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Rankin County BBQ Company

Rankin County BBQ Company is a competition barbecue team with 44 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 33 at the VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1096 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,096
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1595
peak 1623 · rated over 37 contests6 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

44
in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2019
latest May 24, 2026 · 6.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#135
Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0
2 reserve

Category wins

5
18 podiums

Overall top-10s

14
32% of 44 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 46%
overall standings

Best overall

699.3484 / 720

Perfect 180s

5 🔥

Current form

687.92 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 680.42 (+7.50)

Walk rate

75%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±11.21
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.95 · weakest Brisket (167.94)

Road miles

8,754
across 44 mapped stops · furthest 387 mi

Schedule strength

73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)

Purse competed for

$468K
listed at 30 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 37 state-championship entries

Master avg

680.42 / 720
42 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

The 180 club

5 perfect 180s

5 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Chicken ×3
  • Pork Ribs ×2

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival (Jun 3, 2022).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 33 of 44 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 44 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.3484 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.3484 at VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Oct 24, 2025

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Kith n' Kin has finished one call ahead of Rankin County BBQ Company 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

26–7 behind in the head-to-head

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ ahead in 79% of their meetings

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has come out ahead in 26 of their 33 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.01 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 24% of the time against 50%.

  • Brisket avg 167.94
  • Chicken avg 171.95
  • 10 calls in 42 entries

A strong matchup

10–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of K & K KOOKERS in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 29 shared chicken entries lost

Kith n' Kin ahead 62% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Kith n' Kin has out-cooked them in 18 of 29 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 33% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 33% across 3 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

  • 3 August contests
  • top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

8,754 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,754 miles across 44 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 387 miles to Big BBQ Bash.

  • 44 mapped stops
  • furthest 387 mi

The metronome

±1.56% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.56% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.5% of a perfect score
  • 44 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #662 (193 pts) #682 (228 pts) #596 (318 pts) #706 (183 pts) #721 (178 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #525 (340 pts) #651 (275 pts) #566 (375 pts) #649 (255 pts) #808 (165 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #259 (841 pts) #130 (1,306 pts) #266 (936 pts) #196 (1,036 pts) #176 (1,126 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #297 (725 pts) #279 (815 pts) #276 (885 pts) #199 (1,015 pts) #373 (560 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #135 (1,357 pts) #96 (1,492 pts) #137 (1,327 pts) #196 (1,062 pts) #167 (1,182 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #191 (980 pts) #109 (1,355 pts) #120 (1,346 pts) #170 (1,066 pts) #198 (975 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #471 (221 pts) #635 (146 pts) #548 (201 pts) #352 (341 pts) #564 (181 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1303 (169 pts) #1777 (104 pts) #1388 (159 pts) #1706 (114 pts) #1787 (94 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Rankin County BBQ Company, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team
#1,095 of the rated field
1595 power rating
Contests
48
GCs
0
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1595
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Rankin County BBQ Company)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rankin County BBQ Company has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 46 contests
  • last seen Jun 5, 2026
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LaTa-Que
#1,097 of the rated field
1595 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
0
Top-10s
45%
Peak
1614

Careers of much the same size, 38 contests to 44, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen Aug 14, 2026
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MOOCHEWSOOEY
#1,103 of the rated field
1595 power rating
Contests
54
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1595

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 54 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 54 contests
  • last seen Oct 26, 2018
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DIXIE BOYS BBQ
#1,099 of the rated field
1595 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1595

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Rankin County BBQ Company's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 24 contests
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SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD
#1,100 of the rated field
1595 power rating
Contests
59
GCs
1
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1674

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 59 contests, alongside a 24% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 58 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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The Smoking J's
#1,092 of the rated field
1596 power rating
Contests
23
GCs
1
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1597

Level with Rankin County BBQ Company on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 22 contests
  • last seen Jan 24, 2020
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 33 7 26 21% ⚔ compare
Kith n' Kin 29 9 20 31% ⚔ compare
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 25 13 12 52% ⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS 24 3 21 13% ⚔ compare
Kermit's Ex 21 5 16 24% ⚔ compare
Glamping Grillers 20 4 16 20% ⚔ compare
Piggin' Whiskey 20 4 16 20% ⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ 19 6 13 32% ⚔ compare
Poppa Pig 19 5 14 26% ⚔ compare
UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 17 10 7 59% ⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 16 7 9 44% ⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 16 2 14 13% ⚔ compare
TRIPLE H BBQ 15 0 15 0% ⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ 14 0 14 0% ⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 42 21 1 7 180 🔥 161.0972 171.95 top 41%
Pork Ribs 44 20 2 5 180 🔥 163.3828 171.20 top 41%
Pork 43 16 1 3 178.8572 157.0972 169.12 top 50%
Brisket 42 10 1 3 177.7372 152.4800 167.94 top 53%

“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
Small (<20 teams)50top 50%
Medium (20–39)250top 41%
Large (40+)120top 56%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MS180top 43%
TN130top 49%
LA40top 30%
AL40top 67%
AR20top 64%
MO10top 18%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Southaven Springfest 4 14 0 top 51% Apr 24, 2026
Roast N Boast 3 5 0 top 57% Oct 18, 2024
Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 3 4 0 top 46% May 31, 2024
VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 2 2 0 top 29% Oct 24, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 11 contests
Contests a season 5.5 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MS 19 of 44 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 34 4 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 44 entries · 2 wins · 20 calls
Opponents faced 814 finished ahead 900 times, behind 935

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

20261 milestone
  1. Most recent contest 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026)
20252 milestones
  1. 5th perfect 180 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
  2. Career-best overall score699.3484 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
20232 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff
  2. Peak power rating (1623) Primo BBQ Bash
20222 milestones
  1. First Reserve Championship Southaven Springfest
  2. First multi-meat day Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival
20213 milestones
  1. First perfect 180 (Chicken) DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
  2. 10th tracked contest Ole Brook Porkfest - One Meat Rib
  3. First overall podium Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival
20201 milestone
  1. First category win (Pork) Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival
20194 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
  2. First call Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
  3. First overall top-10 Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.2800 Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.3Southaven SpringfestApr 22, 2022
+14.1VPD Back the Blue BBQ CompetitionOct 24, 2025
+13.7Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)Aug 23, 2019
+13Primo BBQ BashSep 8, 2023
+12.5Swinging Bridge BBQ FestivalJun 26, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-15.4Poosa QOct 5, 2023
-10.3Roast N BoastOct 18, 2024
-7.9Roast-N-BoastOct 9, 2020
-6.3Smoke on the WaterSep 20, 2024
-6.2Back the BlueJun 25, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
20264000 0% top 57% 96.1% 95.5%
20252011 50% top 38% 97.1% 95.7%
20248000 88% top 57% 95.9% 94.6%
20237020 86% top 52% 96% 94.3%
20229053 78% top 38% 96.8% 95.1%
202111040 91% top 41% 96.5% 94.2%
20202011 50% top 47% 93.2% 92.5%
20191010 100% top 21% 92.7% 92.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 24, 2026 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN 47 / 82 (691.9316) 68 (169.6800) 35 (174.8688) 36 (174.2628) 43 (173.1200)
May 23, 2026 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN 56 / 117 (685.0860) 65 (171.9888) 31 (174.8572) 52 (172) 94 (166.2400)
May 22, 2026 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN — — 21 (175.4172) — —
Apr 24, 2026 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 22 / 33 (685.0284) 15 (175.4172) 13 (174.8456) 24 (167.3828) 26 (167.3828)
Oct 24, 2025 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA 2 / 33 (699.3484) 4 (177.7028) 1 (180) 9 (174.2628) 17 (167.3828)
May 2, 2025 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Fest 🏅 Brookhaven, MS 19 / 27 (678.2284) 22 (170.2744) 17 (170.8228) 13 (173.1084) 22 (164.0228)
Oct 25, 2024 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA 16 / 31 (679.3828) 5 (175.4056) 16 (170.8800) 28 (157.0972) 2 (176)
Oct 18, 2024 Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 11 / 15 (674.7656) 10 (167.9772) 9 (169.1200) 8 (170.8456) 10 (166.8228)
Sep 20, 2024 Smoke on the Water 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR 29 / 42 (667.8856) 14 (173.1200) 25 (166.2400) 38 (160) 25 (168.5256)
Jun 21, 2024 Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN 13 / 33 (690.1944) 14 (173.1200) 18 (170.8228) 5 (175.4288) 17 (170.8228)
May 31, 2024 Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN 16 / 25 (684.4572) 2 (177.7028) 14 (171.9772) 17 (166.2400) 17 (168.5372)
May 24, 2024 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN 54 / 118 (684.4800) 2 (180) 76 (168.5372) 59 (171.4172) 94 (164.5256)
May 3, 2024 Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest 🏅 Brookhaven, MS 14 / 25 (682.2400) 18 (169.1200) 14 (171.4172) 16 (168) 5 (173.7028)
Apr 26, 2024 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 24 / 44 (683.8740) 32 (165.6684) 28 (167.3828) 4 (176.5600) 8 (174.2628)
Nov 3, 2023 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA 10 / 27 (691.3256) 10 (171.9656) 3 (177.7144) 8 (171.9656) 12 (169.6800)
Oct 27, 2023 Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR 29 / 49 (674.7772) 35 (165.7372) 7 (177.7028) 38 (162.8000) 23 (168.5372)
Oct 5, 2023 Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 63 / 73 (655.8516) 54 (165.0856) 34 (169.6916) 64 (162.8688) 66 (158.2056)
Sep 8, 2023 Primo BBQ Bash 🏅 Poplar Bluff, MO 5 / 28 (689.6344) 6 (176) 5 (175.4172) 2 (175.4172) 24 (162.8000)
Jun 2, 2023 Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN 15 / 25 (677.5656) 10 (173.1084) 8 (173.1200) 2 (178.8572) 20 (152.4800)
Apr 28, 2023 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Brandon, MS 16 / 28 (681.6228) 9 (175.4172) 25 (163.4056) 4 (174.2744) 20 (168.5256)
Apr 21, 2023 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 15 / 34 (679.9088) 17 (170.8112) 7 (174.8688) 23 (166.8344) 17 (167.3944)
Nov 12, 2022 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Gadsden, AL 59 / 61 (664.4232) 40 (170.8344) 50 (167.3828) 36 (170.8344) 61 (155.3716)
Nov 11, 2022 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL 32 / 91 (683.8740) 16 (175.4056) 31 (171.4172) 64 (166.2400) 34 (170.8112)
Oct 28, 2022 Back The Blue BBQ 🏅 Vidalia, LA 6 / 22 (686.2512) 4 (173.7028) 3 (176) 9 (171.9656) 13 (164.5828)
Sep 23, 2022 TN River BBQ Battle 🏅 Saltillo, TN 9 / 16 (681.0400) 10 (168.5256) 2 (176.0116) 12 (170.8228) 11 (165.6800)
Sep 9, 2022 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN 14 / 38 (695.9544) 4 (177.7028) 26 (166.2516) 9 (177.1428) 9 (174.8572)
Jun 3, 2022 Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN 4 / 28 (696.5028) 1 (180) 1 (180) 12 (169.6684) 15 (166.8344)
Apr 29, 2022 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS 6 / 25 (681.0284) 9 (170.8228) 13 (165.0856) 12 (167.3828) 1 (177.7372)
Apr 22, 2022 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 2 / 36 (697.0972) 4 (175.4172) 5 (175.4400) 8 (173.1200) 8 (173.1200)
Apr 1, 2022 Smokin' For Down Syndrome 🏅 Collierville, TN 14 / 28 (674.7084) 10 (171.9656) 17 (164.5372) 16 (167.3828) 12 (170.8228)
Nov 12, 2021 Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Biloxi, MS 3 / 18 (689.6456) 3 (177.1428) 8 (166.8228) 4 (171.4172) 5 (174.2628)
Oct 29, 2021 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 14 / 36 (682.7656) 3 (178.8572) 7 (174.2628) 29 (161.0856) 17 (168.5600)
Sep 3, 2021 Smithfield Classic in Nashville 🏅 Nashville, TN 24 / 50 (685.0628) 22 (171.4056) 7 (176.5600) 42 (166.2744) 28 (170.8228)
Aug 27, 2021 Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 5 / 19 (694.8112) 12 (167.3828) 4 (176.5828) 6 (173.1428) 2 (177.7028)
Aug 20, 2021 Ole Brook Porkfest - One Meat Rib Brookhaven, MS — — 5 (166.8228) 6 (160.4912) —
Aug 13, 2021 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL 25 / 49 (672.4572) 8 (174.2628) 33 (163.3828) 8 (173.7144) 39 (161.0972)
Jun 25, 2021 Back the Blue 🏅 Brookhaven, MS 12 / 16 (659.2456) 12 (163.3944) 8 (167.9656) 11 (160.5028) 9 (167.3828)
Jun 18, 2021 DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS 9 / 48 (692.4912) 2 (180) 15 (173.1200) 17 (170.2628) 24 (169.1084)
Jun 4, 2021 Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest 🏅 Covington, TN 16 / 34 (675.8740) 24 (166.2512) 8 (172.5600) 12 (169.6800) 15 (167.3828)
May 14, 2021 Obion County Barbeque Cook Off 🏅 Union City, TN 20 / 31 (652.4912) 13 (165.7028) 12 (165.1200) 24 (158.2628) 18 (163.4056)
May 1, 2021 Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS 10 / 38 (675.3372) 3 (175.4400) 20 (165.0972) 19 (165.6800) 13 (169.1200)
Oct 9, 2020 Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 26 / 36 (661.0284) 28 (161.0972) 26 (164.5372) 28 (165.6684) 20 (169.7256)
Jun 26, 2020 Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival 🏅 Byram, MS 7 / 31 (670.8232) 19 (162.8800) 9 (167.9888) 1 (176.5600) 17 (163.3944)
Aug 23, 2019 Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) 🏅 Brandon, MS 6 / 29 (667.2800) 15 (168.5484) 7 (170.8344) 13 (165.0972) 17 (162.8000)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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