Rum Runners BBQ FL
Rating
1506
peak 1506
Contests
25
in the data
First seen
2020-07-31
latest 2026-04-17
Best ToY finish
#479
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 25 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
683.77 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 677.44 (+6.32)
Walk rate
48%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
180.0000 🔥
Consistency
±14.45
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.26 · weakest Brisket (167.03)
Road miles
5745
mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 618 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Yeti Mafia BBQ has finished one call ahead of Rum Runners BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Smoke Showing Backyard BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of K & E's Little Smokers in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 47% across 6 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, FL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 179.4400 | 157.6572 | 169.74 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 154.2056 | 170.26 | top 46% |
| Pork | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 160.5144 | 170.13 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.1828 | 167.03 | top 57% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 10 | 0 | top 44% |
| GA | 8 | 0 | top 63% |
| SC | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 14 | 0 | top 64% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (6 contests)
- Cooks mostly in FL (12 of 25 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (23 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 677.44
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 693.5996 | 685.46 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 692.5144 | 682.00 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 697.0512 | 682.85 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 694.7772 | 672.44 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 687.9196 | 674.94 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 674.2060 | 658.16 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 685.1204 | 685.12 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown Lake City, FL | 12 / 41 (693.5996) | 30 (170.8112) | 4 (176.5600) | 8 (176.5600) | 23 (169.6684) |
| 2026-03-20 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 8 / 34 (687.9312) | 7 (175.4056) | 8 (177.1428) | 13 (174.8456) | 24 (160.5372) |
| 2026-02-20 | Ribs on the Ridge Haines City, FL | 12 / 32 (684.4456) | 11 (173.1200) | 15 (171.9772) | 9 (173.1200) | 22 (166.2284) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 41 / 63 (675.8512) | 54 (165.0856) | 41 (168.5372) | 30 (171.4056) | 29 (170.8228) |
| 2026-01-09 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam St. Augustine, FL | — | 24 (162.8228) | — | — | — |
| 2025-07-10 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 38 / 66 (677.0168) | 50 (162.8000) | 36 (169.7028) | 31 (170.2512) | 17 (174.2628) |
| 2025-03-21 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 4 / 26 (692.5144) | 2 (177.7144) | 6 (173.1200) | 9 (168.5484) | 4 (173.1316) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 27 / 40 (676.4572) | 22 (170.8228) | 37 (161.6688) | 17 (172.5600) | 19 (171.4056) |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 51 / 76 (675.8628) | 25 (173.7028) | 22 (173.1200) | 63 (165.0856) | 59 (163.9544) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 74 / 81 (678.1484) | 50 (173.1200) | 78 (163.3828) | 37 (173.1200) | 66 (168.5256) |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | 94 / 118 (672.4224) | 36 (175.4056) | 116 (158.7884) | 68 (170.2628) | 79 (167.9656) |
| 2024-03-01 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 7 / 21 (697.0512) | 3 (177.7028) | 10 (174.2628) | 7 (174.2628) | 7 (170.8228) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 24 / 61 (690.7656) | 35 (171.9772) | 2 (177.7144) | 48 (167.3712) | 22 (173.7028) |
| 2024-01-04 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show Elkton, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-10-20 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) Roswell, GA | 11 / 35 (694.7772) | 28 (167.3944) | 4 (177.7028) | 28 (169.6800) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 49 / 65 (652.9712) | 39 (167.9656) | 37 (167.3828) | 37 (167.4400) | 58 (150.1828) |
| 2023-02-03 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water Winter Haven, FL | 30 / 47 (669.5656) | 43 (158.2056) | 26 (168.5600) | 6 (176.5600) | 32 (166.2400) |
| 2022-10-21 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA | 18 / 35 (687.9196) | 2 (179.4400) | 7 (175.4056) | 18 (170.8228) | 33 (162.2512) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA | 44 / 49 (658.1144) | 47 (157.6572) | 13 (175.4056) | 45 (160.5144) | 38 (164.5372) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine (One Meat Ribs) Savannah, GA | — | — | 12 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2022-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 40 / 73 (678.7772) | 12 (175.4172) | 50 (166.2400) | 39 (168.5372) | 34 (168.5828) |
| 2021-11-19 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 23 / 37 (663.3144) | 27 (165.0972) | 5 (172.0000) | 11 (171.4056) | 32 (154.8116) |
| 2021-10-15 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA | 30 / 34 (674.2060) | 29 (167.4172) | 4 (176.5716) | 31 (163.9544) | 26 (166.2628) |
| 2021-03-05 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 66 / 81 (636.9484) | 59 (162.2628) | 72 (154.2056) | 49 (165.6800) | 72 (154.8000) |
| 2020-07-31 | Hawgin On Lanier Cumming, GA | 16 / 55 (685.1204) | 16 (172.5716) | 34 (165.6800) | 20 (170.8572) | 3 (176.0116) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #791 (60 pts) | #866 (60 pts) | #903 (60 pts) | #823 (60 pts) | #814 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #604 (261 pts) | #598 (311 pts) | #773 (226 pts) | #746 (196 pts) | #574 (301 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #479 (396 pts) | #461 (461 pts) | #420 (576 pts) | #512 (391 pts) | #510 (406 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #825 (175 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #789 (190 pts) | #734 (245 pts) | #609 (365 pts) | #716 (250 pts) | #837 (180 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |