A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
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BARBECUE REPUBLIC
BARBECUE REPUBLIC is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 17th of 29 at The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 32 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2019
latest May 20, 2022 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
22%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
171.9772
Consistency
±73.03
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.83 · weakest Chicken (140.26)
Road miles
338
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
271.94 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #289 (94 pts) | #261 (119 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BARBECUE REPUBLIC, each with one reason worth a look.
BARBECUE REPUBLIC has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 120 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
Fewer contests behind them than BARBECUE REPUBLIC has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,418 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with BARBECUE REPUBLIC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,421 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BARBECUE REPUBLIC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BARBECUE REPUBLIC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,423 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before BARBECUE REPUBLIC'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 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 20 | 140.26 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 149.6460 | 162.54 | top 57% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 169.6800 | 170.83 | top 49% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
182
finished ahead 84 times, behind 150
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Aug 23, 2019 → May 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1496) High on the Hog Festival
20181 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9772 First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL)
20171 milestone
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score495.3260 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score495.3260 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.8 | High on the Hog Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
| -0.8 | Great Americana BBQ Festival | Aug 23, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 89.4% | 74.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2022 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 17 / 29 (335.3828) | 17 (167.3828) | 12 (168) | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 22 / 39 (310.7888) | — | — | — | — |
| May 11, 2019 | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 28 / 41 (482.7312) | 36 (150.8112) | 21 (162.2400) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN | 23 / 39 (169.6460) | 23 (20) | 20 (149.6460) | — | — |
| Sep 21, 2018 | First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 9 (164.5372) | 8 (169.1316) | 5 (171.9772) | — |
| Apr 20, 2018 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 7 (171.9772) | 17 (166.8344) | 13 (169.6800) | — |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 22 / 36 (495.3260) | 17 (166.8344) | 21 (159.3716) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.