Sherman's Retreat BBQ

Sherman's Retreat BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 18th of 25 at the 11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ (2023). They are ranked #4236 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SHERMANS RETREAT BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,236

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1478

peak 1478 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 7, 2018

latest Apr 14, 2023 · 4.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

674.1484 / 720

Master · International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

618.45 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 628.97 (-10.52)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · 11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ

Consistency

±55.56

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 167.48 · weakest Brisket (156.33)

Road miles

102

across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$37K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

628.97 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

674.1484 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.1484 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 9, 2022

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.15 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 156.33
Pork Ribs avg 167.48
0 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CRUMMY BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A September team

Top 57% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 57% across 3 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 72% the rest of the year

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The teams rated closest to Sherman's Retreat BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

142 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Alotta BS BBQ

#4,234 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1510

They've been 1510 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

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Leaky Tiki

#4,228 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 14, 2025

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Gone Smokin' BBQ

#4,255 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1478

Level with Sherman's Retreat BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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THE JOY OF BBQ

#4,253 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1478

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Sherman's Retreat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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THE PIGS NEXT DOOR BBQ COOKING TEAM

#4,242 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1503

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Sherman's Retreat BBQ's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 23, 2021

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RUSTYS FLYING PIG BBQ

#4,246 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Sherman's Retreat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PORK AVENUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
K & K KOOKERS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	174.2744	157.0744	165.92	top 64%
Pork Ribs	7	2	174.8572	159.9312	167.48	top 50%
Pork	6	0	170.8228	152.4800	161.85	top 75%
Brisket	6	0	165.1084	147.9200	156.33	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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 91%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TN	6	0	top 68%
MS	1	0	top 100%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin' For Down Syndrome	2	23	0	top 82%	Apr 1, 2022
International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	2	19	0	top 61%	Sep 6, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 147 finished ahead 65 times, behind 176

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

20232 milestones

Apr 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ
Apr 14 Most recent contest 11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ

20221 milestone

Sep 9 Career-best overall score674.1484 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest

20184 milestones

Sep 7 First tracked contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 7 First call International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4116 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 7 Peak power rating (1498) International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.4	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest	Sep 9, 2022
+0.2	11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ	Apr 14, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 19, 2020
-5.8	Smokin' For Down Syndrome	Apr 1, 2022
-5.5	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)	Apr 9, 2021
-1.9	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)	Sep 7, 2018
-1.2	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	Sep 6, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	100%	top 72%	92.4%	92.4%
2022	2	0%	top 66%	93.6%	90.3%
2021	1	0%	top 82%	87%	87%
2020	1	0%	top 100%	69.3%	69.3%
2019	1	0%	top 59%	91.4%	91.4%
2018	1	100%	top 62%	90.6%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 14, 2023	11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ 🏅 Somerville, TN	18 / 25 (665.5656)	23 (162.2284)	7 (174.8572)	21 (166.2284)	19 (162.2516)
Sep 9, 2022	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN	19 / 38 (674.1484)	16 (174.2744)	30 (163.9428)	21 (170.8228)	23 (165.1084)
Apr 1, 2022	Smokin' For Down Syndrome 🏅 Collierville, TN	23 / 28 (626.6056)	25 (157.0744)	22 (159.9312)	22 (161.0972)	24 (148.5028)
Apr 9, 2021	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN	36 / 44 (626.6172)	39 (160.5372)	24 (165.6800)	40 (152.4800)	39 (147.9200)
Jun 19, 2020	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS	47 / 47 (499.3024)	28 (168.5256)	22 (170.8456)	—	—
Sep 6, 2019	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN 🏅 Millington, TN	19 / 32 (658.1260)	15 (169.1316)	14 (165.1088)	24 (160.5028)	17 (163.3828)
Sep 7, 2018	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) Millington, TN	21 / 34 (652.4116)	10 (169.6916)	6 (171.9772)	22 (159.9428)	27 (150.8000)

Sherman's Retreat BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (5 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

A September team

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 — 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)