TENNESSEE MOJO

TENNESSEE MOJO is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 36 at the Hog Wild BBQ Contest (2018). They are ranked #870 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#870

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1620

peak 1626 · rated over 27 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 14, 2014

latest Oct 22, 2021 · 7.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#446

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

37% of 27 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

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

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Southaven Springfest

Consistency

±14.53

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.36)

Road miles

2,144

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 222 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

674.34 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

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
Sep 8, 2017

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 (Oct 22, 2021).

last seen Apr 27, 2018
back Oct 22, 2021

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

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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

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
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 (1,057 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TENNESSEE MOJO, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN

#867 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1620

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TENNESSEE MOJO)

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

rated over 59 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

E SQUARED BBQ

#866 of the rated field

1620 power rating

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

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY

#869 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1639

Careers of much the same size, 33 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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FEEDING FRIENDZ

#873 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1637

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before TENNESSEE MOJO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

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Stroked Out Cooking Team

#871 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1628

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 20 contests, alongside a 65% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2026

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CycloneBBQ

#865 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1620

They turned up 5 years after TENNESSEE MOJO did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 38 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2025

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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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MS	13	top 43%
TN	10	top 38%
IL	2	top 22%
AR	1	top 48%
MO	1	top 43%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Southaven Springfest	2	10	top 42%	Apr 27, 2018
Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2	10	top 22%	Sep 22, 2017
Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	2	5	top 24%	Jun 2, 2017
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2	29	top 59%	Mar 18, 2017
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2	32	top 46%	Mar 17, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MS 13 of 27 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 22 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 563 finished ahead 726 times, behind 540

Longest layoff 3.5 yrs Apr 27, 2018 → Oct 22, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Oct 22 Most recent contest Esperanza Bonanza

20182 milestones

Mar 16 25th tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Contest
Apr 27 Peak power rating (1626) Southaven Springfest

20172 milestones

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

20162 milestones

Apr 1 10th tracked contest Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Southaven Springfest

20151 milestone

Sep 11 First category win (Pork) International Goat Days Championship BBQ

20144 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.1	Hog Wild BBQ Contest	Mar 16, 2018
+12.5	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	Sep 8, 2017
+11.1	The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off	Jun 17, 2016
+10.3	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	Jun 2, 2017
+10.1	International Goat Days Championship BBQ	Sep 11, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	Mar 13, 2015
-7	Fifth Annual Bull Moose	Apr 3, 2015
-5.7	Esperanza Bonanza	Oct 22, 2021
-3.7	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	Mar 14, 2014
-2.7	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	Mar 18, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
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
Oct 22, 2021	Esperanza Bonanza 🏅 Marion, AR	13 / 27 (682.7428)	7 (170.8228)	2 (177.7144)	15 (170.8228)	21 (163.3828)
Apr 27, 2018	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	10 / 34 (680.4572)	2 (178.2972)	21 (163.9428)	14 (168.5372)	12 (169.6800)
Mar 16, 2018	Hog Wild BBQ Contest Corinth, MS	3 / 36 (692.5260)	8 (174.8572)	13 (167.3944)	2 (174.8572)	2 (175.4172)
Sep 22, 2017	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	10 / 55 (687.3712)	22 (170.2628)	12 (173.7028)	34 (166.8228)	5 (176.5828)
Sep 8, 2017	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)
Jun 2, 2017	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	5 / 25 (689.6456)	14 (167.9772)	11 (169.1084)	6 (173.7028)	1 (178.8572)
Apr 28, 2017	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	18 / 33 (670.7428)	19 (169.1200)	26 (162.8000)	13 (170.8572)	18 (167.9656)
Mar 31, 2017	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN	22 / 48 (679.3372)	18 (170.8344)	39 (161.6916)	6 (175.4056)	19 (171.4056)
Mar 18, 2017	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	32 / 45 (668.9944)	32 (169.1200)	20 (168.5372)	14 (169.6800)	39 (161.6572)
Mar 17, 2017	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	32 / 68 (670.1944)	37 (167.9656)	20 (171.4172)	37 (167.4172)	49 (163.3944)
Sep 23, 2016	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	17 / 64 (679.3832)	25 (169.7144)	25 (167.3828)	17 (171.9772)	17 (170.3088)
Sep 9, 2016	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	9 / 29 (673.0056)	4 (175.4172)	6 (167.4172)	12 (167.3828)	12 (162.7884)
Jul 22, 2016	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	18 / 47 (671.2912)	27 (166.2284)	27 (163.3828)	11 (172.5600)	14 (169.1200)
Jun 17, 2016	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)
Jun 3, 2016	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	7 / 25 (687.3024)	11 (173.1200)	9 (168.5256)	2 (177.7028)	12 (167.9540)
May 27, 2016	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)
Apr 22, 2016	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	17 / 41 (677.5884)	2 (179.4400)	5 (175.4172)	36 (160.5028)	28 (162.2284)
Apr 1, 2016	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	33 / 61 (668.4000)	35 (166.2400)	20 (168.5488)	49 (162.7884)	17 (170.8228)
Mar 19, 2016	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	29 / 61 (673.5656)	20 (173.1200)	56 (154.2172)	17 (171.9656)	8 (174.2628)
Mar 18, 2016	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	42 / 95 (664.9828)	50 (166.8344)	44 (165.6684)	67 (161.6456)	24 (170.8344)
Sep 11, 2015	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	7 / 31 (677.0628)	7 (174.8456)	22 (157.6800)	1 (178.8572)	13 (165.6800)
Aug 14, 2015	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	18 / 57 (679.3256)	21 (170.8344)	32 (165.6800)	16 (171.4056)	20 (171.4056)
Jun 5, 2015	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	14 / 27 (670.7428)	17 (165.0972)	11 (169.1428)	11 (170.8228)	16 (165.6800)
Apr 3, 2015	Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	32 / 41 (643.8056)	34 (159.3484)	11 (170.8344)	25 (163.9428)	38 (149.6800)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	76 / 94 (637.4968)	79 (160.5372)	64 (159.9428)	77 (159.3712)	66 (157.6456)
Oct 2, 2014	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	8 / 32 (687.8740)	25 (163.9312)	11 (171.9772)	2 (178.8572)	7 (173.1084)
Mar 14, 2014	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)

TENNESSEE MOJO

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September 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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)