TENNESSEE MOJO

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

Power ranking

#869

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1619

peak 1625 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-03-14

latest 2021-10-22

Best ToY finish

#446

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5028 / 720

Master · International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN

Perfect 180s

Current form

687.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 674.34 (+13.58)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Southaven Springfest

Consistency

±14.53

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.36)

Road miles

2,144

mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 222 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.34 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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

696.5028 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5028 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-09-08

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

KILLER HOGS has finished one call ahead of TENNESSEE MOJO 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

10–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOGG LEGG SMOKERS in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

The comeback

3.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.5 years, then back at Esperanza Bonanza (2021-10-22).

last seen 2018-04-27
back 2021-10-22

Pork nemesis

15 of 25 shared pork entries lost

Swine Life ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Swine Life has out-cooked them in 15 of 25 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smokin with an Attitude has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 21% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 21% across 5 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

5 September contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.02% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.02% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
27 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.

Stroked Out Cooking Team

#865 of the rated field

1620 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1629

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-07-25

⚔ Head-to-head

VIKING BBQ

#866 of the rated field

1620 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1653

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1653 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2022-09-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Broken Bottle BBQ

#868 of the rated field

1620 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1632

No shared contest yet.

45 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 13% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Smack That Butt BBQ

#867 of the rated field

1620 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1620

No shared contest yet.

Level with TENNESSEE MOJO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 53 contests
last seen 2022-07-30

⚔ Head-to-head

E SQUARED BBQ

#862 of the rated field

1620 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1620

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after TENNESSEE MOJO did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Tuffy's BBQ

#878 of the rated field

1618 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1618

No shared contest yet.

4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Swine Life	25	7	18	28%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	24	5	19	21%	⚔ compare
HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
AUTO"BE"GRILLIN	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
SWINE CRUE	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	8	0	2	179.4400	159.3484	169.52	top 44%
Pork Ribs	27	5	0	2	177.7144	154.2172	167.36	top 43%
Pork	27	7	1	5	178.8572	159.3712	169.85	top 40%
Brisket	27	7	1	2	178.8572	149.6800	167.61	top 43%

“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
MS	13	top 43%
TN	10	top 38%
IL	2	top 22%
AR	1	top 48%
MO	1	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 33%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 45%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Southaven Springfest	2	10	top 42%	2018-04-27
Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2	10	top 22%	2017-09-22
*Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	2	5	top 24%	2017-06-02
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2	29	top 59%	2017-03-18
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2	32	top 46%	2017-03-17

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.6 yrs 2014-03-14 → 2021-10-22

Busiest season 2016 10 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 13 of 27 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 22 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 27 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.36)

Walk rate 56% a top-10 call in 15 of 27 contests

Overall top-10 rate 37% 10 of 27 contests

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 674.34 out of 720 · 27 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 568 726–540 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,144 27 mapped stops · furthest 222 mi

Schedule strength 1570 average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests

Purse competed for $10,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.5 yrs 2018-04-27 → 2021-10-22

Power rating 1619 peak 1625 · #869 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Mar 14 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
Oct 2 First call Hog Wild BBQ Festival
Oct 2 First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
Oct 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.8740 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
2015
Sep 11 First category win (Pork) International Goat Days Championship BBQ
2016
Apr 1 10th tracked contest Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Southaven Springfest
2017
Sep 8 First overall podium International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
Sep 8 Career-best overall score696.5028 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
2018
Mar 16 25th tracked contest *Hog Wild BBQ Contest
Apr 27 Peak power rating (1625) Southaven Springfest
2021
Oct 22 Most recent contest Esperanza Bonanza

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.1	*Hog Wild BBQ Contest	2018-03-16
+12.4	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	2017-09-08
+11.1	The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off	2016-06-17
+10.3	*Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	2017-06-02
+10.1	International Goat Days Championship BBQ	2015-09-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2015-03-13
-7	Fifth Annual Bull Moose	2015-04-03
-5.7	Esperanza Bonanza	2021-10-22
-3.8	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	2014-03-14
-2.7	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2017-03-18

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)
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 48%	94.8%	94.8%
2018	2	2	0	100%	top 19%	96.2%	95.3%
2017	7	3	1	57%	top 38%	96.7%	94.5%
2016	10	3	0	60%	top 37%	96%	93.7%
2015	5	1	1	20%	top 53%	94.4%	91.9%
2014	2	1	0	50%	top 45%	95.5%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-10-22	Esperanza Bonanza 🏅 Marion, AR	13 / 27 (682.7428)	7 (170.8228)	2 (177.7144)	15 (170.8228)	21 (163.3828)
2018-04-27	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	10 / 34 (680.4572)	2 (178.2972)	21 (163.9428)	14 (168.5372)	12 (169.6800)
2018-03-16	*Hog Wild BBQ Contest Corinth, MS	3 / 36 (692.5260)	8 (174.8572)	13 (167.3944)	2 (174.8572)	2 (175.4172)
2017-09-22	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	10 / 55 (687.3712)	22 (170.2628)	12 (173.7028)	34 (166.8228)	5 (176.5828)
2017-09-08	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN	3 / 42 (696.5028)	5 (175.4056)	3 (176.0116)	14 (170.8228)	8 (174.2628)
2017-06-02	*Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	5 / 25 (689.6456)	14 (167.9772)	11 (169.1084)	6 (173.7028)	1 (178.8572)
2017-04-28	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	18 / 33 (670.7428)	19 (169.1200)	26 (162.8000)	13 (170.8572)	18 (167.9656)
2017-03-31	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN	22 / 48 (679.3372)	18 (170.8344)	39 (161.6916)	6 (175.4056)	19 (171.4056)
2017-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	32 / 45 (668.9944)	32 (169.1200)	20 (168.5372)	14 (169.6800)	39 (161.6572)
2017-03-17	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	32 / 68 (670.1944)	37 (167.9656)	20 (171.4172)	37 (167.4172)	49 (163.3944)
2016-09-23	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	17 / 64 (679.3832)	25 (169.7144)	25 (167.3828)	17 (171.9772)	17 (170.3088)
2016-09-09	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	9 / 29 (673.0056)	4 (175.4172)	6 (167.4172)	12 (167.3828)	12 (162.7884)
2016-07-22	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	18 / 47 (671.2912)	27 (166.2284)	27 (163.3828)	11 (172.5600)	14 (169.1200)
2016-06-17	The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS	8 / 41 (691.3256)	19 (168.5372)	17 (170.8228)	3 (177.7028)	9 (174.2628)
2016-06-03	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	7 / 25 (687.3024)	11 (173.1200)	9 (168.5256)	2 (177.7028)	12 (167.9540)
2016-05-27	35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO	12 / 28 (662.7428)	8 (168.5716)	11 (167.4056)	19 (163.3944)	17 (163.3712)
2016-04-22	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	17 / 41 (677.5884)	2 (179.4400)	5 (175.4172)	36 (160.5028)	28 (162.2284)
2016-04-01	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	33 / 61 (668.4000)	35 (166.2400)	20 (168.5488)	49 (162.7884)	17 (170.8228)
2016-03-19	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	29 / 61 (673.5656)	20 (173.1200)	56 (154.2172)	17 (171.9656)	8 (174.2628)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	42 / 95 (664.9828)	50 (166.8344)	44 (165.6684)	67 (161.6456)	24 (170.8344)
2015-09-11	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	7 / 31 (677.0628)	7 (174.8456)	22 (157.6800)	1 (178.8572)	13 (165.6800)
2015-08-14	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	18 / 57 (679.3256)	21 (170.8344)	32 (165.6800)	16 (171.4056)	20 (171.4056)
2015-06-05	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	14 / 27 (670.7428)	17 (165.0972)	11 (169.1428)	11 (170.8228)	16 (165.6800)
2015-04-03	Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	32 / 41 (643.8056)	34 (159.3484)	11 (170.8344)	25 (163.9428)	38 (149.6800)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	76 / 94 (637.4968)	79 (160.5372)	64 (159.9428)	77 (159.3712)	66 (157.6456)
2014-10-02	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	8 / 32 (687.8740)	25 (163.9312)	11 (171.9772)	2 (178.8572)	7 (173.1084)
2014-03-14	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	61 / 95 (642.6628)	66 (160.5372)	44 (162.2284)	48 (166.2400)	71 (153.6572)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1012 (112 pts)	#869 (157 pts)	#671 (252 pts)	#1104 (102 pts)	#1203 (72 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#598 (658 pts)	#718 (563 pts)	#628 (648 pts)	#628 (643 pts)	#616 (643 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#446 (887 pts)	#352 (1057 pts)	#430 (937 pts)	#423 (962 pts)	#435 (922 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#814 (423 pts)	#900 (393 pts)	#1061 (313 pts)	#667 (568 pts)	#954 (358 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1241 (227 pts)	#1860 (132 pts)	#1436 (202 pts)	#1024 (332 pts)	#1264 (237 pts)