A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RED EYED SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RED EYED SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
ROSSER'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1449 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2014-09-12
latest 2021-08-27
Best ToY finish
#1143
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.98
last 4 Master vs avg 616.98 (+0.00)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.36 · weakest Brisket (143.08)
Road miles
176
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$3K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
616.98 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
312.48 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Roast-N-Boast (2021-08-27).
- last seen 2019-11-01
- back 2021-08-27
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.
109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after ROSSER'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Level with ROSSER'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5530 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before ROSSER'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 154.8456 | 161.36 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 135.9088 | 151.83 | top 95% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 155.4056 | 160.54 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3712 | 137.0744 | 143.08 | top 99% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 95% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7 yrs
2014-09-12 → 2021-08-27
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.36 · weakest Brisket (143.08)
Walk rate
14%
a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
616.98
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
312.48
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
5–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
176
7 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$2,950
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2019-11-01 → 2021-08-27
Power rating
1449
peak 1449 · #5539 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bama Brew & Que
- Peak power rating (1485) Bama Brew & Que
- 2021
- First call Roast-N-Boast
- Career-best overall score639.3028 Roast-N-Boast
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Roast-N-Boast
- Most recent contest Roast-N-Boast
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Bama Brew & Que | 2014-09-12 |
| -10.4 | Barber Q Battle | 2016-05-20 |
| -9.8 | Roast-N-Boast | 2021-08-27 |
| -8 | Barber Q Battle | 2015-05-16 |
| -7.7 | West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-11-01 |
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 89% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 88% | 88% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-27 | Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 17 / 19 (639.3028) | 4 (174.2628) | 14 (166.8344) | 17 (157.1084) | 19 (141.0972) |
| 2019-11-01 | West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Northport, AL | 13 / 15 (312.4800) | 13 (159.4056) | 15 (153.0744) | — | — |
| 2018-05-18 | Smoke on the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-05-19 | Barber Q Battle (PRO/MASTER AND BACKYARD) Birmingham, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-20 | Barber Q Battle Birmingham, AL | 30 / 30 (607.2456) | 30 (154.8456) | 30 (147.9544) | 28 (161.6684) | 30 (142.7772) |
| 2015-05-16 | Barber Q Battle Birmingham, AL | 17 / 18 (633.5540) | 17 (158.8344) | 18 (155.3828) | 11 (167.9656) | 17 (151.3712) |
| 2014-09-12 | Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | 26 / 26 (587.8172) | 23 (159.4284) | 26 (135.9088) | 26 (155.4056) | 26 (137.0744) |
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 | #1143 (84 pts) | #780 (194 pts) | #1171 (99 pts) | #1186 (84 pts) | #1199 (74 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #91 (100 pts) | #97 (90 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Backyard | — | #23 (100 pts) | #27 (90 pts) | — | — |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2910 (55 pts) | #2916 (55 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2918 (55 pts) | #2921 (55 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2016 (83 pts) | #2084 (83 pts) | #2104 (78 pts) | #1950 (113 pts) | #2072 (83 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2830 (51 pts) | #2703 (61 pts) | #2818 (51 pts) | #2825 (51 pts) | #2823 (51 pts) |