Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×2
Big & Ugly BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1533 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2024-11-08
latest 2026-04-17
Best ToY finish
#105
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
348.72
last 3 Backyard vs avg 348.72 (-0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±6.12
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.40 · weakest Brisket (162.59)
Road miles
343
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.87 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
348.72 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 1 GC
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 (7 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.
A multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Jeepin 4 Justice (2026-03-13).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
High-water mark
675.8744
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.8744 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-04-17
State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 5 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 5 state-championship entries
A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
Kings BBQ Team ahead in 80% of their meetings
Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.81 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 162.59
- Chicken avg 171.40
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Sweet Meat Butcher Shop in 3 of their 4 shared 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.
66 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Big & Ugly BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Big & Ugly BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big & Ugly BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Big & Ugly BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PeachCoast BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Cold Beer BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Going Yard BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Kings BBQ Team | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 166.2400 | 171.40 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.7144 | 170.96 | top 36% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 159.9544 | 167.05 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167.3944 | 155.4056 | 162.59 | top 49% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 1 | top 7% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 78% | 2026-04-17 |
The story so far (22 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2024-11-08 → 2026-04-17
Busiest season
2026
3 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.40 · weakest Brisket (162.59)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
60%
3 of 5 contests
Wins it all
20%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2026-03-13
Jeepin 4 Justice
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
661.87
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
348.72
out of 360 · 3 contests · 1 GC
Perfect 180s
2
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
126
127–74 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
343
5 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,200
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2025-01-09 → 2026-01-09
Power rating
1527
peak 1533 · #2288 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- 2025
- First call 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- First overall top-10 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score342.7884 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- 2026
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- First category win (Chicken) Jeepin 4 Justice
- First overall podium Jeepin 4 Justice
- First Grand Championship Jeepin 4 Justice
- First state championship Jeepin 4 Justice
- First multi-meat day Jeepin 4 Justice
- Peak power rating (1533) Jeepin 4 Justice
- Career-best overall score675.8744 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.3 | Jeepin 4 Justice | 2026-03-13 |
| +14.1 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | 2026-01-09 |
| +10.5 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | 2025-01-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2024-11-08 |
| -6.5 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2026-04-17 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 67% | top 33% | 99.2% | 96.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90% | 90% |
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 | 31 / 41 (675.8744) | 27 (171.4172) | 25 (169.6800) | 30 (169.6800) | 29 (165.0972) |
| 2026-03-13 | Jeepin 4 Justice 🏅 Shady Hills, FL | 1 / 15 (357.1428) | 1 (177.1428) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (165.1084) | 3 (164.5372) |
| 2026-01-09 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL | 6 / 38 (346.2400) | 12 (166.2400) | 2 (180.0000) | 15 (169.6800) | 13 (167.3944) |
| 2025-01-09 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 8 / 38 (342.7884) | 5 (175.4056) | 9 (167.3828) | 6 (170.8456) | 15 (155.4056) |
| 2024-11-08 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 21 / 26 (647.8632) | 13 (169.6800) | 22 (157.7144) | 22 (159.9544) | 21 (160.5144) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 ↗ | Backyard | #105 (422 pts) | #122 (372 pts) | #101 (507 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #280 (139 pts) | #244 (169 pts) | #307 (129 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1104 (71 pts) | #1034 (111 pts) | #1274 (66 pts) | #1166 (66 pts) | #1143 (71 pts) |