BANNYHEN'S SOUTHERN QUE

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

Power ranking

#2651

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1515

peak 1515 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-06

latest 2019-05-03

Best ToY finish

#1487

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0512 / 720

Master · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.69 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.05 (+4.65)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Chicken · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Consistency

±14.70

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.64 · weakest Brisket (164.54)

Road miles

215

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 49 mi

Schedule strength

57%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.05 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

High-water mark

685.0512 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.0512 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-05-03

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TEAM HOGWEISER in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

A May team

Top 44% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 44% across 4 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 54% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 7th

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.

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

KPG SMOKIN'

#2656 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

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 2026-05-08

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Smokin X

#2650 of the rated field

1515 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

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D&D BBQ

#2643 of the rated field

1515 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Level with BANNYHEN'S SOUTHERN QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-06-21

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BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ

#2663 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BANNYHEN'S SOUTHERN QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Full Of Pit BBQ

#2652 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after BANNYHEN'S SOUTHERN QUE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-03-28

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NO LABEL BBQ

#2655 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-01-27

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOT COLE'S BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BUSH LEAGUE BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
CAMP-BELL BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
NEW SOUTH BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	174.8572	156.5144	166.59	top 56%
Pork Ribs	7	0	173.7028	153.0744	165.28	top 55%
Pork	7	1	174.2628	161.6800	167.64	top 50%
Brisket	7	0	173.1200	149.1428	164.54	top 55%

“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
AL	6	0	top 52%
TN	1	0	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 82%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 49%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	4	7	0	top 44%	2019-05-03

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2016-05-06 → 2019-05-03

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AL 6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 4 1 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.64 · weakest Brisket (164.54)

Walk rate 14% a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 664.05 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 249 238–184 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 215 7 mapped stops · furthest 49 mi

Schedule strength 1572 average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1515 peak 1515 · #2651 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
May 6 First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Sep 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0400 Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest
2017
May 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
2019
May 3 First call The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 First overall top-10 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Career-best overall score685.0512 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Peak power rating (1515) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2019-05-03
+8.4	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2017-05-05
+1.3	Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest	2016-09-09
+0.2	High on the Hog Festival	2017-04-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.2	Smoke on the Falls	2017-04-07
-3.5	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2016-05-06
-0.7	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2018-05-04

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	1	100%	top 13%	95.1%	95.1%
2018	1	0	0%	top 62%	92.4%	92.4%
2017	3	0	0%	top 60%	93.9%	92.3%
2016	2	0	0%	top 62%	92.4%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-05-03	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	7 / 54 (685.0512)	13 (170.8456)	16 (170.8228)	9 (172.5600)	15 (170.8228)
2018-05-04	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	38 / 61 (665.0056)	47 (163.4056)	39 (163.9544)	11 (174.2628)	44 (163.3828)
2017-05-05	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	23 / 69 (675.8740)	12 (174.8572)	12 (173.7028)	31 (168.5140)	53 (158.8000)
2017-04-21	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	26 / 41 (670.7544)	12 (173.1200)	33 (162.2860)	35 (162.2284)	17 (173.1200)
2017-04-07	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	23 / 28 (646.7888)	21 (166.2744)	21 (163.9544)	15 (167.4172)	26 (149.1428)
2016-09-09	Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	23 / 41 (665.0400)	37 (161.0856)	15 (169.1544)	24 (166.8228)	18 (167.9772)
2016-05-06	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	45 / 67 (639.8060)	55 (156.5144)	56 (153.0744)	49 (161.6800)	22 (168.5372)

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	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1543 (130 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1487 (173 pts)	#1195 (273 pts)	#1434 (198 pts)	#1184 (278 pts)	#1399 (203 pts)