RIB-KA-TEERS

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

Power ranking

#2520

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1519

peak 1519 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-09-11

latest 2018-09-21

Best ToY finish

#1248

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

682.7888 / 720

Master · International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.69 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.34 (+2.35)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN

Consistency

±10.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.08 · weakest Pork (164.70)

Road miles

227

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Master avg

666.34 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

682.7888 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.7888 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-09-08

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Swine Life ahead in 100% of their meetings

Swine Life has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.38 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 71%.

Pork avg 164.70
Brisket avg 171.08
2 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOT ROD ROASTERS in 4 of their 4 shared 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.

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

Unprohibited BBQ

#2530 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-05-26

⚔ Head-to-head

FORK U BBQ

#2519 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-03-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Homestead Hawgs

#2518 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after RIB-KA-TEERS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Word Brothers BBQ

#2523 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Level with RIB-KA-TEERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-05-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Barrel Proof BBQ

#2514 of the rated field

1519 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1519

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.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-10-10

⚔ Head-to-head

Little?s Barbecue Company

#2524 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1519

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.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KILLER HOGS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
AUTO"BE"GRILLIN	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Swine Life	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	1	175.4172	155.3600	164.87	top 62%
Pork Ribs	7	2	1	174.8688	156.5372	165.70	top 52%
Pork	7	2	1	174.2628	155.4172	164.70	top 55%
Brisket	7	5	0	175.4172	163.9428	171.08	top 31%

“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 43%
MS	2	top 70%
IL	1	top 37%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 45%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)	2	11	0	top 38%	2018-09-07

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

On the trail 3 yrs 2015-09-11 → 2018-09-21

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 4 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 171.08 · weakest Pork (164.70)

Walk rate 86% a top-10 call in 6 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 666.34 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 179 137–121 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 227 7 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi

Schedule strength 1562 average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests

Power rating 1519 peak 1519 · #2520 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Sep 11 First tracked contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ
Sep 11 First call International Goat Days Championship BBQ
Sep 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7888 International Goat Days Championship BBQ
2017
Sep 8 Career-best overall score682.7888 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
Sep 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
2018
Sep 21 Peak power rating (1519) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Sep 21 Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.9	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	2017-09-08
+8.2	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2018-09-21
+4.9	International Goat Days Championship BBQ	2015-09-11
+1.6	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)	2018-09-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.3	Southaven Springfest	2016-04-22
-0.7	International Goat Days Championship BBQ	2016-09-09
-0.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-05-20

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	2	50%	top 44%	94.5%	93%
2017	1	100%	top 26%	94.8%	94.8%
2016	3	100%	top 66%	92.7%	91.5%
2015	1	100%	top 39%	92.6%	92.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-21	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	22 / 59 (680.5372)	18 (172.0000)	11 (174.2972)	45 (161.6572)	14 (172.5828)
2018-09-07	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) Millington, TN	17 / 34 (658.1484)	30 (157.1200)	7 (171.9772)	28 (158.2056)	10 (170.8456)
2017-09-08	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN	11 / 42 (682.7888)	3 (175.4172)	29 (159.4060)	9 (173.7028)	9 (174.2628)
2016-09-09	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	17 / 29 (654.7088)	20 (165.1088)	22 (156.5372)	14 (165.6800)	8 (167.3828)
2016-05-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Southhaven, MS	20 / 29 (667.2912)	23 (165.6684)	24 (163.4172)	3 (174.2628)	24 (163.9428)
2016-04-22	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	29 / 41 (654.1372)	39 (155.3600)	36 (159.3828)	30 (163.9772)	5 (175.4172)
2015-09-11	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	12 / 31 (666.7888)	19 (163.3828)	2 (174.8688)	23 (155.4172)	6 (173.1200)

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	#1248 (233 pts)	#1437 (203 pts)	#1503 (188 pts)	#949 (398 pts)	#907 (393 pts)