High-water mark
678.7652
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7652 at Big Blue BBQ Championship — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 4, 2021
SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ
SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 10th of 28 at the Big Blue BBQ Championship (2021). They are ranked #3440 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 10, 2017
latest Jun 4, 2021 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.89 · weakest Brisket (155.38)
Road miles
489
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)
Purse competed for
$58K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.21 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #891 (128 pts) | #1214 (78 pts) | #784 (203 pts) | #791 (178 pts) | #1067 (108 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1053 (241 pts) | #1179 (216 pts) | #795 (406 pts) | #1148 (231 pts) | #1202 (206 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2781 (59 pts) | #2803 (59 pts) | #2176 (84 pts) | #2794 (59 pts) | #2785 (59 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
Level with SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 8 years before SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,429 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 8 years before SOUTH OF THE TRACKS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 150.7772 | 158.35 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 162.2284 | 168.89 | top 36% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 154.2744 | 162.60 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3940 | 145.0628 | 155.38 | top 80% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Blue BBQ Championship | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 59% | Jun 4, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
110
finished ahead 42 times, behind 96
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
Mar 10, 2017 → May 31, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20215 milestones
- First overall top-10 Big Blue BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score678.7652 Big Blue BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Big Blue BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1494) Big Blue BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Big Blue BBQ Championship
20192 milestones
- First call Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1828 Rock-N-Q on the planes
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | Jun 4, 2021 |
| +6.1 | Rock-N-Q on the planes | Oct 19, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off | Mar 10, 2017 |
| -7.6 | Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off | Sep 20, 2019 |
| -5.8 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | May 31, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 72% | 91.4% | 89.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2021 | Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS | 10 / 28 (678.7652) | 20 (166.2512) | 4 (173.7028) | 5 (171.4172) | 14 (167.3940) |
| Oct 19, 2019 | Rock-N-Q on the planes 🏅 Great Bend, KS | 14 / 28 (658.1828) | 19 (163.3828) | 7 (170.2628) | 14 (165.6800) | 19 (158.8572) |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Manhattan, KS | 20 / 24 (638.6856) | 19 (157.6800) | 10 (168.5600) | 23 (157.0856) | 21 (155.3600) |
| May 31, 2019 | Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS | 24 / 29 (635.1884) | 27 (150.7772) | 11 (169.6800) | 23 (164.5256) | 27 (150.2056) |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS | 33 / 34 (615.2228) | 31 (153.6572) | 20 (162.2284) | 30 (154.2744) | 34 (145.0628) |