BATTLEGROUND BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5904

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1437

peak 1437 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-06-27

latest 2019-05-11

Best ToY finish

#1585

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

667.8512 / 720

Master · Dickson County Smoke Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.76 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 619.79 (+35.97)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Brisket · Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club

Consistency

±62.16

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.09 · weakest Brisket (152.52)

Road miles

2,188

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 594 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

619.79 / 720

9 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

667.8512 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.8512 at Dickson County Smoke Fest — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-10-28

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 67%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 67%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 100% of their meetings

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.57 points below their pork, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 152.52
Pork avg 164.09
1 calls in 9 entries

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2019-05-11).

last seen 2017-08-25
back 2019-05-11

Pork nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork entries lost

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork entries.

Boom or bust

±8.63% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.63% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 86.1% of a perfect score
best 92.8%

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.

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

Big JT and the pork pistols

#5916 of the rated field

1436 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1436

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 2025-09-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BACK FROM THE DEAD

#5898 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Mullet Brothers

#5911 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ Bros

#5917 of the rated field

1436 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1436

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-05-25

⚔ Head-to-head

PORK-U-UP

#5909 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-08-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Fat Racks

#5902 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-06-01

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	0	173.1200	151.3828	161.25	top 77%
Pork Ribs	10	0	0	164.5372	145.7256	159.92	top 72%
Pork	9	1	0	173.7028	153.6916	164.09	top 59%
Brisket	9	1	1	176.0000	133.0516	152.52	top 75%

“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
TN	5	top 76%
WI	3	top 95%
KY	1	top 97%
AL	1	top 88%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 79%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 89%

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

On the trail 4.9 yrs 2014-06-27 → 2019-05-11

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 6 of 11 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.09 · weakest Brisket (152.52)

Walk rate 9% a top-10 call in 1 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 619.79 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 344 57–408 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,188 11 mapped stops · furthest 594 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs 2017-08-25 → 2019-05-11

Power rating 1437 peak 1437 · #5904 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jun 27 First tracked contest Grillin' in Grafton
Jun 27 Peak power rating (1490) Grillin' in Grafton
2016
Jun 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8628 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 26 First call Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Aug 26 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Oct 28 Career-best overall score667.8512 Dickson County Smoke Fest
2017
Aug 25 10th tracked contest Great American BBQ Festival
2019
May 11 Most recent contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club	2016-08-26
+0.2	Dickson County Smoke Fest	2016-10-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	The Masters In May	2015-05-01
-12.5	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest	2014-09-19
-11.9	The Masters In May - The Classic	2015-05-02
-9.8	Grillin' in Grafton	2014-06-27
-9.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-06-19

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 98%	—	—
2017	1	0%	top 83%	91%	91%
2016	4	25%	top 67%	92.8%	92.2%
2015	3	0%	top 99%	87.8%	78.3%
2014	2	0%	top 86%	87.5%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-05-11	Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	40 / 41 (323.3828)	—	24 (160.5600)	—	—
2017-08-25	Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN	33 / 40 (655.3484)	35 (159.3944)	32 (163.4056)	12 (173.7028)	35 (158.8456)
2016-10-28	Dickson County Smoke Fest Dickson, TN	26 / 40 (667.8512)	28 (166.2628)	32 (163.9428)	23 (167.9656)	17 (169.6800)
2016-08-26	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN	15 / 31 (663.3712)	23 (161.7028)	24 (158.2628)	10 (167.4056)	2 (176.0000)
2016-06-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	25 / 29 (659.8628)	13 (173.1200)	28 (162.2516)	22 (166.8228)	25 (157.6684)
2016-06-03	Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN	—	—	—	—	—
2015-06-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	28 / 29 (632.3884)	22 (166.8112)	25 (159.9772)	28 (159.9428)	29 (145.6572)
2015-05-02	The Masters In May - The Classic Appleton, WI	47 / 47 (602.6400)	45 (151.9312)	30 (157.7144)	30 (159.9428)	47 (133.0516)
2015-05-01	The Masters In May Appleton, WI	57 / 57 (455.2916)	—	17 (162.8456)	47 (153.6916)	55 (138.7544)
2014-09-19	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	66 / 75 (630.0688)	62 (159.3600)	38 (164.5372)	19 (170.2628)	74 (135.9088)
2014-06-27	Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI	27 / 32 (611.3256)	27 (151.3828)	31 (145.7256)	21 (157.0856)	19 (157.1316)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1585 (160 pts)	#1547 (180 pts)	#2042 (115 pts)	#1492 (200 pts)	#1078 (310 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1590 (160 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1776 (132 pts)	#1860 (132 pts)	#1836 (132 pts)	#1525 (182 pts)	#1615 (162 pts)