Southern Boys BBQ

Southern Boys BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 18th of 18 at the Saltwater Brew 'N' Que (2015). They finished #799 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1473

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 24, 2015

latest Nov 4, 2019 · 4.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#799

Master 2020 · every season

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

643.4512 / 720

Master · Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.3200

Chicken · Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars

Consistency

±32.15

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.39 · weakest Brisket (144.15)

Road miles

10,276

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 10,209 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Master avg

598.00 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

The comeback

4.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.5 years, then back at Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars (Nov 4, 2019).

last seen May 15, 2015
back Nov 4, 2019

The long haul

10,276 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,276 miles across 3 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 10,209 miles to Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars.

3 mapped stops
furthest 10,209 mi

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
2020 ↗	Master	#799 (83 pts)	#618 (158 pts)	#856 (83 pts)	#893 (63 pts)	#789 (98 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1795 (83 pts)	#1405 (158 pts)	#1884 (83 pts)	#2018 (63 pts)	#1762 (98 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	170.3200	151.4744	160.39	top 56%
Pork Ribs	3	0	159.4628	135.3600	144.75	top 84%
Pork	3	0	154.8228	138.7540	148.71	top 85%
Brisket	3	0	158.8456	125.0400	144.15	top 74%

“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.

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 2 of 3 contests

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 74 finished ahead 14 times, behind 65

Longest layoff 4.5 yrs May 15, 2015 → Nov 4, 2019

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

20194 milestones

Nov 4 First call Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
Nov 4 Career-best overall score643.4512 Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
Nov 4 Career-best single call (Chicken)170.3200 Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
Nov 4 Most recent contest Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars

20152 milestones

Apr 24 First tracked contest Saltwater Brew 'N' Que
Apr 24 Peak power rating (1486) Saltwater Brew 'N' Que

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 4, 2019	Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne	19 / 28 (643.4512)	7 (170.3200)	19 (159.4628)	23 (154.8228)	16 (158.8456)
May 15, 2015	Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA	31 / 36 (576.3884)	19 (159.3828)	32 (139.4172)	26 (152.5484)	33 (125.0400)
Apr 24, 2015	Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA	18 / 18 (574.1600)	16 (151.4744)	17 (135.3600)	18 (138.7540)	13 (148.5716)