Put a Ring on it
Put a Ring on it is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 18th of 39 at the Great Americana BBQ Festival (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 7, 2017
latest Aug 23, 2019 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
171.4172
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.87 · weakest Brisket (142.22)
Road miles
532
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 486 mi
Purse competed for
$6,950
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
613.12 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
317.69 / 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 | 159.9884 | 152.5944 | 156.29 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 158.3200 | 164.87 | top 57% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 159.9884 | 164.26 | top 59% |
| 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
125
finished ahead 40 times, behind 84
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
Apr 7, 2017 → Aug 24, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Great Americana BBQ Festival
20182 milestones
- 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)
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best overall score613.1200 The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2019 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 18 / 39 (317.6912) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 21, 2018 | First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 11 (159.9884) | 5 (171.4172) | 6 (168.5372) | — |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Great American BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | 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) |