PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM

PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 10th of 13 at the Fire on the Mountain (2017). They are ranked #5851 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,851

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1441

peak 1441 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 28, 2014

latest Jul 27, 2018 · 4.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#634

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

5% 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 🔥

Pork Ribs · Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival

Consistency

±15.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.37 · weakest Brisket (160.55)

Road miles

2,988

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 235 mi

Schedule strength

51%

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

Master avg

652.03 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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
May 8, 2015

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-10
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.

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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

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
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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

88 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

#5,864 of the rated field

1440 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 Sep 23, 2016

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CROSSFIRE BBQ

#5,844 of the rated field

1441 power rating

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

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 Jul 18, 2026

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MESQUITO BBQ

#5,853 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

Fewer contests behind them than PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM has cooked, 12 to 22, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 22, 2019

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Boar on the Floor

#5,857 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1441

They turned up 5 years after PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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BRISKETBONE BBQ

#5,854 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1441

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 Sep 18, 2026

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Smoke Dawgs

#5,861 of the rated field

1440 power rating

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

They've been 1508 at their best, 68 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 17, 2023

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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
BULLHEADED BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ 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
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 🔥	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

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

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 7 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KY 16 of 22 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 12 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 344 finished ahead 203 times, behind 519

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

20181 milestone

Jul 27 Most recent contest Fire on the Mountain

20171 milestone

Jul 28 First overall top-10 Fire on the Mountain

20154 milestones

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

20144 milestones

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)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.8	Roman Roast on the River	May 8, 2015
+8.8	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	Jun 16, 2017
+6.8	Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival	Jun 19, 2015
+3	Bands & BBQ at the Point	Sep 16, 2016
+1.3	Roman Roast on the River	May 12, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash	Jul 25, 2014
-7.8	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival	Mar 28, 2014
-7.4	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Oct 2, 2015
-7.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 20, 2014
-7.1	Fire on the Mountain	Jul 27, 2018

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	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
Jul 27, 2018	Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	12 / 13 (655.2568)	10 (161.6456)	11 (161.0856)	9 (167.3828)	10 (165.1428)
Jun 15, 2018	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	31 / 34 (647.9084)	31 (162.3084)	29 (161.0972)	29 (160.5372)	24 (163.9656)
Jul 28, 2017	Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	10 / 13 (645.1088)	2 (172.5484)	9 (162.8572)	5 (164.5372)	12 (145.1660)
Jun 16, 2017	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	13 / 31 (669.5656)	19 (167.3944)	14 (167.9772)	8 (169.6684)	15 (164.5256)
May 12, 2017	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	22 / 37 (660.4228)	34 (159.9656)	33 (155.9316)	22 (167.3828)	3 (177.1428)
Sep 30, 2016	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	39 / 43 (643.3144)	42 (157.0972)	36 (161.7144)	12 (170.8572)	39 (153.6456)
Sep 16, 2016	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	18 / 31 (668.4804)	29 (162.8116)	23 (164.5372)	3 (174.8572)	13 (166.2744)
Jul 1, 2016	Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	11 / 15 (643.4284)	5 (165.7256)	2 (169.7372)	11 (159.9884)	13 (147.9772)
Jun 17, 2016	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	26 / 32 (654.7084)	31 (160.5600)	16 (167.3828)	14 (168.5484)	26 (158.2172)
Oct 2, 2015	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	40 / 45 (643.8744)	43 (156.5028)	42 (155.4172)	15 (169.7028)	35 (162.2516)
Sep 11, 2015	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	22 / 29 (654.2632)	26 (161.1200)	20 (162.8460)	18 (167.4400)	18 (162.8572)
Jul 24, 2015	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	37 / 49 (644.9940)	42 (159.4056)	38 (158.2400)	38 (161.6456)	22 (165.7028)
Jun 19, 2015	Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival Barbourville, KY	12 / 25 (681.6340)	18 (165.1200)	1 (180)	11 (169.6684)	15 (166.8456)
Jun 5, 2015	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY	22 / 34 (663.8972)	31 (161.1200)	28 (159.9544)	3 (177.7028)	24 (165.1200)
May 8, 2015	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	11 / 41 (683.9312)	21 (169.1084)	31 (166.2628)	5 (175.4400)	8 (173.1200)
Apr 24, 2015	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	23 / 35 (651.3260)	35 (150.2400)	6 (169.7144)	7 (170.8456)	23 (160.5260)
Oct 3, 2014	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	36 / 44 (649.6344)	41 (159.3828)	22 (170.3088)	31 (161.7028)	36 (158.2400)
Sep 5, 2014	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	29 / 36 (629.5660)	31 (157.0628)	34 (150.8228)	31 (156.5260)	12 (165.1544)
Jul 25, 2014	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	47 / 49 (616.9940)	43 (158.2284)	37 (162.2628)	47 (156.5484)	49 (139.9544)
Jun 20, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	23 / 28 (638.1716)	27 (154.2516)	10 (168.5600)	9 (166.8456)	27 (148.5144)
May 9, 2014	Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA) Rome, GA	24 / 38 (665.6916)	18 (169.1200)	10 (172.5944)	27 (164)	29 (159.9772)
Mar 28, 2014	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY	33 / 42 (632.5488)	31 (161.7028)	34 (150.8916)	34 (158.2628)	24 (161.6916)

PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)