FOUR PORKSMEN

FOUR PORKSMEN 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 34 at the Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest (2014). They finished #1377 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1482

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 13, 2013

latest Sep 11, 2015 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1377

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

671.9772 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0228

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest

Consistency

±16.50

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 162.84 · weakest Chicken (159.26)

Road miles

144

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 54 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

644.23 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

671.9772 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.9772 at Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 11, 2014

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

South Pork ahead in 100% of their meetings

South Pork has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1377 (199 pts)	#1587 (169 pts)	#1069 (309 pts)	#1547 (179 pts)	#1583 (169 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	0	170.8456	152.5028	159.26	top 75%
Pork Ribs	4	1	1	176.0228	153.7372	160.99	top 63%
Pork	4	0	0	168.5484	150.2628	161.13	top 66%
Brisket	4	0	0	166.8344	153.6800	162.84	top 58%

“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 35%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 82%

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 142 finished ahead 63 times, behind 177

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

20151 milestone

Sep 11 Most recent contest Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest

20145 milestones

Apr 11 First call Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
Apr 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9772 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
Apr 11 Career-best overall score671.9772 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
Apr 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0228 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
Apr 11 Peak power rating (1501) Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest

20131 milestone

Sep 13 First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.5	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest	Apr 11, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest	Sep 11, 2015
-7.2	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest	Sep 13, 2013
-6.9	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest	Sep 19, 2014

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0%	top 95%	87.5%	87.5%
2014	2	50%	top 56%	93.3%	91.2%
2013	1	0%	top 75%	88%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	52 / 55 (630.2288)	53 (153.1200)	44 (159.4060)	34 (164.0228)	52 (153.6800)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	57 / 75 (641.1316)	18 (170.8456)	66 (153.7372)	71 (150.2628)	33 (166.2860)
Apr 11, 2014	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL	12 / 34 (671.9772)	31 (160.5716)	3 (176.0228)	16 (168.5484)	18 (166.8344)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	60 / 80 (633.5656)	72 (152.5028)	60 (154.8000)	49 (161.7028)	33 (164.5600)