Happy hunting ground
Top 16%
average finish here
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 6th
- average top 16%
CHATTER BOX CAFE
CHATTER BOX CAFE is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 6th of 61 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2020).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1529
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2020
latest Mar 3, 2023 · 3 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 20%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.70
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.78 · weakest Pork (163.78)
Road miles
28
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard (3-meat) avg
496.86 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 156.5488 | 165.30 | top 27% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 163.3828 | 167.78 | top 16% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 162.8112 | 163.78 | top 25% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 16% | Mar 3, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
194
finished ahead 198 times, behind 64
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Jul 30, 2021 → Mar 3, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- Career-best overall score502.8116 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1529) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score496.4340 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 14 / 65 (502.8116) | 16 (171.9772) | 12 (167.9888) | 22 (162.8456) | — |
| Jul 30, 2021 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 11 / 39 (491.3256) | 16 (156.5488) | 5 (171.9656) | 10 (162.8112) | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 6 / 61 (496.4340) | 9 (167.3712) | 10 (163.3828) | 10 (165.6800) | — |