Purdom's BBQ TN

Power ranking

#1001

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1536

peak 1553

Contests

in the data

First seen

latest 2026-04-03

Best ToY finish

#498

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

692.4916

Smoke on the Falls

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.37 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 629.74 (+17.63)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Smoke on the Falls

Consistency

±98.57

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.48 · weakest Chicken (168.26)

Road miles

2594

mi across 21 mapped stops · furthest 247 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BAD ROOSTER BBQ has finished one call ahead of Purdom's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Kick Em In The Butt BBQ in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 33% across 6 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)

ALPINE SMOKE WORKS #995 · 1537 · TN Vallee A/C Cold Smoke #983 · 1538 · TN Bastian's Barbecue Co. #1040 · 1533 · TN Bad company cookers #1050 · 1533 · TN Pullin Out the Butts BBQ #1063 · 1532 · TN Just wing it BBQ team #902 · 1544 · TN

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	3	0	0	177.7144	153.0744	168.26	top 50%
Pork Ribs	22	8	1	2	177.7028	153.6228	169.18	top 43%
Pork	16	4	0	1	177.1544	154.8344	169.48	top 45%
Brisket	14	2	0	0	174.2628	155.9312	168.39	top 52%

“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	Avg finish
TN	11	top 48%
AL	6	top 44%
GA	1	top 37%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 32%
Large (40+)	7	top 58%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2024 (6 contests)
Cooks mostly in TN (15 of 22 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (22 entries)
All-time average overall score: 629.74

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
—	1	0	512.0344	512.03
2026	3	0	690.2632	674.79
2025	4	0	690.2060	679.70
2024	6	0	692.4916	650.79
2023	6	1	685.6912	646.57
2022	1	0	631.2232	631.22
2019	1	0	316.5260	316.53

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-04-03	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	15 / 36 (690.2632)	9 (177.1544)	30 (165.6916)	11 (174.2744)	16 (173.1428)
2026-03-20	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	110 / 125 (659.3144)	111 (162.8000)	94 (165.6800)	64 (171.4172)	112 (159.4172)
2026-03-20	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	24 (173.1200)	—	—
2025-05-30	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	8 / 25 (690.2060)	10 (169.6800)	3 (174.2744)	9 (171.9888)	7 (174.2628)
2025-04-11	Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition Gadsden, AL	19 / 31 (685.0168)	30 (161.6456)	4 (177.7028)	18 (173.1200)	12 (172.5484)
2025-03-14	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	83 / 100 (663.8744)	48 (172.5600)	70 (167.9888)	69 (167.3944)	93 (155.9312)
2025-03-14	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	18 (174.2628)	—	—
2024-10-04	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	41 / 59 (673.5656)	22 (173.1084)	36 (168.5372)	53 (161.0972)	25 (170.8228)
2024-05-24	6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN	59 / 118 (682.7888)	28 (175.4172)	91 (166.8460)	94 (167.3828)	36 (173.1428)
2024-04-19	Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN	11 / 37 (514.2288)	16 (169.6800)	20 (167.9888)	—	—
2024-04-12	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	5 / 31 (692.4916)	4 (177.7144)	9 (173.1316)	15 (170.8228)	13 (170.8228)
2024-03-15	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	22 / 93 (690.8572)	22 (174.8572)	33 (170.8572)	26 (174.8456)	38 (170.2972)
2024-03-15	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	27 (169.6916)	—	—
2023-10-05	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	45 / 73 (671.3604)	42 (167.9772)	54 (163.9772)	4 (177.1544)	60 (162.2516)
2023-06-02	Honeybee BBQ Competition Lafayette, GA	10 / 27 (682.2172)	12 (170.8228)	15 (167.4172)	7 (173.1200)	13 (170.8572)
2023-05-12	Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN	8 / 32 (510.2172)	18 (161.0856)	8 (171.9772)	—	—
2023-04-07	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	6 / 39 (685.6912)	15 (168.5828)	1 (175.4628)	12 (169.6800)	6 (171.9656)
2023-03-17	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	26 / 80 (683.3716)	45 (170.2972)	10 (173.1316)	20 (173.1200)	48 (166.8228)
2023-03-17	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN	—	—	9 (174.2628)	—	—
2022-09-23	TN River BBQ Battle Saltillo, TN	16 / 16 (631.2232)	16 (153.0744)	16 (153.6228)	16 (159.3944)	12 (165.1316)
2019-04-19	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	14 / 39 (316.5260)	14 (157.7144)	14 (158.8116)	3 (172.0000)	—
	Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN	9 / 36 (512.0344)	24 (164.5944)	10 (167.4400)	—	—

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
2025 ↗	Master	#570 (291 pts)	#704 (241 pts)	#417 (586 pts)	#606 (286 pts)	#546 (336 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#498 (376 pts)	#495 (416 pts)	#572 (381 pts)	#626 (286 pts)	#612 (296 pts)