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.
SONNY BOYS BARBECUE has 2 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 153 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SONNY BOYS BARBECUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head9 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where SONNY BOYS BARBECUE's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after SONNY BOYS BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with SONNY BOYS BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 148.5600 | 155.70 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 155.3944 | 157.98 | top 53% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 153.0972 | 156.27 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 146.2056 | 152.79 | top 54% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 22 / 29 (621.6000) | 29 (148.5600) | 12 (160.5600) | 22 (153.0972) | 10 (159.3828) |
| 2013-08-31 | Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV | 37 / 54 (623.8744) | 22 (162.8344) | 35 (155.3944) | 26 (159.4400) | 40 (146.2056) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2530 (69 pts) | #2791 (54 pts) | #1920 (119 pts) | #2579 (69 pts) | #1852 (129 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #1974 (90 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |