The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) (2014-11-14).
- last seen 2013-04-26
- back 2014-11-14
BOOGER BRANCH BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-26
latest 2016-06-03
Best ToY finish
#1893
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.60
last 3 Master vs avg 620.60 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.49 · weakest Brisket (151.57)
Road miles
50
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Master avg
620.60 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BOOGER BRANCH BBQ has 3 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 152 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.
#4317 of the rated field
- Contests
- 50
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 2%
- Peak
- 1540
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BOOGER BRANCH BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BOOGER BRANCH BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with BOOGER BRANCH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BOOGER BRANCH BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 153.0628 | 161.49 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 146.1828 | 155.39 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 143.9200 | 152.16 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 144.4800 | 151.57 | top 87% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2016-06-03
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.49 · weakest Brisket (151.57)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
620.60
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
11–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
50
3 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2014-11-14
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Career-best overall score627.4290 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Peak power rating (1496) BBQ Boogie & Blues
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2512 Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA)
- 2016
- Most recent contest Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ | 2016-06-03 |
| -9.1 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) | 2014-11-14 |
| -4.5 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | 2013-04-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-03 | Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN | 37 / 39 (614.6056) | 39 (153.0628) | 38 (146.1828) | 37 (157.1200) | 35 (158.2400) |
| 2014-11-14 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) Chatsworth, GA | 33 / 34 (619.7712) | 30 (166.2512) | 27 (165.1200) | 34 (143.9200) | 34 (144.4800) |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA | 17 / 25 (627.4290) | 16 (165.1430) | 21 (154.8572) | 18 (155.4286) | 18 (152.0002) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2726 (59 pts) | #2729 (59 pts) | #2733 (59 pts) | #2738 (59 pts) | #2729 (59 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1893 (90 pts) | #1946 (95 pts) | #2452 (70 pts) | #2029 (85 pts) | #1973 (85 pts) |