BLAZIN'7'S

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

Power ranking

#3335

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1497

peak 1518 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-22

latest 2016-10-07

Best ToY finish

#680

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2284 / 720

Master · Flames on the Flint

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.36 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 664.73 (-5.37)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±9.80

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.58)

Road miles

3,627

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 733 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Master avg

664.73 / 720

12 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

682.2284 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2284 at Flames on the Flint — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-03-13

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 89% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

HOT WACHULA'S ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT WACHULA'S has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

The long haul

3,627 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,627 miles across 12 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 733 miles to 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational.

12 mapped stops
furthest 733 mi

The metronome

±1.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
12 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.

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

RIB I'S

#3353 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1531

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BLAZIN'7'S)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BLAZIN'7'S has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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ROADKILL BBQ

#3332 of the rated field

1497 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 71
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1497

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLAZIN'7'S)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 66 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 66 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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PIG PUSHERS BBQ & CATERING

#3341 of the rated field

1497 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2017-05-12

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Hoochie Que

#3336 of the rated field

1497 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after BLAZIN'7'S did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-05-09

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KCKing BBQ

#3346 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

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MACK DADDYS BBQ

#3333 of the rated field

1497 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Level with BLAZIN'7'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-04-16

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOT WACHULA'S	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Pot's BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
JACK'S OLD SOUTH	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	1	1	1	178.2972	158.7884	166.93	top 59%
Pork Ribs	12	1	0	0	172.5600	142.6972	164.58	top 56%
Pork	12	1	1	1	177.7028	159.4400	167.02	top 51%
Brisket	12	1	0	0	174.2628	157.1428	166.20	top 56%

“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
GA	6	top 58%
FL	3	top 59%
MO	2	top 36%
MS	1	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 53%

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

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2014-08-22 → 2016-10-07

Busiest season 2015 8 contests

Contests a season 4 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 6 of 12 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 1 win · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.58)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 4 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 12 contests

Master average 664.73 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 870 672–525 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,627 12 mapped stops · furthest 733 mi

Schedule strength 1567 average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests

Power rating 1497 peak 1518 · #3335 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 22 First tracked contest Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 22 First call Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 22 First category win (Pork) Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3600 Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
2015
Mar 13 Career-best overall score682.2284 Flames on the Flint
Apr 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 24 Peak power rating (1518) BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)
2016
May 20 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 7 Most recent contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.8	Flames on the Flint	2015-03-13
+8.2	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
+7.6	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)	2015-04-24
+1.4	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off	2014-08-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-05-20
-10.7	Roman Roast on the River	2015-05-08
-2.7	World Food Championships	2015-11-03
-2.2	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2016-10-07
-1.4	Smokin Butts & Tires (GBC Qualifier)	2016-09-23

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	3	0	67%	top 78%	92%	91.3%
2015	8	1	13%	top 52%	94.8%	92.7%
2014	1	1	100%	top 50%	92.1%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-10-07	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA	18 / 26 (662.6740)	14 (166.8228)	20 (162.8000)	12 (165.6684)	19 (167.3828)
2016-09-23	Smokin Butts & Tires (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	16 / 25 (662.1484)	20 (162.2628)	5 (172.5600)	21 (161.0856)	15 (166.2400)
2016-05-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Southhaven, MS	29 / 29 (646.6056)	22 (165.6800)	29 (142.6972)	21 (163.9656)	6 (174.2628)
2015-11-03	World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL	40 / 58 (660.3884)	43 (165.6800)	36 (166.2284)	48 (161.0972)	31 (167.3828)
2015-10-09	The Real Squeal (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA	17 / 27 (665.0056)	13 (172.0000)	20 (165.1200)	17 (165.0856)	20 (162.8000)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	98 / 606 (675.3716)	258 (165.1316)	175 (168.5600)	34 (174.8572)	198 (166.8228)
2015-10-02	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	105 / 187 (673.5768)	130 (166.8112)	84 (169.1200)	79 (169.6800)	110 (167.9656)
2015-05-08	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	36 / 41 (658.1256)	39 (158.7884)	11 (171.9888)	23 (168.5484)	36 (158.8000)
2015-04-24	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	12 / 35 (674.8000)	1 (178.2972)	21 (163.3828)	14 (167.4172)	17 (165.7028)
2015-03-13	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	22 / 72 (682.2284)	33 (170.8572)	37 (169.7144)	30 (169.6912)	23 (171.9656)
2015-01-30	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	36 / 62 (652.4912)	29 (167.9772)	48 (157.0856)	48 (159.4400)	22 (167.9884)
2014-08-22	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	20 / 40 (663.3600)	31 (162.8344)	20 (165.6800)	1 (177.7028)	36 (157.1428)

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	#1242 (235 pts)	#1274 (250 pts)	#1107 (305 pts)	#1250 (260 pts)	#995 (350 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#680 (532 pts)	#555 (697 pts)	#724 (527 pts)	#725 (517 pts)	#734 (502 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1996 (90 pts)	#2633 (65 pts)	#2081 (90 pts)	#1126 (290 pts)	#2630 (65 pts)