Southern Hospitality

Southern Hospitality is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 11th of 17 at the Nile Beer-B-Q (2017).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1494

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 14, 2017

latest Jun 11, 2021 · 3.7 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

674.8800 / 720

Master · Nile Beer-B-Q

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Chicken · Nile Beer-B-Q

Consistency

±17.13

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.99 · weakest Brisket (154.83)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

647.64 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

674.8800 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.8800 at Nile Beer-B-Q — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 14, 2017

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Montana BBQ Cook-off (Jun 11, 2021).

last seen Jun 22, 2019
back Jun 11, 2021

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	1	177.1428	159.3944	166.99	top 50%
Pork Ribs	4	0	0	165.1200	152.5372	160.68	top 68%
Pork	4	1	0	176.5828	151.9656	165.14	top 49%
Brisket	4	1	0	168.6172	145.6684	154.83	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 65%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 64%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Montana BBQ Cook-off	3	16	0	top 64%	Jun 11, 2021

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MT 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 61 finished ahead 36 times, behind 59

Longest layoff 2 yrs Jun 22, 2019 → Jun 11, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Jun 11 Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cook-off

20176 milestones

Oct 14 First tracked contest Nile Beer-B-Q
Oct 14 First call Nile Beer-B-Q
Oct 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8800 Nile Beer-B-Q
Oct 14 Career-best overall score674.8800 Nile Beer-B-Q
Oct 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Nile Beer-B-Q
Oct 14 Peak power rating (1499) Nile Beer-B-Q

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.4	Montana BBQ Cook-off	Jun 11, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.6	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 23, 2018
-0.9	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 22, 2019
-0.6	Nile Beer-B-Q	Oct 14, 2017

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0%	top 59%	88.4%	88.4%
2019	1	0%	top 59%	90.1%	90.1%
2018	1	0%	top 73%	87.5%	87.5%
2017	1	100%	top 65%	93.7%	93.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 11, 2021	Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	16 / 27 (636.4800)	11 (170.8572)	15 (165.1200)	19 (151.9656)	17 (148.5372)
Jun 22, 2019	Montana BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	17 / 29 (649.0172)	19 (160.5600)	15 (164.5372)	12 (167.4172)	18 (156.5028)
Jun 23, 2018	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	19 / 26 (630.1712)	20 (159.3944)	18 (160.5256)	16 (164.5828)	23 (145.6684)
Oct 14, 2017	Nile Beer-B-Q Billings, MT	11 / 17 (674.8800)	3 (177.1428)	16 (152.5372)	4 (176.5828)	8 (168.6172)