A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ATLANTA BBQ STORE ahead in 100% of their meetings
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
LIL' BUBBA'S
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-15
latest 2022-03-04
Best ToY finish
#1170
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
598.13
last 4 Master vs avg 598.13 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±57.14
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.97 · weakest Chicken (119.40)
Road miles
98
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
598.13 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
3.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2021-08-20).
- last seen 2017-09-15
- back 2021-08-20
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.
LIL' BUBBA'S has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 115 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#5138 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#5142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with LIL' BUBBA'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before LIL' BUBBA'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before LIL' BUBBA'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before LIL' BUBBA'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 20.0000 | 119.40 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 149.0972 | 160.53 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 145.6456 | 162.97 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 145.0744 | 155.23 | top 79% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.6 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2022-03-04
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.97 · weakest Chicken (119.40)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
598.13
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
195
17–218 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
98
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$22,100
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
2017-09-15 → 2021-08-20
Power rating
1459
peak 1459 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Peak power rating (1490) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- 2021
- First call Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2172 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score654.2172 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5828 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- 2022
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2022-03-04 |
| -11.3 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC QUALIFIER) | 2017-09-15 |
| -9.9 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-08-15 |
| -9 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 2021-08-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 69.9% | 69.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 72 / 73 (503.2800) | 73 (20.0000) | 47 (167.9656) | 43 (167.4172) | 66 (147.8972) |
| 2021-08-20 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 20 / 26 (654.2172) | 24 (158.2628) | 25 (158.8116) | 6 (172.5828) | 19 (164.5600) |
| 2017-09-15 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC QUALIFIER) Lawrenceville, GA | 37 / 39 (608.3428) | 38 (150.2172) | 38 (149.0972) | 38 (145.6456) | 23 (163.3828) |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | 35 / 43 (626.6860) | 39 (149.1316) | 16 (166.2400) | 15 (166.2400) | 41 (145.0744) |
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) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1170 (76 pts) | #1532 (56 pts) | #1614 (51 pts) | #823 (166 pts) | #1165 (81 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2197 (70 pts) |