Rankin County BBQ Company MS

Power ranking

#595

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1577

peak 1598

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-08-23

latest 2026-05-24

Best ToY finish

#135

Master 2022

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

18 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 44 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3484

VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

5 🔥

Current form

687.92 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 680.42 (+7.50)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition

Consistency

±11.21

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.95 · weakest Brisket (167.94)

Road miles

8754

mi across 44 mapped stops · furthest 387 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

GENERAL LEE SMOKING has finished one call ahead of Rankin County BBQ Company 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

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

⚔️ A tough matchup

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

⚔️ A strong matchup

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

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.1772 points of the Grand Championship at VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition (2025-10-24).

📅 A August team

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

Teams like this (closest power rating, MS first)

Swine Life #579 · 1579 · MS GENERAL LEE SMOKING #707 · 1564 · MS UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ #486 · 1596 · MS Smoke Busters #823 · 1551 · MS BEER-B-QUE BOYS #839 · 1549 · MS THE BLUE BLOODS #884 · 1545 · MS

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	42	21	1	7	180.0000 🔥	161.0972	171.95	top 41%
Pork Ribs	44	20	2	5	180.0000 🔥	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MS	18	top 43%
TN	13	top 49%
LA	4	top 30%
AL	4	top 67%
AR	2	top 64%
MO	1	top 18%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	25	top 41%
Large (40+)	12	top 56%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (11 contests)
Cooks mostly in MS (19 of 44 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (44 entries)
All-time average overall score: 680.42
5 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	4	0	691.9316	687.35
2025	2	1	699.3484	688.79
2024	8	0	690.1944	680.91
2023	7	0	691.3256	678.67
2022	9	3	697.0972	684.54
2021	11	0	694.8112	678.02
2020	2	1	670.8232	665.93
2019	1	0	667.2800	667.28

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-24	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN	47 / 82 (691.9316)	68 (169.6800)	35 (174.8688)	36 (174.2628)	43 (173.1200)
2026-05-23	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN	56 / 117 (685.0860)	65 (171.9888)	31 (174.8572)	52 (172.0000)	94 (166.2400)
2026-05-22	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN	—	—	21 (175.4172)	—	—
2026-04-24	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	22 / 33 (685.0284)	15 (175.4172)	13 (174.8456)	24 (167.3828)	26 (167.3828)
2025-10-24	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition Vidalia, LA	2 / 33 (699.3484)	4 (177.7028)	1 (180.0000)	9 (174.2628)	17 (167.3828)
2025-05-02	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)
2024-10-25	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition Vidalia, LA	16 / 31 (679.3828)	5 (175.4056)	16 (170.8800)	28 (157.0972)	2 (176.0000)
2024-10-18	Roast N Boast Columbus, MS	11 / 15 (674.7656)	10 (167.9772)	9 (169.1200)	8 (170.8456)	10 (166.8228)
2024-09-20	Smoke on the Water Pine Bluff, AR	29 / 42 (667.8856)	14 (173.1200)	25 (166.2400)	38 (160.0000)	25 (168.5256)
2024-06-21	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	13 / 33 (690.1944)	14 (173.1200)	18 (170.8228)	5 (175.4288)	17 (170.8228)
2024-05-31	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	16 / 25 (684.4572)	2 (177.7028)	14 (171.9772)	17 (166.2400)	17 (168.5372)
2024-05-24	6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN	54 / 118 (684.4800)	2 (180.0000)	76 (168.5372)	59 (171.4172)	94 (164.5256)
2024-05-03	Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest Brookhaven, MS	14 / 25 (682.2400)	18 (169.1200)	14 (171.4172)	16 (168.0000)	5 (173.7028)
2024-04-26	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	24 / 44 (683.8740)	32 (165.6684)	28 (167.3828)	4 (176.5600)	8 (174.2628)
2023-11-03	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition Vidalia, LA	10 / 27 (691.3256)	10 (171.9656)	3 (177.7144)	8 (171.9656)	12 (169.6800)
2023-10-27	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)
2023-10-05	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	63 / 73 (655.8516)	54 (165.0856)	34 (169.6916)	64 (162.8688)	66 (158.2056)
2023-09-08	Primo BBQ Bash Poplar Bluff, MO	5 / 28 (689.6344)	6 (176.0000)	5 (175.4172)	2 (175.4172)	24 (162.8000)
2023-06-02	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	15 / 25 (677.5656)	10 (173.1084)	8 (173.1200)	2 (178.8572)	20 (152.4800)
2023-04-28	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff Brandon, MS	16 / 28 (681.6228)	9 (175.4172)	25 (163.4056)	4 (174.2744)	20 (168.5256)
2023-04-21	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	15 / 34 (679.9088)	17 (170.8112)	7 (174.8688)	23 (166.8344)	17 (167.3944)
2022-11-12	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL	59 / 61 (664.4232)	40 (170.8344)	50 (167.3828)	36 (170.8344)	61 (155.3716)
2022-11-11	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL	32 / 91 (683.8740)	16 (175.4056)	31 (171.4172)	64 (166.2400)	34 (170.8112)
2022-10-28	Back The Blue BBQ Vidalia, LA	6 / 22 (686.2512)	4 (173.7028)	3 (176.0000)	9 (171.9656)	13 (164.5828)
2022-09-23	TN River BBQ Battle Saltillo, TN	9 / 16 (681.0400)	10 (168.5256)	2 (176.0116)	12 (170.8228)	11 (165.6800)
2022-09-09	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest Millington, TN	14 / 38 (695.9544)	4 (177.7028)	26 (166.2516)	9 (177.1428)	9 (174.8572)
2022-06-03	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	4 / 28 (696.5028)	1 (180.0000)	1 (180.0000)	12 (169.6684)	15 (166.8344)
2022-04-29	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)
2022-04-22	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	2 / 36 (697.0972)	4 (175.4172)	5 (175.4400)	8 (173.1200)	8 (173.1200)
2022-04-01	Smokin' For Down Syndrome Collierville, TN	14 / 28 (674.7084)	10 (171.9656)	17 (164.5372)	16 (167.3828)	12 (170.8228)
2021-11-12	Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival Biloxi, MS	3 / 18 (689.6456)	3 (177.1428)	8 (166.8228)	4 (171.4172)	5 (174.2628)
2021-10-29	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	14 / 36 (682.7656)	3 (178.8572)	7 (174.2628)	29 (161.0856)	17 (168.5600)
2021-09-03	Smithfield Classic in Nashville Nashville, TN	24 / 50 (685.0628)	22 (171.4056)	7 (176.5600)	42 (166.2744)	28 (170.8228)
2021-08-27	Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS	5 / 19 (694.8112)	12 (167.3828)	4 (176.5828)	6 (173.1428)	2 (177.7028)
2021-08-20	Ole Brook Porkfest - One Meat Rib Brookhaven, MS	—	—	5 (166.8228)	6 (160.4912)	—
2021-08-13	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	25 / 49 (672.4572)	8 (174.2628)	33 (163.3828)	8 (173.7144)	39 (161.0972)
2021-06-25	Back the Blue Brookhaven, MS	12 / 16 (659.2456)	12 (163.3944)	8 (167.9656)	11 (160.5028)	9 (167.3828)
2021-06-18	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Nesbit, MS	9 / 48 (692.4912)	2 (180.0000)	15 (173.1200)	17 (170.2628)	24 (169.1084)
2021-06-04	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)
2021-05-14	Obion County Barbeque Cook Off Union City, TN	20 / 31 (652.4912)	13 (165.7028)	12 (165.1200)	24 (158.2628)	18 (163.4056)
2021-05-01	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)
2020-10-09	Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS	26 / 36 (661.0284)	28 (161.0972)	26 (164.5372)	28 (165.6684)	20 (169.7256)
2020-06-26	Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival Byram, MS	7 / 31 (670.8232)	19 (162.8800)	9 (167.9888)	1 (176.5600)	17 (163.3944)
2019-08-23	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)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#474 (193 pts)	#521 (228 pts)	#419 (318 pts)	#527 (183 pts)	#546 (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 (1306 pts)	#266 (936 pts)	#196 (1036 pts)	#176 (1126 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#297 (725 pts)	#279 (815 pts)	#276 (885 pts)	#199 (1015 pts)	#373 (560 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#135 (1357 pts)	#96 (1492 pts)	#137 (1327 pts)	#196 (1062 pts)	#167 (1182 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#191 (980 pts)	#109 (1355 pts)	#120 (1346 pts)	#170 (1066 pts)	#198 (975 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#471 (221 pts)	#635 (146 pts)	#548 (201 pts)	#352 (341 pts)	#564 (181 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1310 (169 pts)	#1780 (104 pts)	#1393 (159 pts)	#1711 (114 pts)	#1789 (94 pts)