Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
1709 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1545
peak 1556 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ
Contests
21
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2021-08-13
Best ToY finish
#912
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 21 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
663.99 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 666.53 (-2.55)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.91
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 167.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.91)
Road miles
1,591
mi across 21 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.53 / 720
21 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (10 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
691.3484
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.3484 at Hog Wild BBQ Festival — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-29
Their season
2015
their best year
2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 32%.
- 4 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 32%
A tough matchup
18–1
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 95% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 18 of their 19 shared contests.
A strong matchup
8–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? in 8 of their 10 shared contests.
The comeback
2.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).
- last seen 2019-05-03
- back 2021-08-13
Brisket nemesis
15 of 19
shared brisket entries lost
Organizer Portal ahead 79% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 15 of 19 shared brisket entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SOUTHERN SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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 92.6% of a perfect score
- 21 contests
A standing appointment
6
years running at one contest
They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 18th
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.
71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1839 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1566
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to 1709 BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1840 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1579
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 1709 BBQ)
They've been 1579 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#1841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1554
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1831 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1556
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before 1709 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1838 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1834 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 54%
- Peak
- 1555
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAN BANDITS | 19 | 5 | 14 | 26% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5% | ⚔ compare |
| JIGGY PIGGY | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| SWIGGIN PIG | 15 | 1 | 14 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BLUE QUE | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| South Pork | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Chokin "N" tha Smoke | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein' | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH ON THE HAWG | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| The Specialists | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| KILLER HOGS | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.2856 | 166.25 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 176.5828 | 154.8228 | 165.91 | top 47% |
| Pork | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 159.9428 | 166.94 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 157.6572 | 167.42 | 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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 11 | 0 | top 44% |
| AL | 8 | 0 | top 45% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 19 | 0 | top 49% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 6 | 18 | 0 | top 45% | 2019-05-03 |
| Stand by Your Grill | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 46% | 2016-08-19 |
| Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 59% | 2017-03-17 |
| Hog Wild BBQ Festival | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 29% | 2016-09-29 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.4 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2021-08-13
Busiest season
2016
4 contests
Contests a season
2.6
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
11 of 21 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
11
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
21 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 167.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.91)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 12 of 21 contests
Overall top-10 rate
10%
2 of 21 contests
Master average
666.53
out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
667
773–690 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,591
21 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2021-08-13
Power rating
1545
peak 1556 · #1835 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1424 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First call The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2015
- 10th tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
- First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score691.3484 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1556) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2018
- First category win (Chicken) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2021
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | Stand By Your Grill | 2015-08-14 |
| +11.1 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | 2016-09-29 |
| +8.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
| +8.3 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2015-03-13 |
| +5.8 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2016-03-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | Smoke on the Shores | 2018-03-09 |
| -7.1 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2017-03-17 |
| -5.8 | Stand By Your Grill | 2013-08-16 |
| -5.1 | High on the Hog Festival | 2014-04-18 |
| -2.1 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2018-05-04 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 71% | 92.4% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 94.5% | 92.6% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 39% | 96% | 93.4% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 32% | 95.7% | 94.1% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 93.7% | 92.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 52% | 92.7% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 24 / 49 (672.4684) | 26 (168.5256) | 28 (165.6684) | 9 (173.1772) | 29 (165.0972) |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 32 / 54 (658.1368) | 45 (158.7884) | 13 (170.8572) | 27 (166.2512) | 34 (162.2400) |
| 2018-05-04 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 37 / 61 (665.6116) | 1 (180.0000) | 45 (161.6572) | 39 (166.2972) | 52 (157.6572) |
| 2018-03-09 | Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN | 71 / 87 (643.2228) | 83 (155.9428) | 70 (159.9544) | 79 (159.9428) | 39 (167.3828) |
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 18 / 69 (680.4916) | 40 (163.9428) | 8 (173.7144) | 27 (168.5600) | 7 (174.2744) |
| 2017-03-17 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 54 / 68 (652.4228) | 51 (163.9428) | 50 (161.1200) | 38 (167.4172) | 54 (159.9428) |
| 2016-09-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 5 / 28 (691.3484) | 6 (175.4056) | 4 (173.7028) | 12 (167.9772) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2016-08-19 | Stand by Your Grill Fulton, MS | 22 / 40 (665.5656) | 30 (166.2628) | 10 (170.8344) | 31 (162.2284) | 25 (166.2400) |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 31 / 67 (663.2340) | 11 (174.2628) | 47 (157.0628) | 17 (169.6684) | 37 (162.2400) |
| 2016-03-18 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 36 / 95 (668.5716) | 73 (162.2628) | 45 (165.1316) | 47 (166.3200) | 8 (174.8572) |
| 2015-10-01 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 10 / 25 (677.0740) | 12 (169.1200) | 4 (176.5828) | 16 (164.5256) | 13 (166.8456) |
| 2015-08-14 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 11 / 57 (689.0512) | 29 (169.1084) | 9 (173.7028) | 21 (169.6684) | 7 (176.5716) |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 24 / 63 (668.4112) | 14 (172.5600) | 28 (167.3828) | 33 (167.9656) | 46 (160.5028) |
| 2015-03-13 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 27 / 94 (674.1484) | 5 (176.5600) | 3 (175.4516) | 58 (162.7884) | 57 (159.3484) |
| 2014-08-15 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 26 / 65 (674.8000) | 32 (168.5600) | 45 (163.4172) | 21 (170.2628) | 18 (172.5600) |
| 2014-05-02 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL | 26 / 62 (665.0056) | 42 (162.2400) | 20 (167.9772) | 16 (167.4056) | 22 (167.3828) |
| 2014-04-18 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 44 / 62 (655.9084) | 58 (155.3828) | 55 (154.8228) | 16 (170.2972) | 8 (175.4056) |
| 2014-03-14 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 42 / 95 (658.7772) | 55 (163.3828) | 71 (154.8572) | 39 (167.4172) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 44 / 62 (652.3996) | 52 (161.0972) | 42 (163.4056) | 49 (160.5256) | 32 (167.3712) |
| 2013-05-03 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 22 / 62 (667.4280) | 18 (169.7142) | 27 (163.9998) | 7 (173.1428) | 34 (160.5712) |
| 2013-03-15 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 51 / 100 (653.1424) | 87 (154.2856) | 52 (162.8568) | 38 (164.0000) | 14 (172.0000) |
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 | #1213 (65 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #885 (145 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #1575 (120 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1524 (120 pts) | #933 (345 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1586 (120 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1565 (155 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1380 (215 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1325 (225 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #912 (373 pts) | #888 (418 pts) | #853 (458 pts) | #1059 (338 pts) | #844 (443 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1139 (250 pts) | #865 (415 pts) | #762 (495 pts) | #1387 (215 pts) | #1274 (230 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2077 (95 pts) | #1961 (110 pts) |