BIG TASTY BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4427

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-03-06

latest 2016-08-19

Best ToY finish

#994

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

678.7312 / 720

Master · Stand By Your Grill

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 631.60 (+14.18)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Pork · Stand by Your Grill

Consistency

±63.31

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.25 · weakest Brisket (157.80)

Road miles

1,166

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Master avg

631.60 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

678.7312 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.7312 at Stand By Your Grill — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-08-14

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 86% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.45 points below their pork, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 157.80
Pork avg 166.25
2 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Misfits of Smoke in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork entries lost

Swine Life ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Swine Life has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork entries.

Boom or bust

±8.79% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.79% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.7% of a perfect score
best 94.3%

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

Coop de Grill

#4404 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BIG TASTY BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG TASTY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-10-07

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25/35 GLORY GRILLERS

#4420 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BIG TASTY BBQ)

They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-09-29

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BICOASTAL BBQ

#4412 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-05-20

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Pancho, Cisco, The Kid, and Company

#4416 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after BIG TASTY BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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Paw Paw's Chuckwagon

#4413 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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THE PIGS NEXT DOOR BBQ COOKING TEAM

#4439 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-04-23

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Swine Life	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
TENNESSEE MOJO	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	0	175.4056	143.3600	164.92	top 54%
Pork Ribs	9	0	0	170.8228	149.0744	161.11	top 68%
Pork	8	3	1	175.4056	157.0856	166.25	top 53%
Brisket	9	2	1	174.2628	138.1832	157.80	top 65%

“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 75%
MS	2	top 47%
MO	1	top 54%
KY	1	top 86%
FL	1	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Stand by Your Grill	2	21	0	top 47%	2016-08-19

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

On the trail 1.5 yrs 2015-03-06 → 2016-08-19

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 4 of 9 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.25 · weakest Brisket (157.80)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 6 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 631.60 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 244 112–257 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,166 9 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi

Schedule strength 1570 average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests

Power rating 1474 peak 1474 · #4427 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Mar 6 First tracked contest Smokin In The Square
Apr 3 First call Fifth Annual Bull Moose
Apr 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.5884 Fifth Annual Bull Moose
Apr 3 Peak power rating (1496) Fifth Annual Bull Moose
Aug 14 Career-best overall score678.7312 Stand By Your Grill
2016
Aug 19 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4056 Stand by Your Grill
Aug 19 Most recent contest Stand by Your Grill

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8	Stand By Your Grill	2015-08-14
+7.8	Fifth Annual Bull Moose	2015-04-03
+2.6	Stand by Your Grill	2016-08-19
+2.2	35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off	2016-05-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	Smokin In The Square	2015-03-06
-10.5	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest	2016-07-22
-8.1	Sixth Annual Bull Moose	2016-04-08
-8.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-06-19
-8	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	2016-04-01

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)
2016	5	0	0	0	80%	top 75%	92.2%	89.7%
2015	4	0	0	0	50%	top 64%	94.3%	85.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-19	Stand by Your Grill Fulton, MS	23 / 40 (663.8860)	28 (167.3944)	39 (149.0744)	3 (175.4056)	9 (172.0116)
2016-07-22	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	44 / 47 (626.1148)	9 (173.1316)	37 (157.7144)	44 (157.0856)	47 (138.1832)
2016-05-27	35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO	15 / 28 (660.4688)	14 (163.9544)	13 (165.7144)	8 (171.4056)	18 (159.3944)
2016-04-08	Sixth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	23 / 27 (642.6516)	11 (167.9656)	21 (157.0744)	8 (169.6916)	27 (147.9200)
2016-04-01	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	53 / 61 (635.7828)	49 (160.5372)	44 (162.8000)	38 (165.6684)	58 (146.7772)
2015-08-14	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	21 / 57 (678.7312)	8 (175.4056)	40 (162.8228)	31 (167.3828)	15 (173.1200)
2015-06-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	25 / 29 (644.4688)	14 (168.5716)	14 (169.7144)	29 (158.8000)	28 (147.3828)
2015-04-03	Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	14 / 41 (673.5884)	27 (163.9544)	12 (170.8228)	21 (164.5484)	2 (174.2628)
2015-03-06	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	48 / 48 (458.7428)	48 (143.3600)	46 (154.2628)	—	37 (161.1200)

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	#1082 (293 pts)	#968 (373 pts)	#1145 (293 pts)	#781 (503 pts)	#989 (353 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#994 (309 pts)	#912 (384 pts)	#982 (354 pts)	#1465 (194 pts)	#760 (484 pts)