SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ

SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 8th of 31 at the Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club (2016). They are ranked #2825 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,825

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1510

peak 1510 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 24, 2013

latest Aug 26, 2016 · 3.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#973

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

684.4684 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Falls

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.41 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.61 (+2.81)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Brisket · Smoke on the Shores

Consistency

±13.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.75)

Road miles

553

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

Master avg

666.61 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

684.4684 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.4684 at Smoke on the Falls — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 10, 2015

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 100% of their meetings

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.10 points below their pork, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 30%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.75
Pork avg 168.84
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RT QUE KUSINE in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The metronome

±1.92% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.6% of a perfect score
10 contests

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1076 (295 pts)	#1200 (275 pts)	#1107 (305 pts)	#1163 (295 pts)	#891 (405 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#973 (318 pts)	#1002 (333 pts)	#1240 (248 pts)	#1162 (283 pts)	#892 (398 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1709 (141 pts)	#1632 (156 pts)	#1870 (126 pts)	#1516 (186 pts)	#1513 (181 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1335 (180 pts)	#1522 (155 pts)	#1651 (145 pts)	#986 (320 pts)	#1116 (260 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ, 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.

DORAG Q

#2,816 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1517

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2014

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EAST LENEXA BBQ

#2,837 of the rated field

1510 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 25, 2021

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IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY

#2,811 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1525

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 4, 2018

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SATISFIED HOGS

#2,818 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1521

Level with SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 27, 2016

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42 BBQ

#2,827 of the rated field

1510 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1525

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen May 29, 2026

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BBQ TEAM SMOKE IT ALL

#2,815 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1511

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
RT QUE KUSINE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
2 LIVE CUE	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
WILD BOAR SMOKERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
MUSIC CITY BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	174.8572	157.6684	167.52	top 58%
Pork Ribs	10	1	170.8344	155.9544	163.75	top 69%
Pork	10	3	174.2628	158.8228	168.84	top 47%
Brisket	10	5	176	144.5714	166.50	top 45%

“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)	8	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	8	top 55%
KY	1	top 76%
AL	1	top 38%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Mid-South Barbecue Festival	2	18	0	top 60%	Oct 16, 2015
Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2	14	0	top 64%	May 22, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 8 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 184 finished ahead 148 times, behind 180

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

20165 milestones

Mar 11 Career-best single call (Brisket)176 Smoke on the Shores
Aug 26 First overall top-10 Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Aug 26 10th tracked contest Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Aug 26 Peak power rating (1510) Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Aug 26 Most recent contest Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club

20151 milestone

Apr 10 Career-best overall score684.4684 Smoke on the Falls

20133 milestones

May 24 First tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First call Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0284 Piggin' Around

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.6	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club	Aug 26, 2016
+8.8	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 10, 2015
+5.7	Smoke on the Shores	Mar 11, 2016
+3.2	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	May 22, 2015
+3	Piggin' Around	Sep 27, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.9	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off	May 24, 2013
-6.7	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	May 24, 2014
-4.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 13, 2016
-1.6	Mid-South Barbecue Festival	Oct 17, 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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	3	1	100%	top 49%	93.6%	92.4%
2015	3	0	67%	top 49%	95.1%	94.3%
2014	2	0	0%	top 70%	92.2%	91.9%
2013	2	0	100%	top 62%	93.5%	91%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 26, 2016	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN	8 / 31 (673.6344)	7 (174.8572)	8 (170.8344)	27 (158.8228)	9 (169.1200)
May 13, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	22 / 29 (647.9312)	25 (157.6684)	17 (166.2972)	7 (170.8800)	26 (153.0856)
Mar 11, 2016	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	22 / 49 (673.6112)	34 (167.9884)	45 (161.0856)	21 (168.5372)	4 (176)
Oct 16, 2015	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	18 / 31 (671.9428)	20 (165.6800)	22 (166.2856)	22 (167.4056)	9 (172.5716)
May 22, 2015	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	14 / 28 (679.9432)	12 (173.7144)	18 (167.9772)	15 (168.5716)	11 (169.6800)
Apr 10, 2015	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	13 / 34 (684.4684)	10 (173.1084)	19 (169.1200)	15 (169.1200)	10 (173.1200)
Oct 17, 2014	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	22 / 35 (663.9088)	22 (167.9888)	31 (155.9544)	16 (170.2628)	14 (169.7028)
May 24, 2014	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	32 / 41 (659.8744)	22 (169.6800)	37 (159.9544)	22 (168)	30 (162.2400)
Sep 27, 2013	Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN	11 / 24 (673.0284)	16 (163.9312)	20 (159.9544)	7 (174.2628)	4 (174.8800)
May 24, 2013	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off Lewisburg, TN	28 / 36 (637.7138)	28 (160.5714)	23 (159.9998)	7 (172.5712)	36 (144.5714)

SOGGY BOTTOM 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

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The metronome

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 — 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)