High-water mark
626.6628
career-best overall
174.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 626.6628 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 174.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-01-27
Down South BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-05-03
latest 2024-01-26
Best ToY finish
#1601
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.79 · weakest Brisket (140.94)
Road miles
1,139
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1053 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
496.48 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
472.72 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 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 (2 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.
The comeback
3.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.4 years, then back at Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition (2022-09-16).
- last seen 2019-05-03
- back 2022-09-16
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.
Down South BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Down South BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Down South BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Down South BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Down South BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 155.3944 | 159.79 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 136.5372 | 156.38 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 148.6284 | 159.56 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 129.6688 | 140.94 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 43 | 0 | top 82% | 2024-01-26 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.7 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2024-01-26
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.79 · weakest Brisket (140.94)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
496.48
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
472.72
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
198
42–217 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,139
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,053 mi
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2022-09-16
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest(Invitational Competitor's Series)
- 2022
- First call Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9884 Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1488) Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score626.6628 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score626.6628 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2024
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition | 2022-09-16 |
| -7.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2023-01-27 |
| -7.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2024-01-26 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 174.1% | 174.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 96% | 69% | 69% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 49 / 61 (318.7772) | 47 (158.2744) | 45 (160.5028) | 43 (156.5600) | 55 (138.1828) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 43 / 51 (626.6628) | 21 (165.6916) | 46 (156.5028) | 34 (161.0968) | 50 (143.3716) |
| 2022-09-16 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY | 23 / 24 (496.4796) | — | 8 (171.9884) | 11 (171.9656) | 20 (152.5256) |
| 2019-05-03 | UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest(Invitational Competitor's Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 16 / 16 (570.2288) | 13 (155.3944) | 16 (136.5372) | 14 (148.6284) | 16 (129.6688) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1601 (59 pts) | — | #1040 (144 pts) | #1100 (119 pts) | #1276 (74 pts) |