SOUTHERN BREW'D BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5481

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1451

peak 1451 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-13

latest 2022-05-13

Best ToY finish

#1236

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

669.5768 / 720

Master · *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 638.28 (+4.12)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1428

Pork Ribs · *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±16.70

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.24 · weakest Pork (157.19)

Road miles

355

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi

Schedule strength

76%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)

Purse competed for

$73K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

638.28 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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

669.5768 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.5768 at *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-05-26

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE GIGGLIN PIG BBQ has finished one call ahead of SOUTHERN BREW'D BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

YES, DEAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

YES, DEAR BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.04 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork avg 157.19
Chicken avg 162.24
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG FELLAS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (2021-05-14).

last seen 2019-05-24
back 2021-05-14

Chicken nemesis

10 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

YES, DEAR BBQ ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, YES, DEAR BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 11 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.32% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.32% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.7% of a perfect score
11 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 29th

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.

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

E.T.'S BBQ

#5478 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 89
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1513

1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to SOUTHERN BREW'D BBQ)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — E.T.'S BBQ ahead 4–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 89 contests
last seen 2021-03-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Blackjack bbq

#5462 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-01-30

⚔ Head-to-head

THE BARON & HIS PITMASTERS

#5466 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

HELLO BBQ

#5477 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before SOUTHERN BREW'D BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Grandpa Smokeys

#5488 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2017-09-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Feelin' Swine BBQ

#5494 of the rated field

1450 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1450

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Killer B's BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
RIVERSIDE SMOKE	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
QMEISTERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
CLAUDE'S Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	167.3828	154.2172	162.24	top 71%
Pork Ribs	11	173.1428	147.8972	160.88	top 67%
Pork	11	167.3828	142.1828	157.19	top 79%
Brisket	11	168.5484	145.0972	157.97	top 75%

“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
GA	10	0	top 80%
SC	1	0	top 69%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	6	29	0	top 78%	2022-05-13
Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	4	43	0	top 82%	2019-05-24

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2016-05-13 → 2022-05-13

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 10 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 3 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.24 · weakest Pork (157.19)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 638.28 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 260 130–476 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 355 11 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi

Schedule strength 1597 average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests

Purse competed for $73,350 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2019-05-24 → 2021-05-14

Power rating 1451 peak 1451 · #5481 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
May 13 First tracked contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 13 Peak power rating (1496) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
2017
May 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.5768 *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
May 26 Career-best overall score669.5768 *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
May 26 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2021
May 14 10th tracked contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF
2022
May 13 Most recent contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+1.5	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2017-05-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier)	2017-05-12
-6.6	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	2022-05-13
-6.4	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2016-05-27
-6.3	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2019-05-24
-6	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2018-05-25

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0%	top 83%	90.4%	90.4%
2021	1	0%	top 81%	88.3%	88.3%
2019	2	0%	top 81%	90%	89.7%
2018	2	0%	top 80%	89.3%	88.6%
2017	3	0%	top 76%	93%	88%
2016	2	0%	top 77%	88.1%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-05-13	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	35 / 42 (651.2224)	28 (167.3828)	22 (167.3828)	37 (159.9540)	35 (156.5028)
2021-05-14	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	34 / 42 (635.7484)	39 (156.5028)	39 (154.7772)	26 (165.1200)	34 (159.3484)
2019-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA	65 / 72 (643.8284)	54 (163.3944)	55 (163.3828)	68 (155.9772)	56 (161.0740)
2019-05-10	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	30 / 42 (647.7712)	17 (167.3828)	24 (163.3828)	40 (150.1828)	22 (166.8228)
2018-05-25	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	66 / 72 (633.4512)	60 (163.3828)	71 (147.8972)	46 (164.5256)	62 (157.6456)
2018-05-11	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	29 / 42 (642.6512)	37 (154.2172)	22 (163.3944)	36 (156.4912)	15 (168.5484)
2017-07-06	SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC	61 / 89 (633.5428)	48 (164.5256)	57 (162.2744)	72 (154.8228)	69 (151.9200)
2017-05-26	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	43 / 67 (669.5768)	46 (166.8228)	13 (173.1428)	36 (167.3828)	49 (162.2284)
2017-05-12	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	40 / 42 (597.4284)	33 (157.6456)	39 (152.5028)	40 (142.1828)	40 (145.0972)
2016-05-27	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	55 / 66 (631.7712)	54 (158.2284)	32 (166.8228)	65 (152.4800)	57 (154.2400)
2016-05-13	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	29 / 41 (634.1028)	19 (165.1200)	34 (154.7656)	22 (160.0000)	33 (154.2172)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1346 (75 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1394 (160 pts)	#1542 (125 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1465 (135 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1506 (180 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)