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
- 2014-04-11
FOUR PORKSMEN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2015-09-11
Best ToY finish
#1377
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.23
last 4 Master vs avg 644.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.84 · weakest Chicken (159.26)
Road miles
144
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 54 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
644.23 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
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.
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.
FOUR PORKSMEN has 4 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 150 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after FOUR PORKSMEN did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with FOUR PORKSMEN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 152.5028 | 159.26 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0228 | 153.7372 | 160.99 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 150.2628 | 161.13 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.84 · weakest Chicken (159.26)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
644.23
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
198
63–231 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
144
4 mapped stops · furthest 54 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
- 2014
- First call Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9772 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score671.9772 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0228 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1501) Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- 2015
- Most recent contest Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest | 2014-04-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest | 2015-09-11 |
| -10.7 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest | 2014-09-19 |
| -7.2 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest | 2013-09-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 93.3% | 91.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 52 / 55 (630.2288) | 53 (153.1200) | 44 (159.4060) | 34 (164.0228) | 52 (153.6800) |
| 2014-09-19 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | 57 / 75 (641.1316) | 18 (170.8456) | 66 (153.7372) | 71 (150.2628) | 33 (166.2860) |
| 2014-04-11 | 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) |
| 2013-09-13 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 60 / 80 (633.5656) | 72 (152.5028) | 60 (154.8000) | 49 (161.7028) | 33 (164.5600) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |