#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headPut a Ring on it
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-04-07
latest 2019-08-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
171.4172
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.27 · weakest Brisket (142.22)
Road miles
532
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 486 mi
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
613.12 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
317.69 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
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.
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.
Put a Ring on it has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Put a Ring on it did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Put a Ring on it on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2740 | 152.5944 | 158.29 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 155.4172 | 161.72 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 159.9884 | 166.27 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.2172 | 142.2172 | 142.22 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2017-04-07 → 2019-08-23
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.27 · weakest Brisket (142.22)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
613.12
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
317.69
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
40–84 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
532
4 mapped stops · furthest 486 mi
Purse competed for
$6,950
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2017-04-07 → 2018-08-24
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best overall score613.1200 The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- 2018
- First call *First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 *First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- Most recent contest Great Americana BBQ Festival
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-23 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 18 / 39 (317.6912) | 17 (162.2740) | 26 (155.4172) | 5 (170.2744) | — |
| 2018-09-21 | *First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 11 (159.9884) | 5 (171.4172) | 6 (168.5372) | — |
| 2018-08-24 | *Great American BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-04-07 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 51 / 54 (613.1200) | 51 (152.5944) | 41 (158.3200) | 39 (159.9884) | 50 (142.2172) |