Old Town Franklin BBQ

Old Town Franklin BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 60 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #643 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#643

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1652

peak 1677 · rated over 57 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 29, 2016

latest Nov 21, 2025 · 9.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#124

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

28 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 60 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

698.3200 / 720

Master · Clayton BBQ Cook-off

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

680.36 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.76 (+6.59)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · BBQ Jackpot

Consistency

±17.75

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 169.58 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.76)

Road miles

14,117

across 60 mapped stops · furthest 1,896 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$510K

listed at 40 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

won from 41 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.76 / 720

60 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (18 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.2800 points from the title

Came within 1.2800 points of the Grand Championship at Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off (Aug 17, 2018).

Among the elite

#643 of 6,485 rated teams

In the top 10% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1652 puts them #643 of 6,485 rated teams — the top 10% of the field.

rating 1652
peak 1677
57 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Brisket ×2
Chicken ×1

Against the odds

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest (Mar 15, 2024) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 27-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Meat Candy Q.

Happy hunting ground

Top 10% average finish here

Clayton BBQ Cook-off is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 10%

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 49 of 60 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 60 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

698.3200 career-best overall

97.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 698.3200 at Clayton BBQ Cook-off — 97.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 12, 2019

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State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 41 entries at contests carrying the title.

41 state-championship entries

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

BONE RUBBIN BBQ has finished one call ahead of Old Town Franklin BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

29–10 behind in the head-to-head

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 74% of their meetings

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 29 of their 39 shared contests.

The drought

11 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest on Mar 15, 2024 — 11 contests and 2.6 years ago.

last GC Mar 15, 2024
2.6 years ago

A strong matchup

31–7 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BAR-B-CUDA BBQ in 31 of their 38 shared contests.

Going the wrong way

-25 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 25 points across 5 contests since Dec 6, 2024 — from 1677 down to 1652.

5 contests since Dec 6, 2024
now 1652

Looking over their shoulder

5× one call behind them

Cynical BBQ has landed one call behind them 5 times.

A September team

Top 16% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 16% across 4 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

14,117 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 14,117 miles across 60 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,896 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

60 mapped stops
furthest 1,896 mi

The metronome

±2.46% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.46% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.6% of a perfect score
60 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 10th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#1020 (60 pts)	#1093 (60 pts)	#1161 (60 pts)	#1067 (60 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#515 (354 pts)	#274 (824 pts)	#665 (279 pts)	#462 (439 pts)	#419 (524 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#188 (1,079 pts)	#141 (1,259 pts)	#269 (924 pts)	#192 (1,044 pts)	#226 (954 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#301 (708 pts)	#403 (563 pts)	#372 (673 pts)	#289 (753 pts)	#450 (448 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#396 (559 pts)	#427 (544 pts)	#496 (494 pts)	#431 (529 pts)	#295 (779 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#527 (320 pts)	#514 (365 pts)	#725 (225 pts)	#515 (355 pts)	#446 (440 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#254 (440 pts)	#406 (285 pts)	#247 (495 pts)	#377 (310 pts)	#327 (370 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#124 (1,677 pts)	#166 (1,397 pts)	#92 (1,750 pts)	#121 (1,592 pts)	#38 (2,172 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1456 (135 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1584 (125 pts)	#1543 (130 pts)	#1495 (145 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#1559 (175 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1624 (150 pts)	#1791 (135 pts)	#1737 (145 pts)	#1613 (175 pts)	#1503 (180 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Old Town Franklin BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

BAR-B-Q'S-2GO

#642 of the rated field

1652 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1655

8–11 in 19 shared contests (42% to Old Town Franklin BBQ)

These two have cooked 19 of the same contests — BAR-B-Q'S-2GO ahead 11–8 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 56 contests
last seen Apr 16, 2021

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RED EYED SMOKERS

#641 of the rated field

1652 power rating

Contests: 67
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1722

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Old Town Franklin BBQ)

They've been 1722 at their best, 70 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 67 contests
last seen Jan 16, 2026

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TEAM CRAWFORD

#645 of the rated field

1652 power rating

Contests: 150
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1693

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Old Town Franklin BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 150 contests to 60.

rated over 139 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS

#646 of the rated field

1652 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1672

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Old Town Franklin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 54 contests

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OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ

#644 of the rated field

1652 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1652

32 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 44% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Sep 9, 2016

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HOME FARM BBQ

#636 of the rated field

1653 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 65
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1653

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Old Town Franklin BBQ)

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

rated over 61 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Cynical BBQ	42	13	29	31%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	39	10	29	26%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	38	31	7	82%	⚔ compare
BULL MARKET BBQ	37	14	23	38%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	34	29	5	85%	⚔ compare
BONE RUBBIN BBQ	33	19	14	58%	⚔ compare
RBQ	31	24	7	77%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	30	2	28	7%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	28	15	13	54%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	27	21	6	78%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	26	8	18	31%	⚔ compare
PIRATES OF THE PIG	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	23	9	14	39%	⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ	22	14	8	64%	⚔ compare
MUDVILLE BBQ	22	9	13	41%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	60	22	1	6	180 🔥	145.0512	168.27	top 46%
Pork Ribs	60	23	1	6	177.7144	151.9888	167.76	top 45%
Pork	56	21	1	6	177.7028	141.6344	168.06	top 43%
Brisket	60	33	5	10	180 🔥	145.6572	169.58	top 33%

“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)	3	1	top 19%
Medium (20–39)	31	1	top 39%
Large (40+)	25	0	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	47	2	top 39%
NV	5	0	top 40%
KS	2	0	top 58%
OR	2	0	top 16%
AZ	2	0	top 52%
TN	1	0	top 56%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship	4	10	0	top 51%	May 3, 2019
Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship	3	6	0	top 28%	Apr 28, 2023
Clayton BBQ Cook-off	3	2	0	top 10%	Jul 8, 2022
Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	3	5	0	top 38%	Jun 21, 2019
Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest	2	1	1	top 31%	Mar 14, 2025
BBQ Jackpot	2	31	0	top 57%	Nov 21, 2025
The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2)	2	16	0	top 57%	Jan 25, 2025
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2	7	0	top 24%	Aug 23, 2019
Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off	2	2	0	top 24%	Aug 16, 2019
Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival	2	7	0	top 31%	Jul 6, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 16 contests

Contests a season 6 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 47 of 60 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 45 10 of them more than once

First title Sep 29, 2023 Field, Fire Fork!

Opponents faced 1,108 finished ahead 1,733 times, behind 1,166

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Feb 21, 2020 → Apr 16, 2021

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

20251 milestone

Nov 21 Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot

20242 milestones

Apr 26 50th tracked contest Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
Dec 6 Peak power rating (1677) BBQ Jackpot

20232 milestones

Sep 29 First Grand Championship Field, Fire Fork!
Sep 29 First state championship Field, Fire Fork!

20192 milestones

Jun 21 25th tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Jul 12 Career-best overall score698.3200 Clayton BBQ Cook-off

20185 milestones

Apr 20 First overall top-10 Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
Jun 22 10th tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Jul 13 First overall podium 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 13 First Reserve Championship 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 13 First perfect 180 (Brisket) 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off

20173 milestones

May 5 First call Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship
May 5 First category win (Brisket) Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship
Jun 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.9028 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship

20161 milestone

Apr 29 First tracked contest Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off	Aug 17, 2018
+13.7	2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off	Jul 13, 2018
+13.5	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 24, 2018
+12.5	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship	Apr 20, 2018
+12.5	4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	Sep 14, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.7	The Golden State Battle IV - Day 2	Jan 22, 2022
-10	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL)	Feb 23, 2018
-9.7	BBQ Jackpot	Nov 21, 2025
-9.7	3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship	Apr 29, 2022
-8.3	Golden State Battle of Indio	Nov 17, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2025	4	0	0	1	75%	top 61%	95.6%	94.5%
2024	10	1	3	0	70%	top 39%	97%	95%
2023	5	1	3	1	100%	top 35%	96.8%	95%
2022	5	0	2	0	80%	top 48%	94.9%	93.7%
2021	3	0	0	0	100%	top 46%	95.6%	93.7%
2020	2	0	1	0	100%	top 20%	95.2%	94.2%
2019	16	0	7	2	88%	top 33%	97%	93.7%
2018	9	0	7	3	89%	top 26%	95.9%	93.7%
2017	4	0	0	1	75%	top 50%	93.2%	90.5%
2016	2	0	0	0	0%	top 69%	85.7%	85%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	64 / 90 (674.1256)	71 (166.2400)	42 (170.8228)	62 (168.5256)	57 (168.5372)
Mar 14, 2025	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	15 / 26 (682.7772)	19 (168.5256)	13 (170.8344)	15 (167.4172)	4 (176)
Jan 25, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 🏅 Hollister, CA	17 / 27 (688.4800)	1 (177.7144)	26 (167.3944)	—	6 (174.2628)
Jan 24, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) 🏅 Hollister, CA	16 / 31 (675.3716)	4 (174.3088)	30 (158.8000)	4 (176.5828)	17 (165.6800)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	31 / 74 (681.0288)	2 (180)	28 (170.8344)	54 (166.2400)	60 (163.9544)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	156 / 444 (682.8116)	17 (177.7144)	341 (163.3944)	187 (169.7372)	100 (171.9656)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	135 / 169 (674.6968)	129 (168.5256)	53 (173.7144)	142 (166.2284)	137 (166.2284)
Oct 11, 2024	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	49 / 87 (675.9316)	75 (163.9428)	9 (176.5716)	78 (158.8572)	8 (176.5600)
Jul 20, 2024	The Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	7 / 30 (698.2516)	2 (178.8572)	13 (169.7144)	5 (176.5600)	8 (173.1200)
Jun 14, 2024	CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) 🏅 Clayton, CA	6 / 25 (686.2056)	4 (176.5600)	7 (169.6800)	7 (174.8456)	11 (165.1200)
Apr 26, 2024	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	11 / 34 (690.2400)	23 (168.5256)	13 (172.5716)	5 (176)	10 (173.1428)
Mar 15, 2024	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	1 / 27 (698.2744)	7 (170.8228)	5 (175.4172)	3 (177.1544)	6 (174.8800)
Mar 1, 2024	The Golden State Battle VI 🏅 Hollister, CA	22 / 33 (671.3940)	18 (171.4284)	13 (171.4056)	27 (164)	24 (164.5600)
Jan 12, 2024	9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	18 / 58 (683.3828)	2 (177.7028)	33 (167.9772)	30 (168.5600)	24 (169.1428)
Nov 17, 2023	Golden State Battle of Indio 🏅 Indio, CA	28 / 40 (682.1712)	24 (171.9656)	25 (170.8572)	—	10 (174.2628)
Sep 29, 2023	Field, Fire Fork! 🏅 Los Banos, CA	1 / 19 (697.1088)	2 (175.4172)	2 (177.7144)	4 (176.5716)	10 (167.4056)
Aug 4, 2023	Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	5 / 29 (686.2632)	12 (173.1316)	8 (169.7144)	3 (176)	13 (167.4172)
Apr 28, 2023	Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	6 / 27 (685.6800)	10 (172.5600)	13 (169.7144)	1 (177.7028)	12 (165.7028)
Mar 3, 2023	The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA	17 / 28 (667.8512)	21 (167.3828)	6 (172)	25 (163.9312)	16 (164.5372)
Jul 8, 2022	Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA	3 / 27 (683.3716)	2 (175.4172)	10 (165.6916)	8 (172)	4 (170.2628)
Jul 1, 2022	2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) Sparks, NV	7 / 17 (673.0628)	17 (155.3944)	2 (173.1200)	3 (173.1428)	5 (171.4056)
Apr 29, 2022	3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	18 / 29 (667.8856)	24 (161.1200)	13 (170.2628)	16 (166.8228)	12 (169.6800)
Jan 22, 2022	The Golden State Battle IV - Day 2 🏅 Santa Barbara, CA	21 / 25 (671.8860)	18 (170.8344)	22 (165.6916)	23 (158.8000)	2 (176.5600)
Jan 21, 2022	The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 🏅 Santa Barbara, CA	13 / 30 (678.1828)	11 (173.1200)	24 (162.2400)	15 (169.7028)	7 (173.1200)
Jun 4, 2021	2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA	15 / 29 (667.3140)	19 (165.1316)	17 (166.2512)	17 (165.0856)	8 (170.8456)
Apr 17, 2021	The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 🏅 Hollister, CA	11 / 26 (688.4684)	14 (173.1084)	21 (163.9544)	—	7 (174.2628)
Apr 16, 2021	The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 🏅 Hollister, CA	18 / 41 (667.3484)	6 (171.4056)	32 (155.9772)	—	10 (173.7028)
Feb 21, 2020	The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial 🏅 Coachella, CA	13 / 50 (671.8512)	36 (163.9428)	9 (173.7144)	19 (168.5256)	23 (165.6684)
Jan 24, 2020	The Golden State Battle II 🏅 Hollister, CA	6 / 46 (685.1428)	28 (166.8228)	6 (170.8800)	8 (173.1428)	8 (174.2972)
Nov 1, 2019	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	9 / 37 (682.7660)	7 (173.1316)	6 (174.2744)	24 (163.9428)	9 (171.4172)
Sep 20, 2019	5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship 🏅	5 / 44 (683.3140)	16 (169.1084)	16 (169.1316)	3 (175.4056)	14 (169.6684)
Aug 23, 2019	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 🏅 Wendover, NV	12 / 37 (682.7540)	14 (169.1200)	10 (171.9656)	19 (166.2628)	4 (175.4056)
Aug 16, 2019	Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Susanville, CA	10 / 25 (653.6000)	15 (159.9544)	16 (158.2284)	10 (165.7144)	4 (169.7028)
Jul 26, 2019	Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge 🏅 Gilroy, CA	20 / 36 (658.7428)	26 (158.8000)	26 (163.4172)	6 (170.2628)	14 (166.2628)
Jul 12, 2019	Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA	3 / 31 (698.3200)	5 (174.2628)	2 (176.5944)	10 (173.1772)	3 (174.2856)
Jun 21, 2019	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA	5 (684.4912)	26 (165.0972)	4 (173.1428)	12 (169.6684)	4 (176.5828)
May 31, 2019	Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA	4 / 20 (673.6916)	11 (164.5488)	3 (171.4056)	7 (164)	3 (173.7372)
May 25, 2019	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	3 / 34 (689.7604)	6 (172.5716)	6 (170.2744)	11 (170.2972)	1 (176.6172)
May 3, 2019	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship 🏅 Elk Grove, CA	11 / 27 (665.6340)	21 (159.9428)	18 (161.7028)	5 (173.7028)	2 (170.2856)
Apr 26, 2019	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	20 / 48 (665.6684)	5 (174.2972)	30 (161.7256)	33 (158.8228)	10 (170.8228)
Mar 30, 2019	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Arcadia, CA	13 / 47 (682.2400)	24 (170.8344)	36 (164.5944)	3 (177.1428)	18 (169.6684)
Mar 29, 2019	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Arcadia, CA	30 / 70 (667.8744)	29 (168.5372)	36 (163.9772)	40 (165.0972)	21 (170.2628)
Feb 15, 2019	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA	22 / 49 (672.4568)	35 (162.8228)	13 (172)	15 (170.8228)	29 (166.8112)
Jan 25, 2019	The Golden State Battle 🏅 Santa Ynez, CA	11 / 48 (681.6112)	42 (162.7884)	2 (174.8572)	26 (167.4056)	1 (176.5600)
Jan 18, 2019	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	46 / 63 (646.1144)	5 (174.2744)	54 (155.9200)	22 (168.5600)	56 (147.3600)
Sep 14, 2018	4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	5 / 43 (681.1544)	16 (170.2628)	12 (168)	18 (167.4172)	4 (175.4744)
Aug 24, 2018	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	7 / 46 (690.1944)	5 (175.4172)	28 (167.3828)	27 (167.3944)	1 (180)
Aug 17, 2018	Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA	2 / 27 (683.9544)	6 (173.1544)	9 (172)	5 (169.1200)	2 (169.6800)
Jul 13, 2018	2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA	2 / 19 (679.3600)	4 (170.2628)	8 (162.8456)	9 (166.2516)	1 (180)
Jul 6, 2018	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	7 / 38 (688.4568)	7 (171.9656)	9 (171.4056)	8 (173.1200)	10 (171.9656)
Jun 22, 2018	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	14 / 49 (667.8740)	4 (176)	25 (161.6684)	21 (165.6800)	21 (164.5256)
May 4, 2018	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	10 / 35 (665.6684)	13 (169.1656)	12 (164.5256)	11 (166.2856)	9 (165.6916)
Apr 20, 2018	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA	10 / 48 (669.6796)	40 (157.0856)	1 (177.2000)	11 (168)	15 (167.3940)
Feb 23, 2018	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) Coachella, CA	45 / 47 (645.6228)	45 (154.3084)	46 (157.0972)	37 (166.8344)	31 (167.3828)
Sep 15, 2017	3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	17 / 48 (670.8112)	6 (174.2628)	10 (171.4628)	20 (166.8344)	32 (158.2512)
Jul 7, 2017	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	22 / 50 (654.1944)	36 (157.1088)	25 (164)	15 (167.4056)	19 (165.6800)
Jun 23, 2017	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	29 / 62 (650.9028)	42 (156.5828)	6 (170.8916)	30 (162.8456)	28 (160.5828)
May 5, 2017	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	25 / 33 (629.0744)	27 (153.1084)	27 (151.9888)	29 (148.5372)	1 (175.4400)
Oct 14, 2016	Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA	30 / 38 (606.2172)	35 (145.0512)	24 (160.0572)	34 (141.6344)	15 (159.4744)
Apr 29, 2016	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	18 / 30 (617.0748)	21 (154.8116)	20 (154.8688)	13 (161.7372)	22 (145.6572)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Old Town Franklin BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (18 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Going the wrong way

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)