4 K'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#6024

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1431

peak 1431 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-13

latest 2017-06-16

Best ToY finish

#764

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 20 contests

Avg finish

top 76%

overall standings

Best overall

681.0284 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

661.56 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.72 (+8.84)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork Ribs · Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±16.65

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.00 · weakest Brisket (162.53)

Road miles

1,308

mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Master avg

652.72 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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

681.0284 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.0284 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-05-19

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

QUE ON THE HOOCH has finished one call ahead of 4 K'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 55%.

6 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 55%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

ATLANTA BBQ STORE ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ATLANTA BBQ STORE has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TUFF DAWG GRILLERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.31% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.31% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.7% of a perfect score
20 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.

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

Meatheads

#6030 of the rated field

1430 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1430

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2025-09-27

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REVIN IT UP BBQ

#6029 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2020-02-21

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LICENSE TO GRILL

#6028 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2025-08-01

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2 GREEKS BBQ

#6022 of the rated field

1431 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

Level with 4 K'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2025-09-13

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Serial Soul Smokers

#6031 of the rated field

1430 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1430

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2024-09-07

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Slow Cookin' Cats

#6023 of the rated field

1431 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
ATLANTA BBQ STORE	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
HICKORY PRIME	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Pot's BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SHADE TREE BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
OLD PLANTATION BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
TUFF DAWG GRILLERS	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
J & B'S BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	2	0	0	172.0000	147.4056	164.00	top 69%
Pork Ribs	18	4	1	1	177.7144	144.5144	163.10	top 62%
Pork	18	2	0	1	173.7372	150.7656	163.10	top 68%
Brisket	18	5	1	1	176.0000	146.2056	162.53	top 63%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 83%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 71%
Large (40+)	5	top 89%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2	32	0	top 85%	2014-09-12

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.8 yrs 2013-09-13 → 2017-06-16

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 20 of 20 contests

Contests visited 17 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.00 · weakest Brisket (162.53)

Walk rate 45% a top-10 call in 9 of 20 contests

Overall top-10 rate 5% 1 of 20 contests

Master average 652.72 out of 720 · 18 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 245 113–427 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,308 20 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Power rating 1431 peak 1431 · #6024 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 13 First tracked contest Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2014
Sep 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.0916 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Oct 3 First call Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 3 First category win (Pork Ribs) Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 3 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 10 First overall top-10 Rock'n Ribville
Oct 10 Peak power rating (1493) Rock'n Ribville
2015
Jun 5 10th tracked contest Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
2017
May 19 Career-best overall score681.0284 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 16 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.3	Rock'n Ribville	2014-10-10
+5.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-05-19
+2.5	Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)	2014-10-03
+1.5	Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition	2017-04-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-09-13
-11.6	Smokin' Butts & Tires - Cookoff and Car Show (GBC Qualifier)	2015-03-27
-10.5	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	2015-08-28
-8.5	Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)	2015-06-05
-7.3	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)- TEAMS FULL & JUDGES FULL	2016-02-05

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	4	0	0	50%	top 72%	94.6%	92.2%
2016	3	0	0	33%	top 85%	91.7%	90.6%
2015	6	0	1	50%	top 86%	91.4%	89.2%
2014	6	1	1	50%	top 55%	93.2%	92.4%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 93%	86.3%	86.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-06-16	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Alpharetta, GA	23 / 28 (655.8056)	28 (154.2056)	12 (168.5372)	15 (167.3828)	18 (165.6800)
2017-05-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	13 / 26 (681.0284)	12 (172.0000)	7 (173.1200)	20 (163.9428)	7 (171.9656)
2017-04-21	Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition Cornelia, GA	17 / 26 (668.4000)	11 (171.9772)	24 (160.5144)	21 (162.7884)	9 (173.1200)
2017-02-03	Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown(Teams & Judges Full) Young Harris, GA	37 / 41 (651.2572)	19 (170.8228)	41 (151.9200)	23 (166.8344)	32 (161.6800)
2016-11-04	Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA	29 / 33 (651.3028)	27 (163.9772)	33 (151.9084)	30 (159.4172)	6 (176.0000)
2016-04-15	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival Cornelia, GA	23 / 30 (660.3768)	22 (164.5372)	14 (169.6800)	26 (159.9312)	19 (166.2284)
2016-02-05	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)- TEAMS FULL & JUDGES FULL Young Harris, GA	32 / 35 (645.5428)	16 (170.8572)	29 (157.0744)	24 (165.1084)	35 (152.5028)
2015-11-13	Richland Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA	15 / 18 (647.7712)	13 (164.5256)	6 (167.3828)	17 (150.7656)	11 (165.0972)
2015-11-06	Flags are Flying Winder, GA	15 / 21 (658.1600)	20 (159.3828)	18 (155.9544)	8 (167.9772)	1 (174.8456)
2015-08-28	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	40 / 41 (627.7256)	38 (155.3600)	39 (157.0744)	40 (155.9312)	33 (159.3600)
2015-06-05	Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA	36 / 42 (648.3312)	35 (163.3828)	34 (161.6572)	20 (167.3712)	37 (155.9200)
2015-03-27	Smokin' Butts & Tires - Cookoff and Car Show (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	37 / 38 (618.0912)	38 (147.4056)	26 (161.0972)	26 (163.3828)	37 (146.2056)
2015-02-06	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	29 / 35 (652.4344)	32 (159.3600)	6 (171.9772)	20 (164.5600)	29 (156.5372)
2014-11-14	Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA	12 / 20 (668.4456)	8 (170.8344)	11 (170.2628)	18 (162.8228)	12 (164.5256)
2014-10-10	Rock'n Ribville Lawrenceville, GA	6 / 20 (671.3256)	7 (169.1200)	11 (163.3828)	2 (173.7372)	9 (165.0856)
2014-10-03	Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	12 / 22 (671.3484)	13 (167.9884)	1 (177.7144)	11 (166.8228)	17 (158.8228)
2014-09-12	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Winder, GA	32 / 42 (650.0916)	27 (164.5372)	11 (171.9772)	42 (153.0628)	27 (160.5144)
2014-08-30	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	—	—	—	—	—
2014-08-14	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	—	—	—	—	—
2013-09-13	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA	40 / 43 (621.5312)	31 (161.6456)	42 (144.5144)	23 (163.9656)	38 (151.4056)

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	#1016 (325 pts)	#996 (380 pts)	#970 (390 pts)	#1093 (320 pts)	#875 (440 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1441 (183 pts)	#1340 (233 pts)	#1354 (228 pts)	#1602 (178 pts)	#1069 (318 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#805 (429 pts)	#871 (414 pts)	#657 (594 pts)	#731 (514 pts)	#607 (624 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#764 (449 pts)	#794 (464 pts)	#602 (639 pts)	#743 (509 pts)	#868 (394 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2446 (68 pts)	#2489 (68 pts)	#2484 (68 pts)	#2070 (78 pts)	#2481 (68 pts)