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.
CK'Z LOW AND SLOW 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 147 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CK'Z LOW AND SLOW has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with CK'Z LOW AND SLOW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after CK'Z LOW AND SLOW did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 154.2284 | 155.67 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5260 | 151.3600 | 151.94 | top 90% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 152.5256 | 157.12 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 169.6916 | 170.26 | top 24% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
| 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 93% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-09 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show 🏅 Franklin, NC | 27 / 29 (638.1256) | 26 (154.2284) | 29 (151.3600) | 25 (161.7144) | 8 (170.8228) |
| 2013-09-13 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 27 / 41 (631.8632) | 28 (157.1200) | 33 (152.5260) | 31 (152.5256) | 8 (169.6916) |