ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ

ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 61 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 90 at the SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1253 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,253

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1582

peak 1638 · rated over 55 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Jul 9, 2026 · 13.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#181

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 61 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5600 / 720

Master · SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

673.57 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.57 (+1.00)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival

Consistency

±11.98

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.54 · weakest Pork (167.07)

Road miles

6,521

across 59 mapped stops · furthest 398 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)

Purse competed for

$524K

listed at 22 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 32 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.57 / 720

56 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

0.5256 points from the title

Came within 0.5256 points of the Grand Championship at SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) (Jul 9, 2015).

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork Ribs ×1

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 43 of 61 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 61 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.5600 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5600 at SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 9, 2015

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

Killer B's BBQ has finished one call ahead of ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 35%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 35%

A tough matchup

30–7 behind in the head-to-head

Smoke Central BBQ ahead in 81% of their meetings

Smoke Central BBQ has come out ahead in 30 of their 37 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

20–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 87% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RIVERSIDE SMOKE in 20 of their 23 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

25 of 38 shared chicken entries lost

Smoke Central BBQ ahead 66% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Smoke Central BBQ has out-cooked them in 25 of 38 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A July team

Top 37% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 37% across 15 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

15 July contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,521 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,521 miles across 59 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 398 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

59 mapped stops
furthest 398 mi

The metronome

±1.67% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.67% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.5% of a perfect score
61 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

8 visits in all
best finish 3rd

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
2026 ↗	Master	#814 (120 pts)	#882 (120 pts)	#954 (120 pts)	#837 (120 pts)	#775 (145 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#591 (275 pts)	#610 (305 pts)	#582 (360 pts)	#631 (265 pts)	#640 (250 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#701 (235 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#938 (120 pts)	#1011 (120 pts)	#693 (285 pts)	#989 (120 pts)	#688 (245 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#954 (130 pts)	#593 (345 pts)	#1107 (120 pts)	#973 (145 pts)	#986 (130 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#181 (1,030 pts)	#167 (1,094 pts)	#97 (1,454 pts)	#135 (1,230 pts)	#136 (1,194 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#655 (120 pts)	#696 (120 pts)	#313 (400 pts)	#706 (120 pts)	#681 (120 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1196 (190 pts)	#868 (355 pts)	#1285 (180 pts)	#1301 (180 pts)	#1244 (190 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#754 (434 pts)	#781 (439 pts)	#956 (344 pts)	#1023 (299 pts)	#474 (779 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#396 (936 pts)	#589 (686 pts)	#507 (781 pts)	#590 (681 pts)	#392 (971 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#680 (564 pts)	#535 (764 pts)	#823 (479 pts)	#691 (584 pts)	#695 (574 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#541 (700 pts)	#537 (730 pts)	#907 (390 pts)	#443 (865 pts)	#462 (810 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#575 (652 pts)	#514 (747 pts)	#530 (742 pts)	#549 (707 pts)	#818 (432 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1431 (158 pts)	#1178 (243 pts)	#1080 (283 pts)	#1664 (143 pts)	#1642 (138 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Bad Dog BBQ

#1,252 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1582

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 36 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Jul 18, 2026

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Vallee AC Cold Smoke

#1,254 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1582

Fewer contests behind them than ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ has cooked, 29 to 61, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Oct 24, 2025

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3D BBQ

#1,255 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1582

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 39% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS

#1,251 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1597

They turned up 6 years after ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW

#1,256 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1583

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

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Kick Ash BBQ

#1,257 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1585

8 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	43	18	25	42%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	40	12	28	30%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	37	7	30	19%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	34	11	23	32%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	30	12	18	40%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	30	9	21	30%	⚔ compare
Backwoods BBQ	29	17	12	59%	⚔ compare
QMEISTERS	27	18	9	67%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	26	7	19	27%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	25	6	19	24%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	25	5	20	20%	⚔ compare
RIVERSIDE SMOKE	23	20	3	87%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	23	6	17	26%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	22	16	6	73%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	22	9	13	41%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	60	17	2	4	180 🔥	159.9544	169.54	top 48%
Pork Ribs	60	20	1	4	180 🔥	152.4800	168.03	top 45%
Pork	59	15	3	4	178.8572	154.7656	167.07	top 51%
Brisket	59	14	2	7	179.4400	150.7656	168.33	top 44%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 32%
Medium (20–39)	23	top 56%
Large (40+)	35	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
GA	28	top 50%
SC	25	top 44%
NC	3	top 31%
VA	2	top 93%
AL	1	top 90%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	8	3	top 25%	May 9, 2025
SC Festival of Discovery	7	2	top 32%	Jul 9, 2021
South Carolina Festival of Discovery	5	23	top 48%	Jul 9, 2026
Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	4	12	top 42%	May 24, 2019
Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)	3	12	top 71%	Oct 16, 2025
Piggin In The Park	2	21	top 59%	Jun 1, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2	26	top 93%	Aug 25, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	4	top 30%	Aug 11, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	4	top 31%	Jun 3, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 11 contests

Contests a season 4.1 across 15 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 28 of 61 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 33 9 of them more than once

Opponents faced 838 finished ahead 1,531 times, behind 1,292

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Jul 12, 2019 → Aug 14, 2020

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

20261 milestone

Jul 9 Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery

20221 milestone

Oct 21 50th tracked contest Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES)

20211 milestone

May 22 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2

20181 milestone

May 25 Peak power rating (1638) Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival

20171 milestone

Aug 11 25th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20154 milestones

May 8 10th tracked contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Jul 9 First overall podium SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Jul 9 First Reserve Championship SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Jul 9 Career-best overall score696.5600 SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

20142 milestones

May 9 First category win (Chicken) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 9 First overall top-10 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

20131 milestone

May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7142 Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

—2 milestones

First tracked contest BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge
First call BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Jul 9, 2015
+13.8	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier)	May 12, 2017
+13.3	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	May 23, 2014
+13.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 13, 2014
+12.8	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF	May 11, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.4	Poosa Q	Jun 20, 2025
-11.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Aug 25, 2017
-11.2	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club	Mar 19, 2021
-9.5	South Carolina Festival of Discovery	Jul 9, 2026
-8.9	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	May 24, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	2	0	0	50%	—	—	—
2026	2	0	0	0%	top 77%	92.8%	92.5%
2025	4	1	0	50%	top 66%	96%	94.1%
2024	2	0	0	50%	top 62%	95.7%	94.7%
2023	3	0	0	67%	top 45%	96.3%	94.6%
2022	3	0	1	33%	top 65%	95.2%	93.3%
2021	11	1	2	82%	top 54%	95.3%	94.4%
2020	3	0	0	100%	top 62%	95.9%	93.4%
2019	3	0	0	33%	top 62%	92%	91.2%
2018	4	1	1	100%	top 35%	95.6%	94.1%
2017	7	3	0	57%	top 38%	95.5%	93.6%
2016	5	0	1	100%	top 35%	94.6%	93.4%
2015	5	2	1	80%	top 36%	96.7%	93.1%
2014	5	2	2	80%	top 35%	93.6%	92.4%
2013	2	0	0	100%	top 54%	91.8%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 9, 2026	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	60 / 75 (664.3884)	32 (173.1084)	67 (161.6572)	66 (159.9428)	40 (169.6800)
May 8, 2026	20th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	31 / 42 (667.8516)	31 (165.6800)	28 (165.0856)	30 (167.3944)	20 (169.6916)
Oct 16, 2025	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	34 / 36 (675.2684)	33 (166.2400)	24 (171.9656)	27 (168.5372)	27 (168.5256)
Jul 10, 2025	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	40 / 66 (675.8512)	23 (171.9656)	55 (160.5144)	23 (171.9656)	28 (171.4056)
Jun 20, 2025	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	38 / 42 (668.4000)	36 (167.3828)	7 (175.4288)	42 (154.7656)	21 (170.8228)
May 9, 2025	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	8 / 42 (691.3832)	6 (177.1544)	10 (171.9772)	10 (171.9772)	15 (170.2744)
Oct 17, 2024	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	28 / 33 (674.7660)	12 (175.4172)	31 (165.1088)	20 (170.8344)	29 (163.4056)
Jul 11, 2024	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	29 / 76 (689.0516)	43 (170.8344)	42 (169.6916)	39 (170.8112)	3 (177.7144)
Oct 20, 2023	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	12 / 35 (693.6344)	13 (174.2744)	8 (175.4172)	25 (170.8228)	15 (173.1200)
Jul 6, 2023	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	28 / 76 (680.4572)	46 (166.2400)	5 (177.7028)	55 (162.2516)	11 (174.2628)
May 12, 2023	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	25 / 40 (669.5312)	32 (162.8000)	17 (170.8228)	28 (165.0856)	14 (170.8228)
Oct 21, 2022	Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Roswell, GA	34 / 35 (663.2456)	28 (168.5372)	24 (169.6800)	35 (161.0856)	31 (163.9428)
Oct 14, 2022	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival 🏅 Grovetown, GA	37 / 51 (666.1028)	1 (180)	50 (152.4800)	45 (163.9428)	23 (169.6800)
Jul 7, 2022	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	23 / 92 (685.6000)	28 (170.8228)	30 (171.9772)	20 (171.9772)	30 (170.8228)
Sep 4, 2021	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 🏅 Augusta, GA	23 / 43 (686.1828)	36 (168.5372)	4 (178.2972)	29 (168.5256)	27 (170.8228)
Aug 27, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC	15 / 22 (664.3884)	18 (163.3712)	14 (167.3944)	6 (170.8228)	15 (162.8000)
Aug 20, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC	18 / 26 (675.2684)	14 (170.8344)	19 (167.3944)	18 (169.6684)	16 (167.3712)
Jul 16, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland 🏅 Asheboro, NC	6 / 19 (685.6232)	14 (168.5488)	14 (163.9544)	1 (178.8572)	4 (174.2628)
Jul 9, 2021	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	26 / 81 (682.1368)	40 (168.5256)	23 (170.8228)	33 (168.5256)	13 (174.2628)
Jun 11, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC	12 / 28 (682.7544)	6 (175.4172)	21 (165.6800)	14 (169.6800)	11 (171.9772)
May 22, 2021	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 🏅 Evans, GA	13 / 21 (685.0516)	20 (162.8116)	1 (180)	9 (171.4172)	10 (170.8228)
May 21, 2021	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 🏅 Evans, GA	14 / 21 (675.8628)	16 (168.5372)	14 (166.2516)	16 (165.6684)	2 (175.4056)
May 14, 2021	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	16 / 42 (678.7428)	12 (171.9772)	8 (173.7028)	21 (166.2400)	22 (166.8228)
Apr 16, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge 🏅 Roebuck, SC	12 / 27 (685.6228)	7 (175.4400)	8 (173.1200)	9 (170.8344)	23 (166.2284)
Mar 19, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club 🏅 Summerville, SC	21 / 26 (672.9944)	16 (170.8344)	10 (171.9888)	14 (168.5256)	24 (161.6456)
Sep 5, 2020	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Augusta, GA	26 / 54 (690.2060)	35 (171.9888)	3 (178.8572)	32 (169.6800)	32 (169.6800)
Sep 4, 2020	Practice for Cash 🏅 Augusta, GA	38 / 46 (650.6052)	42 (160.4796)	7 (171.9772)	38 (159.9428)	43 (158.2056)
Aug 14, 2020	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken 🏅 Aiken, SC	19 / 34 (675.8972)	17 (169.1316)	3 (176.5600)	30 (162.8228)	20 (167.3828)
Jul 12, 2019	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	44 / 83 (655.7940)	58 (160.5372)	46 (162.8000)	49 (163.9312)	23 (168.5256)
May 24, 2019	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA	57 / 72 (652.3888)	63 (161.0972)	48 (165.6916)	52 (162.8000)	54 (162.8000)
May 10, 2019	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	23 / 42 (662.1028)	3 (174.2744)	25 (161.0972)	26 (162.7884)	28 (163.9428)
Jul 12, 2018	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	27 / 89 (675.8856)	8 (174.2628)	27 (168.5600)	46 (164.5256)	28 (168.5372)
Jun 1, 2018	Piggin In The Park Woodruff, SC	21 / 34 (667.3032)	30 (159.9544)	25 (164.5488)	26 (167.3828)	6 (175.4172)
May 25, 2018	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	30 / 72 (677.6116)	56 (163.9544)	47 (165.1200)	19 (169.6800)	2 (178.8572)
May 11, 2018	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	3 / 42 (688.4912)	7 (173.7028)	7 (172)	19 (165.0856)	1 (177.7028)
Aug 25, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	29 / 29 (653.0288)	27 (165.1660)	19 (163.9772)	29 (159.3600)	21 (164.5256)
Aug 11, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	4 / 27 (683.4060)	4 (174.8572)	7 (169.1544)	8 (169.6800)	9 (169.7144)
Jul 28, 2017	Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Summerville, SC	4 / 25 (682.7540)	9 (170.2628)	18 (166.8228)	9 (171.4056)	5 (174.2628)
Jul 6, 2017	SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC	45 / 89 (659.8172)	50 (163.9544)	46 (164.5372)	25 (169.6800)	46 (161.6456)
Jun 2, 2017	Piggin In The Park (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Woodruff, SC	25 / 44 (662.1828)	29 (163.9656)	13 (169.7144)	38 (159.9772)	11 (168.5256)
May 26, 2017	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	12 / 67 (687.3600)	21 (173.7028)	24 (170.8344)	35 (167.3828)	4 (175.4400)
May 12, 2017	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	3 / 42 (686.7888)	18 (167.3828)	4 (175.4172)	7 (172)	5 (171.9888)
Jul 29, 2016	Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival Summerville, SC	11 / 22 (678.1944)	15 (167.4172)	17 (159.9544)	1 (176.5600)	3 (174.2628)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	12 / 82 (675.8972)	4 (175.4400)	17 (169.1200)	26 (166.2400)	29 (165.0972)
Jun 3, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	13 / 27 (669.5540)	5 (172.5600)	13 (169.1200)	24 (159.3484)	13 (168.5256)
May 27, 2016	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	19 / 66 (681.0400)	7 (175.4172)	28 (167.9772)	36 (165.0856)	14 (172.5600)
May 13, 2016	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	13 / 41 (658.1140)	14 (169.1084)	13 (164.5372)	10 (166.8228)	24 (157.6456)
Sep 4, 2015	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	9 / 26 (674.7200)	16 (167.3828)	19 (158.2172)	7 (169.6800)	1 (179.4400)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	2 / 90 (696.5600)	2 (179.4400)	40 (163.9772)	2 (175.4056)	2 (177.7372)
Jun 12, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	13 / 29 (656.4800)	8 (169.1428)	23 (156.5600)	11 (164.5372)	11 (166.2400)
May 22, 2015	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	45 / 65 (658.1604)	38 (166.2400)	55 (158.8116)	14 (169.1200)	38 (163.9888)
May 8, 2015	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	11 / 39 (667.2456)	7 (169.6684)	12 (165.0972)	4 (169.6800)	19 (162.8000)
Aug 29, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	26 / 30 (646.7660)	12 (171.4172)	21 (163.4516)	17 (161.1316)	30 (150.7656)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	34 / 86 (660.4576)	31 (167.4172)	7 (171.4172)	30 (164.5488)	54 (157.0744)
Jun 13, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	4 / 30 (674.1944)	12 (166.8456)	6 (166.8344)	1 (175.4172)	13 (165.0972)
May 23, 2014	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	11 / 65 (672.4228)	12 (170.8228)	27 (164.5372)	6 (171.9772)	27 (165.0856)
May 9, 2014	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	7 / 42 (671.3144)	1 (178.8572)	3 (170.8344)	27 (159.9312)	16 (161.6916)
May 24, 2013	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	27 / 47 (661.1424)	28 (165.7142)	6 (171.4286)	24 (165.7142)	36 (158.2854)
May 10, 2013	Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Waynesboro, GA	21 / 41 (653.7142)	7 (170.8572)	19 (163.4286)	31 (157.7140)	25 (161.7144)
—	BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Chicken Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC	—	13 (164.5372)	—	—	—
—	BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC	—	—	5 (170.8344)	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)