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
- 2016-04-01
SOUTHERN BOOTLEGGERS BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1501 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2016-04-01
latest 2018-04-13
Best ToY finish
#1400
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.06 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 646.81 (-3.75)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.75
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.85 · weakest Brisket (156.13)
Road miles
856
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 348 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Master avg
646.81 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
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
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.
130 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1470
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#4582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOUTHERN BOOTLEGGERS BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 157.1084 | 166.85 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 152.5372 | 163.88 | top 59% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 150.7884 | 159.95 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 5 | 0 | top 79% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-04-01 → 2018-04-13
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.85 · weakest Brisket (156.13)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
646.81
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
170
58–174 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
856
6 mapped stops · furthest 348 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1501 · #4581 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
- First call Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5544 Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score665.5544 Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1501) Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
- 2018
- Most recent contest TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.9 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest | 2016-04-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | Seventh Annual Bull Moose | 2017-04-07 |
| -7 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest | 2017-03-31 |
| -6.4 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest | 2016-07-22 |
| -4.9 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest | 2018-04-13 |
| -2.8 | *D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-02-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 74% | 91.1% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 90.1% | 89.2% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-13 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest Savannah, TN | 22 / 28 (655.9200) | 17 (166.3200) | 18 (166.2628) | 20 (162.8344) | 21 (160.5028) |
| 2018-02-23 | *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) |
| 2017-04-07 | Seventh Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN | 24 / 27 (635.8516) | 12 (172.0116) | 23 (161.7028) | 25 (150.7884) | 27 (151.3488) |
| 2017-03-31 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN | 42 / 48 (648.9596) | 48 (157.1084) | 42 (156.5144) | 45 (163.3712) | 17 (171.9656) |
| 2016-07-22 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 37 / 47 (643.8856) | 34 (163.9884) | 44 (152.5372) | 23 (166.8228) | 35 (160.5372) |
| 2016-04-01 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN | 36 / 61 (665.5544) | 9 (176.5600) | 5 (174.2744) | 59 (154.2056) | 45 (160.5144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |