CRUMMY BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5554

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1449

peak 1449 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-09-08

latest 2023-06-02

Best ToY finish

#1232

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

636.9596 / 720

Master · Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

626.35 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 612.13 (+14.23)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Chicken · International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN

Consistency

±46.28

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 156.85 · weakest Chicken (145.37)

Road miles

344

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 61 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Purse competed for

$28K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

612.13 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN' BUTTS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN' BUTTS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.5 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.49 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Chicken avg 145.37
Brisket avg 156.85
0 calls in 9 entries

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest (2022-09-09).

last seen 2019-09-06
back 2022-09-09

Brisket nemesis

6 of 6 shared brisket entries lost

SMOKIN' BUTTS ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN' BUTTS has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared brisket entries.

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.

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

TJ'S BBQ

#5558 of the rated field

1449 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-06-09

⚔ Head-to-head

OINK MASTER

#5544 of the rated field

1449 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before CRUMMY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BRISKETBONE BBQ

#5537 of the rated field

1449 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-08-16

⚔ Head-to-head

WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ?

#5549 of the rated field

1449 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-05-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Shell Rock Smokers

#5538 of the rated field

1449 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

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Bar B Q Dat

#5561 of the rated field

1449 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

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 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PORK AVENUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Through The Night	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	173.1200	20.0000	145.37	top 74%
Pork Ribs	9	163.9656	146.8116	155.64	top 81%
Pork	9	164.5600	141.6800	154.26	top 84%
Brisket	9	165.1772	141.0400	156.85	top 67%

“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
TN	6	0	top 88%
AR	3	0	top 60%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	3	27	0	top 82%	2019-09-06

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

On the trail 5.7 yrs 2017-09-08 → 2023-06-02

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 6 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 156.85 · weakest Chicken (145.37)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 612.13 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 209 74–257 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 344 9 mapped stops · furthest 61 mi

Schedule strength 1564 average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests

Purse competed for $28,400 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2019-09-06 → 2022-09-09

Power rating 1449 peak 1449 · #5554 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
Sep 8 First tracked contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
Sep 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
Sep 29 Peak power rating (1493) *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
2019
Jun 7 Career-best overall score636.9596 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
2023
Jun 2 Most recent contest Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.8	*Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival	2018-09-28
+1.4	*Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	2017-09-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Eighth Annual Bull Moose (JUDGE'S FULL)	2018-04-06
-8.9	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest	2022-09-09
-8.8	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	2017-09-08
-8.2	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	2019-09-06
-7	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2019-06-07

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)
2023	1	0%	top 88%	86%	86%
2022	1	0%	top 95%	87.4%	87.4%
2019	2	0%	top 83%	88.5%	86.9%
2018	3	0%	top 75%	87.8%	80.6%
2017	2	0%	top 67%	88.2%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-06-02	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN	22 / 25 (619.1768)	22 (159.3828)	17 (163.9656)	23 (154.7884)	24 (141.0400)
2022-09-09	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN	36 / 38 (629.0172)	35 (159.9428)	36 (155.4172)	35 (155.4056)	32 (158.2516)
2019-09-06	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN 🏅 Millington, TN	27 / 32 (614.1256)	31 (151.9888)	28 (154.7884)	27 (157.6684)	27 (149.6800)
2019-06-07	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR	42 / 51 (636.9596)	44 (160.5256)	43 (153.6456)	31 (164.5600)	38 (158.2284)
2018-09-28	*Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	21 / 45 (632.4912)	31 (153.6456)	30 (155.3828)	25 (158.2856)	13 (165.1772)
2018-09-07	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) Millington, TN	27 / 34 (626.1596)	20 (166.2512)	23 (162.2512)	33 (141.6800)	25 (155.9772)
2018-04-06	Eighth Annual Bull Moose (JUDGE'S FULL) Somerville, TN	39 / 40 (482.7772)	39 (20.0000)	39 (146.8116)	33 (159.4400)	32 (156.5256)
2017-09-29	*Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	17 / 33 (635.3716)	16 (163.4400)	24 (155.9544)	29 (151.9772)	12 (164.0000)
2017-09-08	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN	35 / 42 (633.0624)	14 (173.1200)	38 (152.5712)	42 (144.5712)	20 (162.8000)

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1232 (65 pts)	#1305 (65 pts)	#1320 (90 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1594 (55 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1597 (117 pts)	#1683 (117 pts)	#1681 (117 pts)	#1679 (117 pts)	#1648 (117 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1442 (139 pts)	#1508 (144 pts)	#1570 (129 pts)	#1728 (119 pts)	#1369 (179 pts)