A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
ATLANTA BBQ STORE ahead in 100% of their meetings
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
MAXUS PORKAMUS
MAXUS PORKAMUS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 16th of 62 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2019). They are ranked #3951 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jun 3, 2016
latest Mar 4, 2022 · 5.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.53
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.27 · weakest Chicken (149.89)
Road miles
262
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.74 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
464.24 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #332 (60 pts) | #332 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #114 (59 pts) | #112 (59 pts) | — | — |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2898 (54 pts) | #2889 (54 pts) | #2895 (54 pts) | #2883 (54 pts) | #2879 (54 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2879 (57 pts) | #2890 (57 pts) | #2899 (57 pts) | #2108 (102 pts) | #1829 (122 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MAXUS PORKAMUS, each with one reason worth a look.
164 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,961 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Fewer contests behind them than MAXUS PORKAMUS has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Compare careers#3,959 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Level with MAXUS PORKAMUS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than MAXUS PORKAMUS has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
Fewer contests behind them than MAXUS PORKAMUS has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than MAXUS PORKAMUS has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTA BBQ STORE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0856 | 138.7428 | 149.89 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 145.0744 | 155.15 | top 59% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 151.9772 | 159.29 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 160.5716 | 164.27 | top 64% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 51% | Mar 4, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
232
finished ahead 132 times, behind 219
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Mar 6, 2020 → Mar 4, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20191 milestone
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20163 milestones
- Career-best overall score643.8856 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Pork)168 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1488) Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) | Jun 3, 2016 |
| -9 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues | Apr 21, 2017 |
| -1.7 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 4, 2022 |
| -1.3 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 38 / 73 (449.0404) | 35 (151.9888) | 37 (145.0744) | 31 (151.9772) | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 31 / 61 (458.1260) | 31 (150.2516) | 27 (152.4800) | 28 (155.3944) | — |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 16 / 62 (485.5656) | 21 (157.0856) | 10 (165.6800) | 12 (162.8000) | — |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnsville, GA | 26 / 29 (613.5888) | 29 (138.7428) | 25 (155.9772) | 26 (158.2972) | 26 (160.5716) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA | 31 / 32 (643.8856) | 32 (151.3600) | 31 (156.5600) | 16 (168) | 12 (167.9656) |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2014 | Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA | — | — | — | — | — |