The heartbreaker
1.1428
points from the title
Came within 1.1428 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition (2025-04-11).
ZIPS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1693
peak 1709 · rated over 66 contests ⓘ
Best runs
5
straight top-10s · 4 straight GCs
Contests
76
in the data
First seen
2018-09-21
latest 2026-08-07
Best ToY finish
#51
Master 2024
Grand champs
7
2 reserve
Category wins
16
33 podiums
Overall top-10s
33
of 76 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
11 🔥
Current form
690.20 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 686.66 (+3.54)
Walk rate
62%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (170.55)
Road miles
12,644
mi across 76 mapped stops · furthest 718 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$870K
listed at 62 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
7 🏅
GCs in 65 state-championship entries
Master avg
686.66 / 720
68 Master contests · 3 GCs
Backyard avg
441.47 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 4 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (18 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.
Among the elite
#418
of 6,413 rated teams
In the top 7% of every rated team in the data
A power rating of 1693 puts them #418 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.
- rating 1693
- peak 1709
- 66 rated contests
The 180 club
11
perfect 180s
11 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 4 different meats.
- Chicken ×4
- Pork Ribs ×3
- Pork ×2
- Brisket ×2
Against the odds
8-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival (2022-10-14) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 8-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CLARK CREW BBQ.
Giant slayer
62
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 62-team field at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival.
- 2019-03-01
Happy hunting ground
Top 11%
average finish here
Poosa Q is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 5th
- average top 11%
They almost always walk
62%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 47 of 76 contests
A top-10 category call in 62% of their 76 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
708.5372
career-best overall
98.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 708.5372 at Pigs & Peaches — 98.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-08-15
State champions
7
state championships won
They've taken 7 state championships from 65 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 65 state-championship entries
The one to beat
4×
one call ahead of them
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS has finished one call ahead of ZIPS BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2019
4 Grand Championships
2019 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 4 Grand Championships and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 8%.
- 5 contests
- 5 overall top-10s
- 4 category wins
- average top 8%
A tough matchup
29–11
behind in the head-to-head
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 73% of their meetings
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 29 of their 40 shared contests.
A strong matchup
31–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 97% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Peckerwood Country Club in 31 of their 32 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
4×
one call behind them
SWEET DIXIE BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.
Boom or bust
±9.10%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±9.10% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 97.2% of a perfect score
- best 143.0%
An October team
Top 18%
average finish in October
Something about October: average finish in the top 18% across 5 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.
- 5 October contests
- top 35% the rest of the year
The long haul
12,644
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,644 miles across 76 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 718 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest.
- 76 mapped stops
- furthest 718 mi
A standing appointment
6
years running at one contest
They've cooked Sip & Swine BBQ Festival every year from 2021 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 26th
In the record book (1 in the KCBS record book)
Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.
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.
#415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 40
- GCs
- 4
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1709
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to ZIPS BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ZIPS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 62%
- Peak
- 1694
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ZIPS BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 63
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 49%
- Peak
- 1731
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before ZIPS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#421 of the rated field
- Contests
- 55
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 49%
- Peak
- 1713
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 55 contests to 76, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#416 of the rated field
- Contests
- 37
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1696
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 37 contests, alongside a 57% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1693
No shared contest yet.
Level with ZIPS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOL HAND QUE | 60 | 31 | 29 | 52% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 57 | 28 | 29 | 49% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 55 | 30 | 25 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 54 | 25 | 29 | 46% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 48 | 20 | 28 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Central BBQ | 41 | 13 | 28 | 32% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 40 | 11 | 29 | 28% | ⚔ compare |
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 39 | 14 | 25 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 38 | 22 | 16 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 37 | 23 | 14 | 62% | ⚔ compare |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 35 | 23 | 12 | 66% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 35 | 10 | 25 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 34 | 24 | 10 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | 33 | 18 | 15 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 32 | 31 | 1 | 97% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 74 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.8228 | 172.88 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 74 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.8000 | 170.55 | top 46% |
| Pork | 72 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.4400 | 171.02 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 68 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.2056 | 171.82 | top 37% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 43 | 7 | top 35% |
| TN | 12 | 0 | top 41% |
| AL | 5 | 0 | top 23% |
| NC | 4 | 0 | top 35% |
| SC | 4 | 0 | top 28% |
| FL | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 10% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 33 | 3 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 40 | 4 | top 38% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 6 | 26 | 0 | top 58% | 2026-03-06 |
| BBQ, Boogie & Blues | 4 | 1 | 1 | top 27% | 2024-04-26 |
| South Carolina Festival of Discovery | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 28% | 2026-07-09 |
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 30% | 2026-03-20 |
| Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 4 | 3 | 0 | top 21% | 2024-08-16 |
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 47% | 2025-11-14 |
| The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 3 | 5 | 0 | top 26% | 2025-10-03 |
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 43% | 2026-04-03 |
| Poosa Q | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 11% | 2025-06-20 |
| 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 62% | 2025-05-25 |
| Smoketember Fest | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 18% | 2023-09-15 |
| Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 56% | 2023-06-02 |
| Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 37% | 2022-05-13 |
The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.9 yrs
2018-09-21 → 2026-08-07
Busiest season
2025
14 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
8.4
across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
43 of 76 contests · 8 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
46
13 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
74 entries · 3 wins · 27 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 172.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (170.55)
Walk rate
62%
a top-10 call in 47 of 76 contests
Overall top-10 rate
43%
33 of 76 contests
Wins it all
9%
7 Grand Championships · 2 reserve
First title
2019-03-01
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Best top-10 run
5
straight contests
Master average
686.66
out of 720 · 68 contests · 3 GCs
Backyard average
441.47
out of 360 · 5 contests · 4 GCs
Perfect 180s
11
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
1,632
3,101–2,290 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
12,644
76 mapped stops · furthest 718 mi
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$870,460
listed at 62 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
7
from 65 state-championship entries
Power rating
1693
peak 1709 · #418 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Rock'n Ribville
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.3656 Rock'n Ribville
- 2019
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First Grand Championship Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First state championship Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Biggest field won (62 teams) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- 2020
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Hawgin On Lanier
- 10th tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- 2022
- 25th tracked contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival
- 5th Grand Championship Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival
- 2024
- 10th category win Smoke on the Falls
- 5th perfect 180 Smoke on the Falls
- First Reserve Championship 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
- 2025
- 50th tracked contest 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Career-best overall score708.5372 Pigs & Peaches
- Peak power rating (1709) Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge
- 2026
- 10th perfect 180 Mission Farms - King of the Farm
- Most recent contest Battle of the Blue Ridge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2019-03-01 |
| +18.2 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival | 2022-10-14 |
| +16.6 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | 2019-04-26 |
| +16.1 | Hawgin On Lanier | 2019-08-02 |
| +15.3 | Smokin' Bike Fest | 2019-05-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | 2026-01-09 |
| -14.4 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2025-11-14 |
| -12.4 | Smoke on the Falls | 2026-04-03 |
| -12.3 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | 2021-09-24 |
| -10.9 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | 2020-11-20 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 46% | top 40% | 98.2% | 95.8% |
| 2025 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 50% | top 34% | 98.4% | 96% |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 85% | top 24% | 98.1% | 96.3% |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 55% | top 37% | 97.3% | 95% |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 88% | top 31% | 97.9% | 95.5% |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43% | top 51% | 95.6% | 93.6% |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 60% | 95.5% | 94% |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 100% | top 8% | 143% | 122.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Battle of the Blue Ridge 🏅 Swannanoa, NC | 12 / 41 (688.5028) | 6 (176.0228) | 7 (175.4288) | 24 (168.5256) | 18 (168.5256) |
| 2026-07-09 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 6 / 75 (694.8000) | 8 (176.5600) | 23 (172.5600) | 43 (168.5372) | 6 (177.1428) |
| 2026-06-19 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Buckhannon, WV | 3 / 29 (695.3600) | 1 (177.7144) | 10 (172.5600) | 19 (167.3828) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 54 / 82 (689.0168) | 17 (177.7028) | 63 (170.8112) | 61 (170.8228) | 58 (169.6800) |
| 2026-05-23 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 67 / 117 (683.3144) | 93 (168.5256) | 56 (171.9888) | 60 (170.8344) | 47 (171.9656) |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | 34 (173.1200) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | 28 (174.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | 20th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 1 / 42 (706.8344) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (170.8228) | 2 (178.8572) | 5 (177.1544) |
| 2026-04-03 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 26 / 36 (683.8740) | 18 (173.1200) | 28 (167.9656) | 31 (167.3828) | 13 (175.4056) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 35 / 125 (690.2172) | 19 (176.5716) | 57 (170.8228) | 103 (165.6800) | 16 (177.1428) |
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 28 / 44 (681.0288) | 16 (174.2628) | 8 (175.4288) | 20 (170.8344) | 40 (160.5028) |
| 2026-02-27 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 11 / 33 (691.3256) | 19 (171.9772) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (169.6684) | 23 (169.6800) |
| 2026-01-09 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL | 28 / 38 (686.1828) | 22 (173.1200) | 25 (170.8228) | 13 (174.8572) | 32 (167.3828) |
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 41 / 56 (677.5656) | 28 (171.9656) | 34 (171.9772) | 54 (159.3484) | 14 (174.2744) |
| 2025-10-03 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 13 / 32 (691.3140) | 11 (173.1084) | 13 (173.1200) | 18 (170.8228) | 9 (174.2628) |
| 2025-09-19 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC | 3 / 36 (695.9432) | 2 (178.8572) | 4 (175.4288) | 19 (170.8228) | 16 (170.8344) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 1 / 27 (708.5372) | 1 (180.0000) | 10 (173.1200) | 3 (178.8572) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2025-07-10 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 25 / 66 (686.7772) | 33 (169.1200) | 38 (169.6800) | 22 (172.5600) | 11 (175.4172) |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 6 / 42 (697.0744) | 3 (178.8572) | 24 (169.6800) | 16 (174.2744) | 10 (174.2628) |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | 34 / 70 (692.4912) | 11 (177.7028) | 42 (171.9656) | 44 (171.9656) | 39 (170.8572) |
| 2025-05-24 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | 79 / 106 (678.1368) | 73 (170.2512) | 95 (167.3828) | 43 (173.1200) | 75 (167.3828) |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-04-25 | BBQ & Boogie 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 14 / 32 (684.4456) | 12 (174.2744) | 22 (167.3828) | 15 (169.6684) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 2 / 31 (705.0856) | 5 (177.7028) | 12 (174.2628) | 9 (176.5600) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 21 / 100 (694.7888) | 18 (176.5600) | 49 (169.6916) | 20 (175.4172) | 29 (173.1200) |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 26 / 45 (683.3372) | 18 (174.2628) | 18 (172.0000) | 36 (165.0972) | 17 (171.9772) |
| 2025-01-09 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 6 / 38 (694.7772) | 14 (174.2628) | 14 (173.1200) | 1 (176.5600) | 17 (170.8344) |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 26 / 58 (685.6344) | 19 (174.2628) | 44 (165.6916) | 16 (173.7144) | 17 (171.9656) |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 5 / 59 (694.8344) | 29 (171.4056) | 11 (174.2628) | 13 (174.3088) | 9 (174.8572) |
| 2024-09-20 | Pigmaster BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC | 23 / 33 (677.5772) | 3 (176.5600) | 31 (159.3716) | 21 (167.3828) | 10 (174.2628) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 3 / 26 (700.4912) | 2 (180.0000) | 10 (171.9656) | 8 (175.4056) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 5 / 76 (701.0856) | 7 (177.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 40 (170.2628) | 26 (173.1200) |
| 2024-06-21 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN | 10 / 33 (694.2172) | 4 (176.5600) | 20 (168.5372) | 7 (175.4172) | 9 (173.7028) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN | 38 / 81 (693.6228) | 31 (175.4056) | 65 (168.5372) | 42 (173.1200) | 18 (176.5600) |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN | 2 / 118 (706.2516) | 4 (180.0000) | 23 (174.2628) | 5 (178.8572) | 39 (173.1316) |
| 2024-05-10 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 4 / 42 (696.5028) | 4 (177.7028) | 16 (171.9772) | 13 (172.5600) | 10 (174.2628) |
| 2024-04-26 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 4 / 34 (693.6460) | 5 (177.7144) | 18 (169.6800) | 7 (174.2744) | 12 (171.9772) |
| 2024-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 4 / 31 (698.2172) | 5 (177.7028) | 20 (168.5372) | 12 (171.9772) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 8 / 93 (696.5372) | 50 (170.8572) | 40 (169.6800) | 4 (178.2972) | 4 (177.7028) |
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 31 / 59 (677.5772) | 41 (168.5256) | 48 (161.6688) | 28 (169.6684) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2023-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 14 / 60 (691.9084) | 19 (173.7028) | 15 (175.4172) | 25 (171.9656) | 27 (170.8228) |
| 2023-10-06 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 5 / 29 (694.7656) | 8 (173.1200) | 11 (173.1200) | 15 (170.8228) | 3 (177.7028) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 312 / 487 (662.1372) | 262 (167.9772) | 317 (165.0972) | 323 (163.9772) | 287 (165.0856) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 63 / 211 (688.5028) | 62 (174.8572) | 131 (169.6800) | 139 (168.5484) | 29 (175.4172) |
| 2023-09-15 | Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA | 4 / 25 (700.4912) | 6 (178.8572) | 18 (169.6684) | 7 (174.2628) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2023-08-18 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 5 / 27 (697.0856) | 12 (172.5600) | 6 (176.5716) | 16 (167.9540) | 2 (180.0000) |
| 2023-07-06 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 45 / 76 (670.0908) | 47 (165.0856) | 40 (167.9540) | 38 (167.3828) | 31 (169.6684) |
| 2023-06-02 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 13 / 27 (678.1712) | 8 (173.1200) | 19 (163.3828) | 25 (162.8112) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2023-04-28 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 5 / 32 (694.7772) | 11 (173.1200) | 1 (180.0000) | 8 (174.2628) | 20 (167.3944) |
| 2023-03-17 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 49 / 80 (671.9200) | 67 (166.2400) | 69 (159.4400) | 4 (178.8572) | 44 (167.3828) |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 37 / 65 (672.9712) | 36 (168.5256) | 18 (171.9772) | 50 (163.9312) | 31 (168.5372) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival 🏅 Grovetown, GA | 1 / 51 (705.1200) | 14 (176.0000) | 18 (172.5600) | 1 (178.8572) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2022-10-07 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 6 / 30 (695.3484) | 18 (169.1084) | 7 (174.2628) | 5 (175.4172) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA | 6 / 30 (691.9084) | 8 (175.4056) | 4 (176.5600) | 11 (173.7028) | 18 (166.2400) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 9 / 30 (691.3484) | 10 (173.7028) | 18 (170.8228) | 8 (174.2628) | 10 (172.5600) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA | 20 / 49 (686.8000) | 12 (175.4056) | 45 (160.5372) | 2 (178.8572) | 17 (172.0000) |
| 2022-06-03 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 16 / 25 (665.0284) | 24 (159.3828) | 19 (163.9772) | 10 (170.8228) | 9 (170.8456) |
| 2022-05-13 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 4 / 42 (691.9200) | 6 (176.0000) | 7 (173.1200) | 5 (174.2744) | 25 (168.5256) |
| 2022-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 45 / 73 (671.2912) | 32 (170.8228) | 39 (168.5372) | 22 (171.9884) | 55 (159.9428) |
| 2021-11-19 | GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 19 / 28 (673.0056) | 18 (168.5256) | 24 (163.9772) | 12 (169.6800) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2021-09-24 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 21 / 27 (666.1372) | 23 (164.5256) | 19 (169.6916) | 14 (167.9772) | 20 (163.9428) |
| 2021-08-20 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 6 / 26 (688.4800) | 11 (170.2628) | 6 (173.1200) | 2 (180.0000) | 17 (165.0972) |
| 2021-07-30 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 9 / 39 (685.0972) | 23 (169.6800) | 16 (171.4172) | 21 (166.2628) | 1 (177.7372) |
| 2021-06-25 | Blount County BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN | 14 / 32 (678.7544) | 13 (170.2744) | 7 (173.1200) | 12 (170.8344) | 23 (164.5256) |
| 2021-05-14 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 27 / 42 (663.8400) | 21 (168.5256) | 30 (162.8000) | 30 (164.5372) | 18 (167.9772) |
| 2021-03-05 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 44 / 81 (663.8396) | 57 (162.8228) | 54 (163.3828) | 47 (166.2284) | 22 (171.4056) |
| 2020-11-20 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 30 / 40 (674.1828) | 13 (173.7028) | 20 (171.4172) | 18 (170.8572) | 37 (158.2056) |
| 2020-09-05 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Augusta, GA | 39 / 54 (681.0172) | 10 (177.7028) | 22 (173.1316) | 44 (167.3828) | 49 (162.8000) |
| 2020-09-04 | Practice for Cash 🏅 Augusta, GA | 31 / 46 (664.4228) | 24 (169.6800) | 43 (154.8000) | 18 (169.6800) | 21 (170.2628) |
| 2020-07-31 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA | 13 / 55 (687.3368) | 34 (168.5484) | 25 (169.6684) | 1 (180.0000) | 24 (169.1200) |
| 2019-11-15 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA | 10 / 35 (487.9656) | 14 (158.8228) | 1 (173.7028) | 16 (155.4400) | — |
| 2019-08-02 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Gainesville, GA | 1 / 45 (514.8576) | 6 (168.5716) | 1 (177.1544) | 4 (169.1316) | — |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin' Bike Fest 🏅 Peachtree City, GA | 1 / 31 (353.7144) | 2 (176.0000) | 1 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 1 / 33 (338.2744) | 4 (171.4056) | 5 (166.8688) | 6 (161.6800) | — |
| 2019-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 1 / 62 (512.5372) | 3 (171.4400) | 1 (174.8572) | 7 (166.2400) | — |
| 2018-09-21 | Rock'n Ribville Lawrenceville, GA | 24 / 33 (648.3656) | 26 (159.3600) | 24 (163.9772) | 25 (160.5028) | 16 (164.5256) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #92 (1247 pts) | #63 (1452 pts) | #132 (1137 pts) | #149 (947 pts) | #81 (1242 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #108 (1547 pts) | #86 (1637 pts) | #234 (1042 pts) | #147 (1312 pts) | #131 (1377 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #51 (1884 pts) | #51 (1792 pts) | #184 (1144 pts) | #107 (1367 pts) | #62 (1647 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #168 (1150 pts) | #205 (1005 pts) | #209 (1075 pts) | #200 (1010 pts) | #110 (1390 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #261 (860 pts) | #431 (540 pts) | #403 (630 pts) | #279 (865 pts) | #282 (820 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #287 (675 pts) | #318 (630 pts) | #291 (720 pts) | #256 (775 pts) | #265 (750 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #655 (120 pts) | #531 (200 pts) | #665 (135 pts) | #619 (155 pts) | #645 (140 pts) |