SOUTHERN BOOTLEGGERS BBQ TEAM

SOUTHERN BOOTLEGGERS BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 19th of 27 at the D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) (2018). They are ranked #4613 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,613

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1471

peak 1501 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 1, 2016

latest Apr 13, 2018 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1400

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

665.5544 / 720

Master · Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

643.06 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 646.81 (-3.75)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest

Consistency

±11.75

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.85 · weakest Brisket (156.13)

Road miles

856

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 348 mi

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Master avg

646.81 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

665.5544 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.5544 at Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 1, 2016

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

KILLER HOGS ahead in 100% of their meetings

KILLER HOGS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.72 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 156.13
Chicken avg 166.85
0 calls in 6 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
2018 ↗	Master	#1400 (150 pts)	#1256 (205 pts)	#1053 (290 pts)	#1380 (175 pts)	#1565 (125 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1876 (117 pts)	#1541 (177 pts)	#1811 (122 pts)	#1970 (112 pts)	#1651 (152 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1425 (205 pts)	#1289 (245 pts)	#1818 (130 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SOUTHERN BOOTLEGGERS BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Cowabunga BBQ

#4,626 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1470

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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PLANT CITY SECOND HAND SMOKE BBQ TEAM

#4,600 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1471

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Nov 18, 2022

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Louisville Branded BBQ

#4,618 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2020

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SKEET'S Q

#4,611 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before SOUTHERN BOOTLEGGERS BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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CHEECH & TONGS UP IN SMOKE BBQ

#4,621 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 28, 2022

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ACHTERHOEK BROILERS

#4,624 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1507

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KILLER HOGS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	176.5600	157.1084	166.85	top 57%
Pork Ribs	6	2	174.2744	152.5372	163.88	top 59%
Pork	6	0	166.8228	150.7884	159.95	top 77%
Brisket	6	0	171.9656	131.9316	156.13	top 76%

“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 79%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 75%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TN	5	0	top 79%
MS	1	0	top 70%

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 a different one every time

Opponents faced 169 finished ahead 58 times, behind 174

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

20181 milestone

Apr 13 Most recent contest TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest

20166 milestones

Apr 1 First tracked contest Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 1 First call Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5544 Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 1 Career-best overall score665.5544 Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 1 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 1 Peak power rating (1501) Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.9	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	Apr 1, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.1	Seventh Annual Bull Moose	Apr 7, 2017
-7	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	Mar 31, 2017
-6.4	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest	Jul 22, 2016
-4.9	TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest	Apr 13, 2018
-2.8	D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Feb 23, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	2	50%	top 74%	91.1%	89.3%
2017	2	0%	top 88%	90.1%	89.2%
2016	2	50%	top 69%	92.4%	90.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 13, 2018	TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest Savannah, TN	22 / 28 (655.9200)	17 (166.3200)	18 (166.2628)	20 (162.8344)	21 (160.5028)
Feb 23, 2018	D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) D'Iberville, MS	19 / 27 (630.6744)	13 (165.1200)	4 (171.9656)	16 (161.6572)	27 (131.9316)
Apr 7, 2017	Seventh Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	24 / 27 (635.8516)	12 (172.0116)	23 (161.7028)	25 (150.7884)	27 (151.3488)
Mar 31, 2017	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN	42 / 48 (648.9596)	48 (157.1084)	42 (156.5144)	45 (163.3712)	17 (171.9656)
Jul 22, 2016	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	37 / 47 (643.8856)	34 (163.9884)	44 (152.5372)	23 (166.8228)	35 (160.5372)
Apr 1, 2016	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	36 / 61 (665.5544)	9 (176.5600)	5 (174.2744)	59 (154.2056)	45 (160.5144)

SOUTHERN BOOTLEGGERS BBQ TEAM

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 (3 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

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

Overall rank by season

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)