KNOXVEGAS BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2732

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1513

peak 1520 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-15

latest 2016-11-18

Best ToY finish

#676

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3712 / 720

Master · The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.35 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 672.14 (-2.80)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Big BBQ Bash

Consistency

±13.56

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.70)

Road miles

691

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Master avg

672.14 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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

695.3712 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3712 at The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-29

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

BAR-B-Q 101 has finished one call ahead of KNOXVEGAS BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

10–1 behind in the head-to-head

SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS ahead in 91% of their meetings

SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS has come out ahead in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.83 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 18%.

Pork Ribs avg 164.70
Chicken avg 169.53
1 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PARADISE QUE in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

Under the Radar ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Under the Radar has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 46% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 46% across 3 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 55% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.88% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.88% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.4% of a perfect score
11 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.

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

Scott - Yards BBQ

#2729 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ

#2737 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

BRAZEN BARREL BBQ

#2725 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-07-10

⚔ Head-to-head

Tender Racks N' Smokin Butts

#2724 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Twin States BBQ

#2715 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2021-05-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Rubmaster BBQ-Team

#2727 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-07-06

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Sons of Smoke	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
PARADISE QUE	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q 101	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Chairman of the Boar	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
NIBBLE ME THIS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	2	2	2	178.8572	160.5028	169.53	top 52%
Pork Ribs	11	1	0	0	175.4172	152.5028	164.70	top 64%
Pork	11	1	0	1	178.8572	162.7884	169.17	top 48%
Brisket	11	1	0	0	177.1428	163.3828	168.75	top 51%

“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
TN	10	0	top 52%
NC	1	0	top 86%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 70%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bar-B-Cure	2	20	0	top 72%	2016-11-18

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

On the trail 1.5 yrs 2015-05-15 → 2016-11-18

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 5.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 10 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 2 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.70)

Walk rate 45% a top-10 call in 5 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 18% 2 of 11 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 672.14 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 183 183–217 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 691 11 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi

Schedule strength 1568 average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests

Power rating 1513 peak 1520 · #2732 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 15 First tracked contest Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival
May 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7200 Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival
May 29 First call The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest
May 29 First overall top-10 The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest
May 29 Career-best overall score695.3712 The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest
Jun 26 First category win (Chicken) Blount County BBQ Bash
Sep 11 Peak power rating (1520) Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff
2016
Jun 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Big BBQ Bash
Sep 9 10th tracked contest The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff
Nov 18 Most recent contest Bar-B-Cure

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.2	The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest	2015-05-29
+11.6	Blount County BBQ Bash	2015-06-26
+6.3	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff	2016-09-09
+2.2	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2015-09-11
+2	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	2016-05-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	WNC BBQ Festival-	2016-07-22
-5.8	Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival	2015-05-15
-4.8	Bar-B-Cure	2015-11-20
-2.9	Bar-B-Cure	2016-11-18
-0.2	Big BBQ Bash	2016-06-24

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)
2016	6	0	0	1	33%	top 60%	94.6%	93.1%
2015	5	0	2	1	60%	top 48%	96.6%	93.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-11-18	Bar-B-Cure Knoxville, TN	20 / 29 (668.3884)	16 (170.8344)	20 (166.2284)	24 (162.7884)	14 (168.5372)
2016-09-09	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	12 / 30 (681.0284)	13 (170.2744)	14 (170.2628)	17 (169.6684)	13 (170.8228)
2016-07-22	WNC BBQ Festival- Maggie Valley, NC	42 / 49 (652.3768)	38 (163.3712)	37 (161.6916)	36 (163.9312)	38 (163.3828)
2016-06-24	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	18 / 31 (671.9312)	1 (178.8572)	28 (159.9428)	20 (167.4056)	20 (165.7256)
2016-06-03	Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN	23 / 39 (673.0056)	36 (161.0856)	4 (175.4172)	20 (167.9772)	22 (168.5256)
2016-05-20	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	23 / 46 (675.3256)	34 (166.2284)	29 (165.1200)	19 (170.8344)	15 (173.1428)
2015-11-20	Bar-B-Cure Knoxville, TN	26 / 35 (646.7084)	30 (160.5028)	32 (156.5600)	20 (165.6800)	18 (163.9656)
2015-09-11	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	15 / 31 (682.1940)	17 (170.8112)	27 (165.7144)	2 (178.8572)	23 (166.8112)
2015-06-26	Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	8 / 38 (684.5028)	1 (178.2972)	12 (166.2628)	14 (169.1200)	13 (170.8228)
2015-05-29	The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest Knoxville, TN	8 / 39 (695.3712)	18 (173.1084)	14 (171.9772)	13 (173.1428)	7 (177.1428)
2015-05-15	Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN	33 / 44 (662.7200)	15 (171.4056)	44 (152.5028)	13 (171.4172)	26 (167.3944)

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	#829 (430 pts)	#664 (615 pts)	#771 (515 pts)	#932 (410 pts)	#774 (490 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#676 (536 pts)	#605 (646 pts)	#862 (416 pts)	#558 (696 pts)	#729 (506 pts)