UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ MS

Power ranking

#486

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1596

peak 1596

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-05

latest 2026-05-08

Best ToY finish

#130

Master 2019

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

35 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 51 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

702.2516

Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

690.77 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 681.01 (+9.77)

Walk rate

88%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Southaven Springfest

Consistency

±11.85

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.38 · weakest Brisket (169.14)

Road miles

7714

mi across 51 mapped stops · furthest 412 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

RAZORRACKS has finished one call ahead of UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BEER-B-QUE BOYS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of K & K KOOKERS in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.1312 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (2019-08-23).

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 16% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MS first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	51	26	1	10	178.8572	161.0856	172.38	top 39%
Pork Ribs	51	26	4	9	180.0000 🔥	153.0628	170.31	top 44%
Pork	52	19	0	8	180.0000 🔥	159.3600	169.23	top 50%
Brisket	51	21	1	8	180.0000 🔥	154.2172	169.14	top 46%

“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	Avg finish
MS	20	top 39%
TN	14	top 51%
MO	6	top 43%
AR	6	top 41%
AL	4	top 62%
IL	1	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	top 49%
Medium (20–39)	35	top 44%
Large (40+)	10	top 48%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (11 contests)
Cooks mostly in MS (20 of 51 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork (52 entries)
All-time average overall score: 681.01
3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	2	0	699.9312	696.79
2025	8	0	702.2516	684.98
2024	8	1	698.2632	685.92
2023	4	1	692.5604	677.48
2022	8	1	694.2516	675.18
2021	5	0	686.2172	672.79
2020	5	0	700.0000	684.21
2019	11	3	701.7028	679.47

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-08	44th Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO	14 / 25 (693.6456)	7 (176.5600)	20 (170.2628)	4 (177.7028)	20 (169.1200)
2026-04-24	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	10 / 33 (699.9312)	18 (172.5484)	8 (176.5600)	21 (170.8228)	3 (180.0000)
2025-10-17	Roast N Boast Columbus, MS	6 / 13 (682.1600)	5 (173.1200)	6 (170.8228)	4 (175.4172)	11 (162.8000)
2025-10-03	Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) Jackson, TN	17 / 25 (675.8856)	20 (164.5372)	6 (175.4056)	12 (170.8228)	17 (165.1200)
2025-06-06	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	8 / 30 (702.2516)	11 (175.4288)	9 (176.0000)	2 (180.0000)	18 (170.8228)
2025-05-30	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	4 / 25 (698.2172)	9 (170.8228)	2 (176.5600)	7 (174.2744)	3 (176.5600)
2025-05-09	43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO	15 / 27 (679.2912)	14 (173.1200)	17 (167.3828)	21 (164.5256)	7 (174.2628)
2025-05-02	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Fest Brookhaven, MS	21 / 27 (675.8856)	27 (161.0856)	8 (174.8688)	16 (171.9656)	20 (167.9656)
2025-04-25	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	23 / 34 (675.3604)	18 (170.8228)	12 (173.7372)	32 (161.6804)	21 (169.1200)
2025-04-04	Smokin on the Rez Ridgeland, MS	7 / 17 (690.8000)	13 (173.1084)	15 (161.1200)	3 (177.7144)	2 (178.8572)
2024-10-18	Roast N Boast Columbus, MS	4 / 15 (693.0744)	3 (175.4172)	1 (177.1544)	9 (170.8228)	6 (169.6800)
2024-09-27	TN River BBQ Fest Saltillo, TN	11 / 17 (673.0512)	4 (173.1316)	10 (169.7028)	13 (165.7028)	11 (164.5140)
2024-09-20	Smoke on the Water Pine Bluff, AR	20 / 42 (681.0628)	21 (170.2628)	32 (163.3828)	14 (172.5600)	8 (174.8572)
2024-06-07	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	16 / 33 (686.2060)	9 (174.2744)	20 (168.5488)	3 (178.2972)	23 (165.0856)
2024-05-31	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	19 / 25 (669.5888)	19 (162.8000)	20 (166.8344)	21 (160.5144)	2 (179.4400)
2024-05-10	Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO	11 / 26 (696.5028)	12 (173.7028)	15 (170.8344)	3 (178.8572)	9 (173.1084)
2024-05-03	Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest Brookhaven, MS	4 / 25 (698.2632)	9 (173.1316)	3 (176.0116)	3 (176.5600)	8 (172.5600)
2024-04-12	12th Annual Bull Moose BBQ Somerville, TN	11 / 14 (689.6112)	11 (171.4056)	10 (169.6916)	7 (175.4056)	7 (173.1084)
2023-06-02	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	16 / 25 (668.4112)	1 (176.5600)	21 (156.5028)	15 (169.6684)	17 (165.6800)
2023-04-28	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff Brandon, MS	21 / 28 (672.4916)	8 (175.4172)	19 (170.2972)	9 (172.5600)	24 (154.2172)
2023-04-21	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	18 / 34 (676.4460)	15 (170.8344)	10 (173.1200)	16 (169.6800)	25 (162.8116)
2023-04-14	11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ Somerville, TN	7 / 25 (692.5604)	3 (176.5600)	4 (176.5600)	8 (172.5716)	14 (166.8688)
2022-11-12	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL	56 / 61 (671.3372)	36 (171.9772)	56 (165.0972)	57 (165.6800)	45 (168.5828)
2022-11-11	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL	86 / 91 (650.6628)	75 (166.2400)	89 (153.0628)	32 (172.5600)	81 (158.8000)
2022-06-10	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	9 / 33 (692.4684)	12 (173.1200)	23 (168.5256)	15 (171.9656)	3 (178.8572)
2022-05-14	2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 Union City, TN	17 / 23 (679.3600)	18 (170.2628)	20 (162.8344)	10 (171.4056)	6 (174.8572)
2022-05-13	2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 Union City, TN	12 / 25 (678.7884)	11 (171.4172)	1 (176.5716)	16 (169.1084)	21 (161.6912)
2022-05-06	40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO	5 / 13 (694.2516)	3 (176.5716)	7 (169.7144)	7 (173.1200)	4 (174.8456)
2022-04-22	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	22 / 36 (663.8400)	19 (171.4056)	20 (167.9772)	29 (161.6572)	26 (162.8000)
2022-03-18	Smoke on The Shores Lebanon, TN	36 / 63 (670.7312)	17 (174.2628)	45 (163.3828)	39 (165.7028)	34 (167.3828)
2021-10-29	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	17 / 36 (674.1368)	19 (169.1084)	27 (164.5256)	26 (165.0972)	8 (175.4056)
2021-10-22	Esperanza Bonanza Marion, AR	15 / 27 (680.4684)	14 (168.5372)	7 (176.5600)	2 (171.9772)	13 (169.6912)
2021-07-09	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL	24 / 38 (659.2916)	9 (171.9772)	25 (163.9888)	19 (166.8228)	33 (156.5028)
2021-06-18	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Nesbit, MS	14 / 48 (686.2172)	4 (178.8572)	7 (176.0000)	36 (161.6800)	22 (169.6800)
2021-04-09	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) Collierville, TN	23 / 44 (663.8512)	26 (166.8228)	29 (163.9428)	22 (166.8228)	18 (166.2628)
2020-10-09	Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS	11 / 36 (689.1312)	5 (176.0000)	14 (172.5828)	17 (170.2628)	19 (170.2856)
2020-09-25	TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest Savannah, TN	23 / 47 (678.8228)	7 (176.0000)	12 (176.0000)	43 (160.5256)	30 (166.2972)
2020-07-18	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) Osceola, MO	13 / 31 (689.1660)	20 (170.8572)	15 (172.0000)	3 (176.5944)	16 (169.7144)
2020-06-26	Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival Byram, MS	11 / 31 (663.9544)	8 (169.1200)	13 (166.8344)	20 (162.8456)	13 (165.1544)
2020-06-19	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Hernando, MS	4 / 47 (700.0000)	2 (178.2972)	27 (170.2628)	12 (174.8572)	4 (176.5828)
2019-10-11	BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR	8 / 20 (683.3604)	8 (171.9888)	4 (172.5716)	12 (166.2400)	7 (172.5600)
2019-10-04	Roast N Boast Columbus, MS	13 / 25 (673.6456)	3 (175.4400)	3 (175.4056)	16 (165.1084)	20 (157.6916)
2019-09-13	RiverFest Decatur, AL	14 / 37 (670.7540)	3 (176.5828)	10 (171.4056)	29 (159.3600)	20 (163.4056)
2019-09-06	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN	2 / 32 (701.7028)	3 (177.7372)	1 (178.2972)	10 (171.4056)	5 (174.2628)
2019-08-24	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) Brandon, MS	4 / 28 (680.5144)	9 (169.1200)	2 (172.5600)	20 (162.8228)	1 (176.0116)
2019-08-23	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) Brandon, MS	2 / 29 (679.9088)	6 (170.8228)	3 (171.9772)	17 (161.6916)	3 (175.4172)
2019-08-16	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	12 / 45 (677.1200)	3 (177.1772)	5 (176.5600)	30 (162.2744)	24 (161.1084)
2019-07-26	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL	6 / 27 (677.1204)	3 (174.8572)	7 (169.1316)	5 (170.8344)	14 (162.2972)
2019-06-14	Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Hernado, MS	11 / 49 (689.6456)	11 (174.2856)	1 (180.0000)	39 (163.9428)	11 (171.4172)
2019-04-26	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	11 / 31 (675.3256)	22 (165.1084)	6 (173.7028)	25 (159.9544)	3 (176.5600)
2019-04-05	9th Annual Bull Moose Millington, TN	9 / 25 (665.0396)	4 (172.5484)	22 (153.1316)	3 (173.7028)	10 (165.6568)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#424 (238 pts)	#481 (248 pts)	#534 (228 pts)	#404 (278 pts)	#371 (308 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#224 (983 pts)	#262 (853 pts)	#203 (1163 pts)	#182 (1158 pts)	#204 (1068 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#213 (1000 pts)	#197 (1070 pts)	#222 (1040 pts)	#139 (1240 pts)	#164 (1165 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#376 (537 pts)	#254 (877 pts)	#407 (607 pts)	#347 (607 pts)	#462 (432 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#355 (644 pts)	#331 (729 pts)	#361 (704 pts)	#399 (589 pts)	#298 (774 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#410 (452 pts)	#336 (612 pts)	#414 (502 pts)	#514 (357 pts)	#404 (497 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#176 (652 pts)	#134 (842 pts)	#230 (522 pts)	#206 (597 pts)	#201 (577 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#130 (1652 pts)	#58 (1931 pts)	#30 (2117 pts)	#269 (1091 pts)	#127 (1592 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#700 (480 pts)	#640 (580 pts)	#661 (555 pts)	#656 (565 pts)	#755 (465 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2852 (55 pts)	#2257 (65 pts)	#2862 (55 pts)	#2170 (75 pts)	#2840 (55 pts)