BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1952

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1540

peak 1540 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-27

latest 2017-04-07

Best ToY finish

#1208

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

687.3716 / 720

Master · Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.25 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 674.18 (-1.94)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork Ribs · Jim Beam BBQ Classic

Consistency

±9.92

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.08 · weakest Pork (165.76)

Road miles

716

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Master avg

674.18 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

High-water mark

687.3716 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.3716 at Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-17

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.31 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 14%.

Pork avg 165.76
Chicken avg 171.08
2 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Kentucky Kookers in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

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.

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

ROWDY PIG BBQ

#1945 of the rated field

1540 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1545

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-08-12

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FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack

#1957 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’

#1955 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-10-08

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GOVERNMENT PORK

#1942 of the rated field

1540 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-05-02

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BEER MEETS GRILL

#1954 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-06-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Boozin Booyaa bbq

#1951 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

Level with BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Pappy Q	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Kentucky Kookers	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	175.4172	167.9656	171.08	top 37%
Pork Ribs	7	2	1	177.7144	166.2744	169.79	top 36%
Pork	7	2	0	171.4056	160.5372	165.76	top 56%
Brisket	7	3	1	174.2628	158.8112	167.56	top 44%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 37%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 40%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	23	0	top 56%	2016-09-30

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.5 yrs 2013-09-27 → 2017-04-07

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KY 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 171.08 · weakest Pork (165.76)

Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 29% 2 of 7 contests

Master average 674.18 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 173 171–107 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 716 7 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi

Schedule strength 1563 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs 2014-03-28 → 2015-09-25

Power rating 1540 peak 1540 · #1952 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 27 First tracked contest Grillin and Chillin BBQ
Sep 27 First call Grillin and Chillin BBQ
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1368 Grillin and Chillin BBQ
2014
Mar 28 First overall top-10 Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival
2016
Jun 17 Career-best overall score687.3716 Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival
Sep 30 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2017
Apr 7 Peak power rating (1540) First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off(TEAMS FULL)
Apr 7 Most recent contest First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off(TEAMS FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	2016-06-17
+11.3	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival	2014-03-28
+8.9	Grillin and Chillin BBQ	2013-09-27
+3.6	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off(TEAMS FULL)	2017-04-07
+2.4	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2016-09-30

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-0.4	Grillin N Chillin BBQ	2015-09-25

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	100%	top 45%	94.1%	94.1%
2016	2	1	100%	top 36%	95.5%	94.7%
2015	2	0	0%	top 57%	92.1%	91.7%
2014	1	1	100%	top 19%	95%	95%
2013	1	0	100%	top 27%	93.6%	93.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-04-07	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off(TEAMS FULL) Bowling Green, KY	18 / 40 (677.6112)	18 (168.5484)	23 (168.5372)	26 (166.2628)	10 (174.2628)
2016-09-30	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	23 / 43 (675.8856)	15 (173.1200)	4 (177.7144)	37 (162.2284)	33 (162.8228)
2016-06-17	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	6 / 32 (687.3716)	8 (175.4172)	15 (167.4288)	9 (170.2628)	3 (174.2628)
2015-10-02	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	26 / 45 (662.7656)	21 (169.6800)	25 (166.2744)	25 (168.0000)	37 (158.8112)
2015-09-25	Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	21 / 38 (657.6000)	18 (167.9656)	13 (166.8572)	29 (160.5372)	20 (162.2400)
2014-03-28	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY	8 / 42 (683.9084)	11 (171.4056)	2 (174.8688)	8 (171.4056)	19 (166.2284)
2013-09-27	Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	12 / 45 (674.1368)	14 (171.4056)	19 (166.8228)	28 (161.6456)	6 (174.2628)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2007 (95 pts)	#2064 (95 pts)	#2244 (70 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1715 (135 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1208 (242 pts)	#1244 (262 pts)	#1083 (317 pts)	#1485 (202 pts)	#1128 (292 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1575 (140 pts)	#1520 (175 pts)	#1470 (180 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1629 (145 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1527 (162 pts)	#1814 (137 pts)	#1181 (267 pts)	#1619 (162 pts)	#2030 (97 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1631 (135 pts)	#1772 (125 pts)	#1911 (100 pts)	#2467 (70 pts)	#1373 (185 pts)