CAMP-BELL BBQ

CAMP-BELL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 8th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They are ranked #3275 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,275

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1541 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 13, 2013

latest Sep 13, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#553

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

686.1940 / 720

Master · Hog Wild BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

656.54 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 664.14 (-7.60)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff

Consistency

±13.02

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.67 · weakest Pork (164.37)

Road miles

2,974

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 208 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$77K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.14 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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

Chicken ×1

High-water mark

686.1940 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.1940 at Hog Wild BBQ Festival — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 2, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BEAN BANDITS has finished one call ahead of CAMP-BELL BBQ 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 40%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 40%

A tough matchup

25–1 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 96% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 25 of their 26 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.30 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 26%.

Pork avg 164.37
Chicken avg 169.67
4 calls in 31 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Camo Cookers in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

24 of 26 shared chicken entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 24 of 26 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 47% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 47% across 9 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

9 September contests
top 56% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.81% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.81% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.2% of a perfect score
31 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 18th

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#827 (350 pts)	#649 (525 pts)	#745 (445 pts)	#758 (425 pts)	#708 (470 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#941 (307 pts)	#859 (387 pts)	#1015 (312 pts)	#929 (347 pts)	#916 (352 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1021 (323 pts)	#1008 (373 pts)	#949 (403 pts)	#1154 (293 pts)	#959 (373 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#705 (539 pts)	#396 (979 pts)	#924 (409 pts)	#786 (499 pts)	#558 (719 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1947 (95 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1406 (210 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#553 (676 pts)	#391 (961 pts)	#515 (766 pts)	#568 (691 pts)	#527 (701 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#897 (330 pts)	#1121 (265 pts)	#507 (655 pts)	#1215 (230 pts)	#916 (335 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to CAMP-BELL BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

PORK DADDY'S BBQ

#3,279 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1565

They've been 1565 at their best, 66 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2017

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SOUTH BRIXIA

#3,267 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1507

Fewer contests behind them than CAMP-BELL BBQ has cooked, 21 to 31, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 8, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Bubba's BBQ Nation

#3,273 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1526

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 27% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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SHAAZAAM-A-QUE

#3,268 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1499

Level with CAMP-BELL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen May 20, 2022

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BONES SAUCE & HARMONY

#3,259 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

Fewer contests behind them than CAMP-BELL BBQ has cooked, 14 to 31, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2024

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Idle Times

#3,256 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1509

They turned up 10 years after CAMP-BELL BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 2, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	26	1	25	4%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	22	2	20	9%	⚔ compare
South Pork	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE OF THE SHOALS	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	8	3	3	180 🔥	156.5256	169.67	top 43%
Pork Ribs	31	3	2	3	178.2972	147.9660	165.64	top 53%
Pork	31	4	0	0	176	143.3372	164.37	top 60%
Brisket	31	5	0	0	176.5944	146.7428	164.46	top 54%

“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

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 56%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	13	top 56%
TN	13	top 61%
MS	5	top 43%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	5	18	top 51%	May 3, 2019
High on the Hog Festival	5	20	top 69%	Apr 19, 2019
Hog Wild BBQ Festival	2	11	top 39%	Sep 29, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 13 of 31 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 22 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 772 finished ahead 723 times, behind 906

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

20191 milestone

Sep 13 Most recent contest RiverFest

20181 milestone

Aug 24 25th tracked contest Great American BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)

20161 milestone

Sep 9 First perfect 180 (Chicken) The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff

20151 milestone

Sep 11 Peak power rating (1541) Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest

20143 milestones

May 23 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 2 10th tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Festival
Oct 2 Career-best overall score686.1940 Hog Wild BBQ Festival

20134 milestones

Sep 13 First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
Sep 20 First call Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
Sep 20 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
Sep 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.9656 Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.2	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival	Sep 20, 2013
+10	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 23, 2014
+7.9	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 3, 2019
+7.6	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 9, 2016
+7.2	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 18, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	2nd Annual Brew B-Q	Nov 11, 2016
-10.1	Poosa-Q	Jun 14, 2019
-9.7	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 19, 2019
-9	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 15, 2016
-6.3	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest	Sep 15, 2017

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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	5	0	0	60%	top 66%	93.7%	91.2%
2018	4	0	0	25%	top 59%	93.5%	92.5%
2017	5	0	0	0%	top 70%	93.7%	91.9%
2016	6	1	2	50%	top 60%	94.9%	92.3%
2015	1	0	0	100%	top 33%	93.5%	93.5%
2014	7	1	1	71%	top 43%	95.3%	92.7%
2013	3	0	2	67%	top 40%	95%	92.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 13, 2019	RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL	22 / 37 (654.1712)	23 (162.2284)	33 (154.2400)	17 (165.7028)	7 (172)
Aug 23, 2019	Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN	26 / 39 (650.6744)	13 (170.2744)	19 (167.9888)	27 (162.2284)	35 (150.1828)
Jun 14, 2019	Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	41 / 48 (656.9828)	40 (163.3828)	25 (168.5600)	9 (173.1200)	47 (151.9200)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	18 / 54 (674.7768)	11 (171.9772)	12 (171.4056)	44 (159.4284)	12 (171.9656)
Apr 19, 2019	High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN	33 / 39 (646.0916)	9 (173.1316)	16 (169.6800)	38 (143.3372)	32 (159.9428)
Sep 14, 2018	Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL	20 / 32 (662.6972)	16 (169.1316)	24 (157.0512)	12 (169.6800)	13 (166.8344)
Aug 24, 2018	Great American BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN	16 / 36 (673.0172)	7 (174.8572)	11 (171.9888)	16 (167.3712)	28 (158.8000)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	32 / 61 (671.8744)	31 (169.6800)	38 (165.0972)	45 (164.5372)	21 (172.5600)
Apr 20, 2018	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	33 / 42 (655.2340)	36 (165.0972)	34 (162.8000)	39 (156.5256)	18 (170.8112)
Sep 15, 2017	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL	30 / 39 (643.2232)	21 (167.3828)	29 (160.5260)	36 (153.6572)	27 (161.6572)
Jun 23, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Birmingham, AL	19 / 28 (674.7200)	13 (171.9656)	11 (172.5600)	28 (159.3600)	11 (170.8344)
May 5, 2017	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	42 / 69 (656.3884)	48 (161.0856)	26 (169.6800)	39 (165.1200)	50 (160.5028)
Apr 21, 2017	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	28 / 41 (670.1600)	30 (167.3828)	17 (169.6800)	32 (163.4172)	23 (169.6800)
Mar 31, 2017	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN	36 / 48 (662.7772)	28 (166.8572)	27 (167.3944)	25 (170.8456)	39 (157.6800)
Nov 11, 2016	2nd Annual Brew B-Q Nashville, TN	23 / 25 (658.7084)	21 (165.6684)	24 (162.2400)	25 (159.9656)	13 (170.8344)
Sep 29, 2016	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	12 / 28 (679.9312)	4 (177.1544)	11 (171.4056)	18 (165.6912)	15 (165.6800)
Sep 9, 2016	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	10 / 30 (683.3716)	1 (180)	30 (155.3600)	11 (171.4172)	5 (176.5944)
Aug 26, 2016	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN	14 / 31 (663.8400)	1 (179.4400)	26 (157.0512)	29 (154.7772)	4 (172.5716)
May 6, 2016	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	44 / 67 (641.4512)	20 (170.8228)	54 (153.6228)	13 (170.2628)	59 (146.7428)
Apr 15, 2016	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	46 / 56 (659.2912)	55 (156.5256)	39 (163.9772)	26 (169.6684)	27 (169.1200)
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	18 / 55 (673.0056)	13 (172.5600)	29 (163.9428)	4 (176)	44 (160.5028)
Oct 2, 2014	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	11 / 32 (686.1940)	9 (173.1200)	2 (178.2972)	22 (166.8112)	17 (167.9656)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	29 / 75 (662.7084)	15 (171.9772)	21 (170.2744)	35 (166.8228)	61 (153.6340)
Jul 25, 2014	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	29 / 49 (665.0052)	44 (157.6340)	25 (166.8228)	7 (171.9884)	19 (168.5600)
May 23, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	8 / 30 (679.3600)	1 (178.8800)	13 (168.5716)	9 (168.5256)	21 (163.3828)
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	27 / 62 (664.4688)	7 (176.0116)	29 (165.1316)	42 (161.0856)	35 (162.2400)
Apr 18, 2014	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	20 / 62 (677.0512)	23 (171.9656)	27 (167.3828)	51 (161.1428)	5 (176.5600)
Mar 14, 2014	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	66 / 95 (636.9832)	30 (168.5256)	85 (147.9660)	43 (166.8572)	72 (153.6344)
Oct 4, 2013	KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ Corinth, MS	14 / 30 (672.4456)	15 (169.7028)	1 (177.7028)	20 (165.6800)	18 (159.3600)
Sep 20, 2013	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS	11 / 53 (683.9656)	23 (167.9656)	1 (178.2972)	30 (165.1428)	8 (172.5600)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	42 / 80 (647.8168)	29 (167.3828)	51 (158.2168)	57 (159.4172)	38 (162.8000)

CAMP-BELL BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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