The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Willingham's has finished one call ahead of SOUTHERN PRIDE ROASTERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SOUTHERN PRIDE ROASTERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-05
latest 2021-09-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
580.48
last 3 Master vs avg 580.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.41
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 151.76 · weakest Brisket (139.34)
Road miles
586
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 586 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1623)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
580.48 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
7.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.9 years, then back at Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 (2021-09-03).
- last seen 2013-10-05
- back 2021-09-03
They cook the hard rooms
1623
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1623 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
SOUTHERN PRIDE ROASTERS has 3 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 150 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.
#4651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SOUTHERN PRIDE ROASTERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SOUTHERN PRIDE ROASTERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after SOUTHERN PRIDE ROASTERS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOUTHERN PRIDE ROASTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 145.6684 | 151.76 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8000 | 132.4916 | 142.59 | top 99% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9428 | 137.0628 | 146.79 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9544 | 134.1372 | 139.34 | top 97% |
“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 | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.9 yrs
2013-10-05 → 2021-09-04
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 151.76 · weakest Brisket (139.34)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
580.48
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
128
4–158 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
586
3 mapped stops · furthest 586 mi
Schedule strength
1623
average field rating faced — tougher than 89% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7.9 yrs
2013-10-05 → 2021-09-03
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship
- 2021
- Career-best overall score605.5316 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1
- Career-best single call (Chicken)154.8344 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1
- Most recent contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship | 2013-10-05 |
| -8.8 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 | 2021-09-03 |
| -8.6 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 | 2021-09-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.1% | 82.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 76.5% | 76.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-04 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 🏅 Augusta, GA | 43 / 43 (584.7660) | 43 (154.7888) | 43 (144.4800) | 43 (151.3600) | 43 (134.1372) |
| 2021-09-03 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 🏅 Augusta, GA | 37 / 37 (605.5316) | 37 (154.8344) | 37 (150.8000) | 37 (151.9428) | 37 (147.9544) |
| 2013-10-05 | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ | 81 / 85 (551.1428) | 77 (145.6684) | 83 (132.4916) | 78 (137.0628) | 77 (135.9200) |