High-water mark
678.8570
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.8570 at The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-03
SOUTHERN STILES BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1525 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2015-05-29
Best ToY finish
#1344
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
670.50
last 4 Master vs avg 670.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.27 · weakest Brisket (165.11)
Road miles
369
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 130 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
670.50 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of 1709 BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel (2015-03-13).
- last seen 2013-05-03
- back 2015-03-13
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
SOUTHERN STILES BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 87 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SOUTHERN STILES BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOUTHERN STILES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 164.5372 | 170.27 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 163.3944 | 166.69 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 164.0228 | 168.42 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 159.9428 | 165.11 | 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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 27% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-05-29
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.27 · weakest Brisket (165.11)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
670.50
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
195
159–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
369
4 mapped stops · furthest 130 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-03-13
Power rating
1510
peak 1525 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First call The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8570 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score678.8570 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1525) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.6 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2013-05-03 |
| +8.5 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2015-03-13 |
| +5.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2015-05-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-05-29 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 54% | 93.8% | 92.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN | 29 / 29 (655.9200) | 26 (164.5372) | 19 (167.4172) | 25 (164.0228) | 26 (159.9428) |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 22 / 63 (671.8628) | 9 (174.2744) | 39 (163.3944) | 14 (171.9656) | 41 (162.2284) |
| 2015-03-13 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 26 / 94 (675.3600) | 34 (168.5716) | 28 (167.9656) | 35 (167.4056) | 22 (171.4172) |
| 2013-05-03 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 12 / 62 (678.8570) | 9 (173.7142) | 20 (168.0000) | 16 (170.2858) | 21 (166.8570) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1344 (189 pts) | #1188 (259 pts) | #1383 (204 pts) | #1347 (229 pts) | #1406 (189 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1597 (140 pts) | #1496 (160 pts) | #1911 (100 pts) | #1823 (120 pts) | #1912 (95 pts) |