84 pts)	#1368 (209 pts)	#1717 (134 pts)	#1928 (114 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1286 (221 pts)	#1189 (271 pts)	#1645 (151 pts)	#1949 (116 pts)	#1567 (171 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#749 (411 pts)	#893 (361 pts)	#698 (476 pts)	#1245 (221 pts)	#743 (436 pts)