A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me ahead in 100% of their meetings
Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
HUCKLEBERRY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-11-15
latest 2022-11-18
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
476.99
last 3 Backyard vs avg 476.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.55
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.67 · weakest Pork (155.23)
Road miles
941
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 479 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.49 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
476.99 / 360
3 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CLAUDE'S Q in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
HUCKLEBERRY BBQ has 4 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 147 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.
#3829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HUCKLEBERRY BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HUCKLEBERRY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3872 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1519
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HUCKLEBERRY BBQ)
They've been 1519 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before HUCKLEBERRY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with HUCKLEBERRY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before HUCKLEBERRY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 158.2400 | 161.67 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 153.0860 | 159.24 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 146.2060 | 155.23 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 151.9200 | 158.25 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 4 | 0 | top 61% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-11-15 → 2022-11-18
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.67 · weakest Pork (155.23)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
625.49
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
476.99
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
263
128–232 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
941
5 mapped stops · furthest 479 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$32,675
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2020-04-06 → 2021-07-30
Power rating
1486
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score481.0060 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2516 GBC Summer Showdown
- Peak power rating (1506) GBC Summer Showdown
- 2022
- Career-best overall score625.4856 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | 2019-11-15 |
| +0.9 | GBC Summer Showdown | 2021-07-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2022-11-18 |
| -7.6 | GBC Throwdown | 2021-11-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 135% | 131.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 133.6% | 133.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-18 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 55 / 57 (625.4856) | 51 (158.2400) | 46 (159.9544) | 51 (155.3712) | 54 (151.9200) |
| 2021-11-19 | GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 21 / 28 (463.8176) | 15 (159.9544) | 18 (157.6572) | 24 (146.2060) | — |
| 2021-07-30 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 15 / 39 (486.1488) | 12 (163.9544) | 10 (166.2516) | 17 (155.9428) | — |
| 2020-04-06 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 50 / 109 (164.5828) | — | — | — | 51 (164.5828) |
| 2019-11-15 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA | 12 / 35 (481.0060) | 9 (164.5372) | 16 (153.0860) | 9 (163.3828) | — |