A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BBQ A LA BAMA
BBQ A LA BAMA is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 29th of 30 at the Smoke on the Falls (2019). They finished #1601 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2018
latest Apr 8, 2022 · 3.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±30.86
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.60 · weakest Brisket (144.81)
Road miles
414
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
611.86 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1601 (59 pts) | #1610 (59 pts) | #1656 (59 pts) | #1610 (59 pts) | #1612 (59 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1617 (115 pts) | #1558 (125 pts) | #1697 (115 pts) | #1689 (115 pts) | #1664 (115 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1803 (105 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BBQ A LA BAMA, each with one reason worth a look.
BBQ A LA BAMA has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 136 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,271 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Fewer contests behind them than BBQ A LA BAMA has cooked, 5 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Level with BBQ A LA BAMA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Fewer contests behind them than BBQ A LA BAMA has cooked, 5 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Fewer contests behind them than BBQ A LA BAMA has cooked, 5 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,275 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BBQ A LA BAMA's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,272 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BBQ A LA BAMA'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 | 165.1656 | 143.3828 | 158.27 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 150.2516 | 158.60 | top 82% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 137.6800 | 152.68 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 136.5144 | 144.81 | top 94% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 97% | Apr 8, 2022 |
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 48 | 0 | top 85% | May 3, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
12 of 12 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
268
finished ahead 84 times, behind 263
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Apr 8, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
20191 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
20184 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6116 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score649.6116 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9656 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1493) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 3, 2019 |
| -7 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 4, 2018 |
| -5.1 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2019 |
| -3.6 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 8, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.4% | 85.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 33 / 34 (567.8288) | 34 (143.3828) | 34 (150.2516) | 33 (137.6800) | 34 (136.5144) |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 48 / 54 (629.6004) | 50 (155.9544) | 37 (162.8804) | 48 (158.2400) | 48 (152.5256) |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 29 / 30 (600.4004) | 23 (161.6916) | 28 (154.2288) | 29 (142.8228) | 28 (141.6572) |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 50 / 61 (649.6116) | 42 (165.1316) | 40 (163.9544) | 16 (171.9656) | 57 (148.5600) |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 31, 2015 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 26 (165.1656) | 26 (161.6688) | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |