Shanty Town BBQ

Shanty Town BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 8th of 36 at the When Pigs Fly South (2016). They are ranked #2708 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,708

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1513

peak 1518 · rated over 12 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 25, 2013

latest Jan 26, 2018 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1903

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

8% of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8344 / 720

Master · When Pigs Fly South

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

657.26 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.95 (+14.31)

Walk rate

58%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · When Pigs Fly South

Consistency

±41.53

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.08)

Road miles

289

across 12 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

642.95 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

High-water mark

678.8344 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8344 at When Pigs Fly South — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Dec 2, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CHUBBY'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Shanty Town BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 36%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

SWAMP BOYS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.60 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 55%.

Pork Ribs avg 161.08
Pork avg 166.68
0 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Two Crackers Cooking in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

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Pork nemesis

6 of 10 shared pork entries lost

SWAMP BOYS ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SWAMP BOYS has out-cooked them in 6 of 10 shared pork entries.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015 ↗	Master	#1903 (107 pts)	#2011 (97 pts)	#1972 (102 pts)	#1368 (222 pts)	#2048 (87 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Shanty Town BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

2 Live Que

#2,717 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Shanty Town BBQ)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jan 24, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

Rockin W Smokers

#2,702 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1529

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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ALBURNT EINSWINE

#2,724 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2019

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Whimpy's

#2,703 of the rated field

1513 power rating

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

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2024

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SWINE ENTHUSIAST BBQ

#2,712 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1524

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 14 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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BAD S. BBQ

#2,697 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1518

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SWAMP BOYS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Two Crackers Cooking	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SWINOS	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Shack	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Slimz	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
United Pork Smokers	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
J-MACK COOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	0	0	0	171.9772	157.6456	164.60	top 54%
Pork Ribs	12	0	0	0	172.0116	142.2856	161.08	top 56%
Pork	11	6	0	3	176	154.7656	166.68	top 35%
Brisket	12	3	1	2	180 🔥	147.3372	164.49	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 44%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 54%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	20	top 54%	Jan 29, 2016
Lakeland Pig Festival	2	34	top 64%	Jan 26, 2018
When Pigs Fly South	2	8	top 25%	Dec 2, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 12 of 12 contests

Contests visited 8 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 319 finished ahead 282 times, behind 316

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

20181 milestone

Jan 26 Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival

20165 milestones

Dec 2 First category win (Brisket) When Pigs Fly South
Dec 2 First overall top-10 When Pigs Fly South
Dec 2 First perfect 180 (Brisket) When Pigs Fly South
Dec 2 10th tracked contest When Pigs Fly South
Dec 2 Career-best overall score678.8344 When Pigs Fly South

20141 milestone

Nov 7 Peak power rating (1518) When Pigs Fly South

20133 milestones

Jan 25 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 First call Lakeland Pig Festival
Nov 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8628 When Pigs Fly South

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.2	When Pigs Fly South	Dec 2, 2016
+8.4	When Pigs Fly South	Nov 7, 2014
+8	When Pigs Fly South	Nov 15, 2013
+7.3	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 29, 2016
+3.7	The Tiger Town Pig Festival	Jan 23, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	World Food Championships	Nov 3, 2015
-5.7	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 30, 2015
-4.6	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 27, 2017
-2.4	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 25, 2013
-1.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Feb 20, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 57%	91.3%	91.3%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 72%	89%	89%
2016	3	1	1	100%	top 36%	94.3%	92%
2015	3	0	0	33%	top 77%	91.4%	83.9%
2014	2	0	0	50%	top 35%	93.2%	91.8%
2013	2	0	0	100%	top 43%	92.2%	90%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 26, 2018	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	34 / 60 (657.5544)	26 (166.2744)	16 (168.5488)	50 (154.7656)	19 (167.9656)
Jan 27, 2017	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	43 / 60 (641.0520)	50 (157.6456)	53 (148.5604)	20 (166.2744)	19 (168.5716)
Dec 2, 2016	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	8 / 36 (678.8344)	25 (160.5600)	21 (162.8228)	3 (175.4516)	1 (180)
Apr 1, 2016	Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) Vero Beach, FL	13 / 25 (642.7088)	24 (157.6800)	16 (160.0004)	10 (165.0856)	14 (159.9428)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	20 / 58 (666.1716)	11 (171.9772)	27 (163.4172)	9 (170.2628)	33 (160.5144)
Nov 3, 2015	World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL	58 / 58 (512.5488)	24 (170.8228)	12 (172.0116)	—	22 (169.7144)
Feb 20, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kissimmee, FL	13 / 22 (658.2516)	15 (164)	14 (162.8344)	3 (174.3200)	17 (157.0972)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	44 / 62 (640.3660)	36 (166.2400)	41 (160.5488)	27 (166.2400)	53 (147.3372)
Nov 7, 2014	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	12 / 42 (671.3600)	21 (165.1312)	29 (158.8228)	9 (170.8460)	3 (176.5600)
Jan 23, 2014	The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	29 / 69 (650.1372)	28 (164.5488)	23 (165.7028)	46 (155.9200)	24 (163.9656)
Nov 15, 2013	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	14 / 49 (663.8628)	13 (169.1428)	18 (167.3944)	3 (176)	43 (151.3256)
Jan 25, 2013	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	40 / 70 (632.5712)	34 (161.1430)	67 (142.2856)	36 (158.2856)	5 (170.8570)

Shanty Town BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)