High-water mark
667.8284
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8284 at City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 11, 2021
TARBILLY'S BBQ
TARBILLY'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 9th of 15 at the City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off (2021). They are ranked #3624 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 11, 2015
latest Jun 11, 2021 · 5.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.50
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.22 · weakest Brisket (160.18)
Road miles
602
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$3,800
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
652.06 / 720
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #902 (125 pts) | #1057 (115 pts) | #971 (135 pts) | #826 (165 pts) | #934 (125 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TARBILLY'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
158 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
They turned up 9 years after TARBILLY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#3,617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with TARBILLY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before TARBILLY'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before TARBILLY'S BBQ'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 162.8228 | 165.22 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.3716 | 163.39 | top 59% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 156.5144 | 163.28 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 153.6800 | 160.18 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 60 times, behind 124
Longest layoff
5 yrs
Jun 17, 2016 → Jun 11, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20215 milestones
- First call City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
- First overall top-10 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
- Career-best overall score667.8284 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
- Most recent contest City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Beak Week BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1495) Beak Week BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1600 Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off | Jun 11, 2021 |
| +0.7 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Jun 17, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown | Oct 9, 2015 |
| -4.9 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge | Sep 11, 2015 |
| -1 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival | Oct 16, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 91.4% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2021 | City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off 🏅 Welch, WV | 9 / 15 (667.8284) | 10 (164.5372) | 8 (168.5256) | 5 (175.4172) | 9 (159.3484) |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV | 27 / 42 (655.8400) | 25 (168.5372) | 14 (168.5372) | 29 (158.8228) | 31 (159.9428) |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC | 24 / 37 (658.1600) | 23 (166.2744) | 25 (161.6572) | 27 (162.8228) | 16 (167.4056) |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC | 37 / 49 (635.2116) | 30 (162.8228) | 43 (155.3716) | 39 (156.5144) | 25 (160.5028) |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC | 24 / 32 (643.2800) | 19 (163.9428) | 17 (162.8344) | 24 (162.8228) | 27 (153.6800) |