PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM

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

Power ranking

#5806

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1441

peak 1441 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-03-28

latest 2018-07-27

Best ToY finish

#634

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

683.9312 / 720

Master · Roman Roast on the River

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

655.65 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.03 (+3.62)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival

Consistency

±15.86

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.37 · weakest Brisket (160.55)

Road miles

2,988

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 235 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Master avg

652.03 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

High-water mark

683.9312 career-best overall

95.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.9312 at Roman Roast on the River — 95.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-08

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PARADISE BBQ has finished one call ahead of PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 59%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 59%

A tough matchup

11–1 behind in the head-to-head

WeQ4U ahead in 92% of their meetings

WeQ4U has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.82 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 36%.

Brisket avg 160.55
Pork avg 166.37
3 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ELKHAWG SMOKERS in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

9 of 11 shared pork entries lost

SMOKE ON THIS ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE ON THIS has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

CROW CREEK BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 50% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 50% across 3 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 72% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.20% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.20% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
22 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.

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

NED'S CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY

#5814 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1440

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

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CROSSFIRE BBQ

#5796 of the rated field

1441 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1503 at their best, 62 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

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DP BBQ

#5813 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1440

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM has cooked, 11 to 22, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2020-10-17

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Smoke Dawgs

#5810 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Level with PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-03-17

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One Slab at a Time

#5812 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1440

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-09-16

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HIRAM'S BONES

#5811 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1440

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-06-08

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLUE CHIP BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Pappy Q	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
HISTORIC BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
FRIENDS OF OBR	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
ELKHAWG SMOKERS	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
BULLHEADED BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
PARADISE BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
MEAT MISTERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	3	0	1	172.5484	150.2400	161.47	top 79%
Pork Ribs	22	6	1	2	180.0000 🔥	150.8228	163.65	top 63%
Pork	22	8	0	2	177.7028	156.5260	166.37	top 51%
Brisket	22	3	0	1	177.1428	139.9544	160.55	top 66%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KY	16	top 75%
GA	4	top 54%
NC	1	top 76%
TN	1	top 96%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 81%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 68%
Large (40+)	7	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Fire on the Mountain	3	10	top 81%	2018-07-27
*Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	3	13	top 71%	2018-06-15
Roman Roast on the River	3	11	top 50%	2017-05-12
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	3	36	top 87%	2016-09-30
Bands & BBQ at the Point	3	18	top 71%	2016-09-16

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2014-03-28 → 2018-07-27

Busiest season 2015 7 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KY 16 of 22 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 22 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.37 · weakest Brisket (160.55)

Walk rate 55% a top-10 call in 12 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 5% 1 of 22 contests

Master average 652.03 out of 720 · 22 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 346 203–519 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,988 22 mapped stops · furthest 235 mi

Schedule strength 1565 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Power rating 1441 peak 1441 · #5806 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Mar 28 First tracked contest Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival
Mar 28 Peak power rating (1492) Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival
May 9 First call Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA)
May 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.6916 Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA)
2015
May 8 Career-best overall score683.9312 Roman Roast on the River
Jun 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival
Jun 19 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival
Jun 19 10th tracked contest Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival
2017
Jul 28 First overall top-10 *Fire on the Mountain
2018
Jul 27 Most recent contest *Fire on the Mountain

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.8	Roman Roast on the River	2015-05-08
+8.8	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	2017-06-16
+6.8	Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival	2015-06-19
+3	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2016-09-16
+1.3	Roman Roast on the River	2017-05-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash	2014-07-25
-7.8	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival	2014-03-28
-7.4	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2015-10-02
-7.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-06-20
-7.2	*Fire on the Mountain	2018-07-27

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)
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 92%	91%	90.5%
2017	3	1	0	100%	top 59%	93%	91.4%
2016	4	0	0	50%	top 76%	92.8%	90.6%
2015	7	0	1	57%	top 64%	95%	91.7%
2014	6	0	0	33%	top 80%	92.5%	88.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-07-27	*Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	12 / 13 (655.2568)	10 (161.6456)	11 (161.0856)	9 (167.3828)	10 (165.1428)
2018-06-15	*Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	31 / 34 (647.9084)	31 (162.3084)	29 (161.0972)	29 (160.5372)	24 (163.9656)
2017-07-28	*Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	10 / 13 (645.1088)	2 (172.5484)	9 (162.8572)	5 (164.5372)	12 (145.1660)
2017-06-16	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	13 / 31 (669.5656)	19 (167.3944)	14 (167.9772)	8 (169.6684)	15 (164.5256)
2017-05-12	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	22 / 37 (660.4228)	34 (159.9656)	33 (155.9316)	22 (167.3828)	3 (177.1428)
2016-09-30	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	39 / 43 (643.3144)	42 (157.0972)	36 (161.7144)	12 (170.8572)	39 (153.6456)
2016-09-16	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	18 / 31 (668.4804)	29 (162.8116)	23 (164.5372)	3 (174.8572)	13 (166.2744)
2016-07-01	Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	11 / 15 (643.4284)	5 (165.7256)	2 (169.7372)	11 (159.9884)	13 (147.9772)
2016-06-17	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	26 / 32 (654.7084)	31 (160.5600)	16 (167.3828)	14 (168.5484)	26 (158.2172)
2015-10-02	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	40 / 45 (643.8744)	43 (156.5028)	42 (155.4172)	15 (169.7028)	35 (162.2516)
2015-09-11	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	22 / 29 (654.2632)	26 (161.1200)	20 (162.8460)	18 (167.4400)	18 (162.8572)
2015-07-24	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	37 / 49 (644.9940)	42 (159.4056)	38 (158.2400)	38 (161.6456)	22 (165.7028)
2015-06-19	Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival Barbourville, KY	12 / 25 (681.6340)	18 (165.1200)	1 (180.0000)	11 (169.6684)	15 (166.8456)
2015-06-05	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY	22 / 34 (663.8972)	31 (161.1200)	28 (159.9544)	3 (177.7028)	24 (165.1200)
2015-05-08	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	11 / 41 (683.9312)	21 (169.1084)	31 (166.2628)	5 (175.4400)	8 (173.1200)
2015-04-24	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	23 / 35 (651.3260)	35 (150.2400)	6 (169.7144)	7 (170.8456)	23 (160.5260)
2014-10-03	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	36 / 44 (649.6344)	41 (159.3828)	22 (170.3088)	31 (161.7028)	36 (158.2400)
2014-09-05	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	29 / 36 (629.5660)	31 (157.0628)	34 (150.8228)	31 (156.5260)	12 (165.1544)
2014-07-25	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	47 / 49 (616.9940)	43 (158.2284)	37 (162.2628)	47 (156.5484)	49 (139.9544)
2014-06-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	23 / 28 (638.1716)	27 (154.2516)	10 (168.5600)	9 (166.8456)	27 (148.5144)
2014-05-09	Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA) Rome, GA	24 / 38 (665.6916)	18 (169.1200)	10 (172.5944)	27 (164.0000)	29 (159.9772)
2014-03-28	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY	33 / 42 (632.5488)	31 (161.7028)	34 (150.8916)	34 (158.2628)	24 (161.6916)

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	#1061 (304 pts)	#990 (384 pts)	#1148 (294 pts)	#957 (389 pts)	#866 (444 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1018 (318 pts)	#1034 (338 pts)	#836 (468 pts)	#695 (578 pts)	#1034 (333 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#634 (578 pts)	#797 (458 pts)	#512 (768 pts)	#381 (963 pts)	#617 (613 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#837 (402 pts)	#856 (422 pts)	#686 (552 pts)	#788 (472 pts)	#787 (457 pts)