A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PUREBBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PUREBBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Small Town BBQ
Small Town BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 7th of 14 at the Slow Joe's Barn Burner (2020).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 15, 2020
latest Sep 11, 2021 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.45
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.51 · weakest Brisket (158.42)
Road miles
5,049
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 4,497 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
654.75 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 159.4400 | 160.56 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 151.3600 | 162.26 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 167.3940 | 173.51 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 155.3712 | 158.42 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
50
finished ahead 39 times, behind 32
Longest layoff
5.3 yrs
Apr 24, 2015 → Aug 15, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Peak power rating (1509) Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest
- Most recent contest Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest
20205 milestones
- First call Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- First overall top-10 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6228 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Career-best overall score661.6228 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.4 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ | Sep 12, 2020 |
| +1.9 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest | Sep 11, 2021 |
| +1.7 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner | Aug 15, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 91.9% | 91.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2021 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen | 15 / 29 (646.1256) | 16 (161.7028) | 24 (151.3600) | 3 (174.8456) | 19 (158.2172) |
| Sep 12, 2020 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen | 13 / 31 (656.5032) | 19 (160.5488) | 15 (162.2860) | 2 (178.2972) | 22 (155.3712) |
| Aug 15, 2020 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum | 7 / 14 (661.6228) | 10 (159.4400) | 6 (173.1316) | 9 (167.3940) | 8 (161.6572) |
| Apr 24, 2015 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA | — | — | — | — | — |