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
HUCKLEBERRY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 12th of 35 at the Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 15, 2019
latest Nov 18, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.55
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.67 · weakest Brisket (151.92)
Road miles
941
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 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.49 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
476.99 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
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The teams rated closest to HUCKLEBERRY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
HUCKLEBERRY BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with HUCKLEBERRY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
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.
⚔ Compare careers#3,843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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.
⚔ Compare careers#3,834 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9200 | 151.9200 | 151.92 | top 95% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
263
finished ahead 128 times, behind 232
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Apr 6, 2020 → Jul 30, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score625.4856 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20212 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2516 GBC Summer Showdown
- Peak power rating (1506) GBC Summer Showdown
20201 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score164.5828 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | Nov 15, 2019 |
| +0.9 | GBC Summer Showdown | Jul 30, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 18, 2022 |
| -7.6 | GBC Throwdown | Nov 19, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 90% | 88% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 55 / 57 (625.4856) | 51 (158.2400) | 46 (159.9544) | 51 (155.3712) | 54 (151.9200) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 21 / 28 (463.8176) | 15 (159.9544) | 18 (157.6572) | 24 (146.2060) | — |
| Jul 30, 2021 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 15 / 39 (486.1488) | 12 (163.9544) | 10 (166.2516) | 17 (155.9428) | — |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 50 / 109 (164.5828) | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA | 12 / 35 (481.0060) | 9 (164.5372) | 16 (153.0860) | 9 (163.3828) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.