Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 13th of 20 at the Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jul 3, 2015
latest Oct 11, 2019 · 4.3 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.63 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.40)
Road miles
688
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 688 mi
Purse competed for
$3,600
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
642.22 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
317.19 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.2000 | 160.0572 | 164.63 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1312 | 153.6688 | 155.40 | top 69% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 161.1084 | 161.11 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 158.2400 | 158.24 | top 77% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
49
finished ahead 16 times, behind 33
Longest layoff
4.3 yrs
Jul 3, 2015 → Oct 11, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY)
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score642.2172 HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.2000 HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2019 | Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL | 13 / 20 (317.1884) | 13 (160.0572) | 11 (157.1312) | — | — |
| Jul 3, 2015 | HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off Hutchinson, KS | 22 / 31 (642.2172) | 13 (169.2000) | 26 (153.6688) | 22 (161.1084) | 24 (158.2400) |