Purdom's BBQ

Purdom's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 24 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 31 at the Smoke on the Falls (2024). They are ranked #2341 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Purdoms BBQ” and “PURDOM�S BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,341

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1525

peak 1535 · rated over 15 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2019

latest Apr 3, 2026 · 7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#460

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 24 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

692.4916 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Falls

Perfect 180s

Current form

677.73 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.82 (+4.92)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Smoke on the Falls

Consistency

±22.90

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.80 · weakest Brisket (166.83)

Road miles

2,671

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 247 mi

Schedule strength

71%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)

Purse competed for

$234K

listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.82 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

316.53 / 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.

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

692.4916 career-best overall

96.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.4916 at Smoke on the Falls — 96.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 12, 2024

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

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

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 34%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 34%

A tough matchup

11–3 behind in the head-to-head

LEE LA Q ahead in 79% of their meetings

LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 11 of their 14 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 90% of their meetings

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

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship (Mar 19, 2021).

last seen May 11, 2019
back Mar 19, 2021

Pork nemesis

10 of 10 shared pork entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared pork entries.

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An April team

Top 33% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 33% across 6 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

6 April contests
top 48% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 22nd

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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)
2023 ↗	Master	#460 (422 pts)	#558 (347 pts)	#352 (727 pts)	#368 (577 pts)	#482 (407 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Purdom's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SWEET CHEEKS PIT BBQ

#2,344 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1543

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Purdom's BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Purdom's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 5, 2023

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Straight Bones BBQ

#2,346 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1525

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Purdom's BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than Purdom's BBQ has cooked, 7 to 24, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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WHO ARE THOSE GUYS?

#2,342 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1525

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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Sky High BBQ

#2,348 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1525

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 16 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ

#2,338 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1535

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Purdom's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY

#2,349 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1525

They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Purdom's BBQ's first contest.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 20, 2018

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LEE LA Q	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
Barking Pig BBQ	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Blue Smoke Q	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Glamping Grillers	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
ZIPS BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
COOL HAND QUE	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BAD ROOSTER BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Deviant Smoke	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	3	0	0	177.7144	152.5372	167.09	top 53%
Pork Ribs	24	9	1	2	177.7028	150.2056	168.36	top 44%
Pork	15	3	0	0	177.1544	159.3944	169.80	top 50%
Brisket	15	2	0	0	174.2628	145.0628	166.83	top 55%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 32%
Large (40+)	9	top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	13	top 51%
AL	6	top 44%
GA	1	top 37%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	5	22	top 64%	Mar 20, 2026
Smoke on the Falls	3	5	top 24%	Apr 3, 2026
Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)	3	8	top 27%	Apr 19, 2024
Poosa Q	2	41	top 66%	Oct 4, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 6 contests

Contests a season 3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 17 of 24 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 11 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 24 entries · 1 win · 9 calls

Opponents faced 694 finished ahead 693 times, behind 843

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs May 11, 2019 → Mar 19, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Apr 3 Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls

20243 milestones

Apr 12 Career-best overall score692.4916 Smoke on the Falls
Apr 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Smoke on the Falls
Apr 12 Peak power rating (1535) Smoke on the Falls

20232 milestones

Apr 7 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke on the Falls
Jun 2 10th tracked contest Honeybee BBQ Competition

—4 milestones

First tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First call Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First overall top-10 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score512.0344 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 7, 2023
+13.3	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 12, 2024
+10.3	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2024
+7.8	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	Mar 17, 2023
+7.6	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival	May 30, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	TN River BBQ Battle	Sep 23, 2022
-9.9	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	Mar 20, 2026
-9.8	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship	Mar 19, 2021
-9.2	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	Mar 14, 2025
-3.8	Poosa Q	Oct 4, 2024

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	1	0	100%	top 25%	94.8%	94.8%
2026	3	0	0	33%	top 65%	95.9%	93.7%
2025	4	1	0	50%	top 59%	95.9%	94.4%
2024	6	1	0	17%	top 38%	96.2%	95.1%
2023	6	3	1	100%	top 34%	95.2%	94.5%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	87.7%	87.7%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 95%	84.7%	84.7%
2019	2	0	0	50%	top 40%	91.8%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 3, 2026	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	15 / 36 (690.2632)	9 (177.1544)	30 (165.6916)	11 (174.2744)	16 (173.1428)
Mar 20, 2026	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	110 / 125 (659.3144)	111 (162.8000)	94 (165.6800)	64 (171.4172)	112 (159.4172)
Mar 20, 2026	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	24 (173.1200)	—	—
May 30, 2025	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN	8 / 25 (690.2060)	10 (169.6800)	3 (174.2744)	9 (171.9888)	7 (174.2628)
Apr 11, 2025	Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL	19 / 31 (685.0168)	30 (161.6456)	4 (177.7028)	18 (173.1200)	12 (172.5484)
Mar 14, 2025	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	83 / 100 (663.8744)	48 (172.5600)	70 (167.9888)	69 (167.3944)	93 (155.9312)
Mar 14, 2025	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	18 (174.2628)	—	—
Oct 4, 2024	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	41 / 59 (673.5656)	22 (173.1084)	36 (168.5372)	53 (161.0972)	25 (170.8228)
May 24, 2024	6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN	59 / 118 (682.7888)	28 (175.4172)	91 (166.8460)	94 (167.3828)	36 (173.1428)
Apr 19, 2024	Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	11 / 37 (514.2288)	16 (169.6800)	20 (167.9888)	—	—
Apr 12, 2024	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	5 / 31 (692.4916)	4 (177.7144)	9 (173.1316)	15 (170.8228)	13 (170.8228)
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	22 / 93 (690.8572)	22 (174.8572)	33 (170.8572)	26 (174.8456)	38 (170.2972)
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	27 (169.6916)	—	—
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	45 / 73 (671.3604)	42 (167.9772)	54 (163.9772)	4 (177.1544)	60 (162.2516)
Jun 2, 2023	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	10 / 27 (682.2172)	12 (170.8228)	15 (167.4172)	7 (173.1200)	13 (170.8572)
May 12, 2023	Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	8 / 32 (510.2172)	18 (161.0856)	8 (171.9772)	—	—
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	6 / 39 (685.6912)	15 (168.5828)	1 (175.4628)	12 (169.6800)	6 (171.9656)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	26 / 80 (683.3716)	45 (170.2972)	10 (173.1316)	20 (173.1200)	48 (166.8228)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN	—	—	9 (174.2628)	—	—
Sep 23, 2022	TN River BBQ Battle 🏅 Saltillo, TN	16 / 16 (631.2232)	16 (153.0744)	16 (153.6228)	16 (159.3944)	12 (165.1316)
Mar 19, 2021	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	54 / 57 (610.0456)	54 (152.5372)	54 (150.2056)	43 (162.2400)	56 (145.0628)
May 11, 2019	Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	18 / 41 (495.9656)	27 (160.5828)	7 (168.5256)	—	—
Apr 19, 2019	High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN	14 / 39 (316.5260)	14 (157.7144)	14 (158.8116)	—	—
—	Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN	9 / 36 (512.0344)	24 (164.5944)	10 (167.4400)	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Purdom's BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

An April team

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)