High-water mark
690.1824
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.1824 at Atlanta Bar B Q Festival — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-08-12
CITY GONE COUNTRY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1512 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-04-26
latest 2017-03-03
Best ToY finish
#1301
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.96 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 658.09 (+4.87)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.98)
Road miles
167
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
658.09 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.9
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.86 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.
- Pork Ribs avg 161.98
- Brisket avg 166.84
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Willingham's in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
An August team
Top 24%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 24% across 3 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 53% the rest of the year
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.
110 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1530
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CITY GONE COUNTRY)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CITY GONE COUNTRY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3060 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after CITY GONE COUNTRY did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with CITY GONE COUNTRY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3076 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, 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 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 153.0628 | 165.98 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 153.0856 | 161.98 | top 61% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 157.0628 | 163.29 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176.5828 | 157.1084 | 166.84 | top 38% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 55% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 24% | 2015-08-14 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2017-03-03
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.98)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Master average
658.09
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
115–144 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
167
6 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2014-08-15
Power rating
1504
peak 1512 · #3067 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Char-Broil Pig Bowl (GBC Qualifier)
- 2014
- First call Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0396 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5828 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1512) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score690.1824 Atlanta Bar B Q Festival
- 2017
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.1 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2015-08-14 |
| +9 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival | 2016-08-12 |
| +6.4 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-03-04 |
| -6.3 | Char-Broil Pig Bowl (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-04-26 |
| -4.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2017-03-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 62% | 95.9% | 91.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 47 / 63 (652.9944) | 7 (175.4172) | 53 (157.1316) | 55 (157.0628) | 38 (163.3828) |
| 2016-08-12 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 7 / 28 (690.1824) | 8 (173.1084) | 17 (167.3828) | 6 (175.4056) | 5 (174.2856) |
| 2016-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lawrenceville, GA | 58 / 59 (630.6396) | 58 (153.0628) | 55 (153.0856) | 29 (167.3828) | 47 (157.1084) |
| 2015-08-14 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 7 / 48 (675.9424) | 20 (167.9884) | 13 (168.5600) | 29 (162.8112) | 3 (176.5828) |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | 14 / 43 (665.0396) | 9 (172.5600) | 13 (166.2856) | 31 (158.8112) | 10 (167.3828) |
| 2013-04-26 | Char-Broil Pig Bowl (GBC Qualifier) Columbus, GA | 19 / 26 (633.7136) | 24 (153.7140) | 18 (159.4284) | 20 (158.2856) | 11 (162.2856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #1599 (165 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1301 (218 pts) | #1418 (208 pts) | #1710 (153 pts) | #1384 (228 pts) | #1301 (238 pts) |