High-water mark
678.7768
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7768 at Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-06-11
Southern BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-20
latest 2021-08-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.99 · weakest Chicken (158.99)
Road miles
5,031
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 5028 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.46 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
301.01 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 (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
5.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.2 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).
- last seen 2016-06-11
- back 2021-08-13
The long haul
5,031
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,031 miles across 3 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,028 miles to Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ.
- 3 mapped stops
- furthest 5,028 mi
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 BBQ 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 126 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.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Southern BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Southern BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Southern BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Southern BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Southern 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 151.9312 | 158.99 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 149.0744 | 161.68 | top 60% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 165.1312 | 167.99 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 145.6572 | 159.96 | top 51% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| IT | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 52% | 2016-06-11 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.1 yrs
2015-06-20 → 2021-08-13
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
1 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.99 · weakest Chicken (158.99)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
658.46
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
301.01
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
142
46–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,031
3 mapped stops · furthest 5,028 mi
Schedule strength
1517
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.2 yrs
2016-06-11 → 2021-08-13
Power rating
1493
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
- First call Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7768 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- Career-best overall score678.7768 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- Peak power rating (1501) Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
- 2021
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 | 2016-06-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
| -1.8 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 | 2015-06-20 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 41 / 49 (301.0056) | 34 (151.9312) | 41 (149.0744) | — | — |
| 2016-06-11 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, IT | 13 / 29 (678.7768) | 18 (169.1084) | 23 (164.5600) | 12 (170.8456) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2015-06-20 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 Percorso Verde, Perugia, | 14 / 24 (638.1368) | 17 (155.9428) | 4 (171.4056) | 9 (165.1312) | 21 (145.6572) |