High-water mark
502.8228
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 502.8228 at Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown — 93.1% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Nov 20, 2020
CHATTER BOX BBQ
CHATTER BOX BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 8th of 40 at the Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (2020). Also listed in KCBS results as “CHATTERBOX BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2019
latest Mar 5, 2021 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.55
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.71 · weakest Pork (127.84)
Road miles
463
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 227 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
490.25 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
494.22 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 154.7884 | 160.97 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 154.8456 | 164.71 | top 39% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 20 | 127.84 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 158.8228 | 158.82 | top 82% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 24% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
226
finished ahead 179 times, behind 130
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Apr 5, 2019 → Nov 20, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20213 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.3200 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1510) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20203 milestones
- First overall top-10 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score502.8228 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- Career-best overall score502.8228 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.8 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | Nov 20, 2020 |
| +6.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2019 |
| +4.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 5, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Operation Stand Down KY II Annual Smoke off | Apr 5, 2019 |
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 26% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 89.7% | 78.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2021 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 21 / 81 (495.3828) | 23 (163.9772) | 10 (170.3200) | 28 (161.0856) | — |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 8 / 40 (502.8228) | 13 (168.5484) | 17 (164.5372) | 7 (169.7372) | — |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Operation Stand Down KY II Annual Smoke off 🏅 Franklin, KY | 28 / 28 (490.2512) | 27 (156.5828) | 26 (154.8456) | 28 (20) | 23 (158.8228) |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 17 / 62 (484.4456) | 22 (154.7884) | 6 (169.1200) | 18 (160.5372) | — |