SKILLET HEAD BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5531

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1450

peak 1450 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-24

latest 2016-03-19

Best ToY finish

#1676

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

663.9088 / 720

Master · High on the Hog Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 647.40 (+3.52)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Pork · Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff

Consistency

±11.86

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.32 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.74)

Road miles

1,000

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi

Schedule strength

51%

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

Master avg

647.40 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

663.9088 career-best overall

92.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.9088 at High on the Hog Festival — 92.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-04-17

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS has finished one call ahead of SKILLET HEAD BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG G BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

6 of 6 shared pork entries lost

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.65% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.65% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.9% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

HAMOUFLAGE

#5532 of the rated field

1450 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1450

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SKILLET HEAD BBQ)

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

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2019-08-09

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Boar on the Floor

#5528 of the rated field

1450 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

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 2025-10-17

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BRISKETBONE BBQ

#5537 of the rated field

1449 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-08-16

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Barr's BQ

#5511 of the rated field

1450 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-08-16

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WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ?

#5549 of the rated field

1449 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-05-27

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2 B SMOKIN

#5521 of the rated field

1450 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1450

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 2023-03-17

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WILD BOAR SMOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	166.2400	150.2516	161.31	top 80%
Pork Ribs	8	0	170.8572	147.3484	159.74	top 73%
Pork	8	2	175.4172	157.6572	163.32	top 67%
Brisket	8	0	172.0000	153.0740	163.03	top 62%

“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	4	top 83%
MS	3	top 75%
GA	1	top 95%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 91%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2	26	0	top 89%	2015-05-22

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.8 yrs 2014-05-24 → 2016-03-19

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 4 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 163.32 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.74)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 647.40 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 263 96–352 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,000 8 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi

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

Power rating 1450 peak 1450 · #5531 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
May 24 First tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
May 24 First call Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4460 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
May 24 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
May 24 Peak power rating (1491) Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
2015
Apr 17 Career-best overall score663.9088 High on the Hog Festival
2016
Mar 19 Most recent contest Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2015-05-22
-9.6	Calhoun KOA's Smokin Up the Campground (GBC Qualifier)	2015-12-04
-9.3	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2014-05-24
-8.9	Blount County BBQ Bash	2014-06-27
-6.1	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2015-03-13

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)
2016	2	0%	top 75%	91.6%	90.7%
2015	4	25%	top 83%	92.2%	89.9%
2014	2	50%	top 85%	91.2%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-03-19	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	46 / 61 (659.8744)	47 (166.2400)	44 (163.9772)	55 (157.6572)	14 (172.0000)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	70 / 95 (645.5196)	71 (162.7884)	32 (168.5372)	69 (161.1200)	80 (153.0740)
2015-12-04	Calhoun KOA's Smokin Up the Campground (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	37 / 39 (634.0684)	35 (155.9544)	37 (147.3484)	10 (169.6916)	30 (161.0740)
2015-05-22	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	26 / 28 (651.2340)	21 (166.2284)	28 (154.7772)	26 (161.1200)	13 (169.1084)
2015-04-17	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	41 / 59 (663.9088)	51 (162.8000)	20 (170.8572)	48 (161.6916)	27 (168.5600)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	72 / 94 (639.7828)	55 (165.1200)	71 (157.0972)	72 (160.5028)	68 (157.0628)
2014-06-27	Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	33 / 39 (628.4000)	35 (150.2516)	35 (155.3600)	33 (159.3828)	24 (163.4056)
2014-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	35 / 41 (656.4460)	36 (161.0972)	36 (159.9772)	4 (175.4172)	36 (159.9544)

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	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1560 (175 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1671 (145 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1784 (130 pts)	#1870 (130 pts)	#1842 (130 pts)	#1158 (280 pts)	#1809 (135 pts)