Tallulah Falls School Pit Vipers

Tallulah Falls School Pit Vipers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the BBQ Boogie & Blues (2022).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1545

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 20, 2020

latest Apr 29, 2022 · 1.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 50% of the time

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

100% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 17%

overall standings

Best overall

525.1200 / 540

Backyard · Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival

Consistency

±14.83

spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 173.29 · weakest Chicken (166.53)

Road miles

111

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Backyard (3-meat) avg

507.77 / 540

4 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 2 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 4

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown.

Nov 20, 2020

Signature meat

50% pork ribs entries won

2 wins from 4 entries

When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 50% of their entries (2 of 4).

best 175.4172
average 167.95
3 calls

High-water mark

525.1200 career-best overall

97.2% of a perfect 540

Their best day on record: 525.1200 at Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown — 97.2% of a perfect 540.

Backyard
Nov 20, 2020

State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 4 entries at contests carrying the title.

4 state-championship entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of COOL HAND QUE in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

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Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 40 at their very first tracked contest, Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (Nov 20, 2020).

Nov 20, 2020
40-team field

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	3	0	0	170.2628	161.0856	166.53	top 27%
Pork Ribs	4	3	2	3	175.4172	147.2800	167.95	top 19%
Pork	4	3	2	3	180 🔥	158.8572	173.29	top 17%
Brisket	1	1	0	1	166.8344	166.8344	166.83	top 8%

“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	1	top 22%
Large (40+)	1	1	top 3%

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

First title Nov 20, 2020 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown

Opponents faced 143 finished ahead 179 times, behind 36

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

20222 milestones

Apr 29 Peak power rating (1545) BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 29 Most recent contest BBQ Boogie & Blues

20211 milestone

Aug 20 First perfect 180 (Pork) Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival

202010 milestones

Nov 20 First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First category win (Pork Ribs) Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First overall top-10 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First overall podium Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First Grand Championship Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First state championship Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score525.1200 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 Biggest field won (40 teams) Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 Career-best overall score525.1200 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.5	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown	Nov 20, 2020
+16.5	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022
+7.2	GBC Throwdown	Nov 19, 2021
+3.1	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival	Aug 20, 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	1	1	1	100%	top 3%	96.1%	96.1%
2021	2	0	2	2	100%	top 32%	92.4%	91.4%
2020	1	1	1	1	100%	top 3%	97.2%	97.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 29, 2022	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	1 / 37 (518.7884)	6 (168.5256)	2 (175.4172)	1 (174.8456)	3 (166.8344)
Nov 19, 2021	GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	7 / 28 (498.7884)	9 (166.2284)	1 (173.7028)	16 (158.8572)	—
Aug 20, 2021	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	10 / 26 (488.3656)	12 (161.0856)	17 (147.2800)	1 (180)	—
Nov 20, 2020	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	1 / 40 (525.1200)	6 (170.2628)	1 (175.4172)	2 (179.4400)	—