SOUTHERN STILES BBQ

SOUTHERN STILES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 12th of 62 at The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2013). They finished #1344 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1511

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest May 29, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1344

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8570 / 720

Master · The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2744

Chicken · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Consistency

±8.77

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.27 · weakest Brisket (165.11)

Road miles

369

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 130 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Master avg

670.50 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

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
May 3, 2013

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 (Mar 13, 2015).

last seen May 3, 2013
back Mar 13, 2015

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
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)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	174.2744	164.5372	170.27	top 39%
Pork Ribs	4	0	168	163.3944	166.69	top 47%
Pork	4	0	171.9656	164.0228	168.42	top 43%
Brisket	4	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 100%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 27%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	2	top 27%
TN	1	top 100%
MS	1	top 28%

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 194 finished ahead 159 times, behind 85

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs May 3, 2013 → Mar 13, 2015

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

20153 milestones

May 1 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 1 Peak power rating (1525) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 29 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20134 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 First call The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8570 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Career-best overall score678.8570 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.6	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 3, 2013
+8.5	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	Mar 13, 2015
+5.5	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 1, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 29, 2015

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	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
May 29, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	29 / 29 (655.9200)	26 (164.5372)	19 (167.4172)	25 (164.0228)	26 (159.9428)
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	22 / 63 (671.8628)	9 (174.2744)	39 (163.3944)	14 (171.9656)	41 (162.2284)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	26 / 94 (675.3600)	34 (168.5716)	28 (167.9656)	35 (167.4056)	22 (171.4172)
May 3, 2013	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	12 / 62 (678.8570)	9 (173.7142)	20 (168)	16 (170.2858)	21 (166.8570)