Uncle Kenny's Take-Away GA
Rating
1599
peak 1626 · rated over 31 contests
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2019-02-08
latest 2026-03-20
Best ToY finish
#894
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
2 reserve
Category wins
7
15 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
679.65 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 683.31 (-3.66)
Walk rate
76%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.52 · weakest Brisket (169.32)
Road miles
9569
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 899 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$351K
listed at 25 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 30 state-championship entries
Master avg
683.31 / 720
31 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Organizer Portal has finished one call ahead of Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 13 of their 15 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of ELITE BBQ SMOKERS in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.9260 points of the Grand Championship at Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest (2022-01-07).
😤 Chicken nemesis
Even in their strongest meat, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has out-cooked them in 10 of 15 shared chicken entries.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2021-10-08) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Smoke Central BBQ.
🔁 The comeback
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) (2026-03-20).
Teams like this (closest power rating, GA first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| Angry Jack BBQ | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| ATLANTA BBQ STORE | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Central BBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Under the Radar | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| Poppa Pig | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| QMEISTERS | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 178.8572 | 159.3484 | 172.52 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5144 | 170.49 | top 41% |
| Pork | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 178.8572 | 161.6456 | 170.90 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 31 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.0856 | 169.32 | top 43% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 10 | 1 | top 46% |
| TN | 7 | 0 | top 26% |
| FL | 4 | 0 | top 18% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
| SC | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| WI | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| Medium (20–39) | 15 | 1 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 15 | 0 | top 39% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 4 | 1 | 1 | top 43% | 2023-10-06 |
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 43% | 2026-03-20 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in GA (10 of 34 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (33 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2021-10-08)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- Average Master overall score: 683.31 / 720
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Milestones
- 🚩 2019-02-08 — First tracked contest · KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship
- 📣 2019-02-08 — First call · KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship
- 🔥 2020-09-25 — First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) · TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest
- ⭐ 2020-09-25 — Career-best overall score (703.9772) · TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest
- 🏆 2021-10-08 — First Grand Championship · The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- 🎖️ 2022-09-23 — 25th tracked contest · TN River BBQ Battle
- 📈 2022-09-29 — Peak power rating (1626) · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.8 | Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship | 2021-03-19 |
| +14.8 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest | 2020-09-25 |
| +14.4 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2021-10-08 |
| +13.4 | Fire it up Frostproof! | 2020-03-06 |
| +12.9 | Obion County Barbeque Cook Off | 2021-05-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2023-10-06 |
| -9.2 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2026-03-20 |
| -7.4 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2024-03-15 |
| -7.4 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2020-10-09 |
| -7 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship | 2019-02-08 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 43% | 96.2% | 95.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40% | top 18% | 97% | 95.9% |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 78% | top 32% | 97.1% | 95% |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% | top 34% | 97.8% | 95.4% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 94.5% | 93.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 86 / 125 (675.2912) | 76 (170.2628) | 24 (175.4172) | 60 (171.9656) | 116 (157.6456) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 8 (177.1544) | — | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 50 / 93 (678.7428) | 51 (170.8228) | 68 (165.6800) | 57 (168.5256) | 19 (173.7144) |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 56 (161.0972) | — | — |
| 2024-02-09 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 9 / 28 (692.4684) | 17 (170.8228) | 15 (173.1200) | 11 (173.1200) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2023-10-06 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 19 / 29 (672.4228) | 24 (159.3484) | 16 (167.9772) | 9 (173.1200) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 54 / 249 (690.2056) | 128 (171.4056) | 30 (176.0000) | 126 (170.8228) | 81 (171.9772) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 153 / 505 (679.3368) | 220 (168.5484) | 119 (172.5600) | 177 (170.2628) | 189 (167.9656) |
| 2022-09-23 | TN River BBQ Battle 🏅 Saltillo, TN | 2 / 16 (698.2288) | 3 (175.4172) | 5 (171.9772) | 1 (177.7144) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2022-01-07 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 2 / 29 (694.7656) | 1 (178.8572) | 18 (169.6800) | 17 (166.2284) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2021-11-19 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 8 / 37 (683.8972) | 6 (174.2628) | 15 (167.3944) | 3 (176.5600) | 19 (165.6800) |
| 2021-10-08 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 1 / 26 (699.3484) | 1 (177.7028) | 5 (175.4172) | 8 (173.1084) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2021-09-04 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 🏅 Augusta, GA | 20 / 43 (687.9088) | 12 (175.4172) | 38 (165.0972) | 27 (168.5372) | 4 (178.8572) |
| 2021-09-03 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 🏅 Augusta, GA | 27 / 37 (672.4344) | 14 (172.5600) | 12 (173.1316) | 28 (168.5372) | 34 (158.2056) |
| 2021-08-27 | 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) 🏅 Washington Island, WI | 13 / 25 (671.3372) | 1 (177.7144) | 20 (162.8228) | 10 (170.2744) | 20 (160.5256) |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 29 / 81 (680.5144) | 28 (170.8344) | 17 (172.5600) | 39 (167.3828) | 27 (169.7372) |
| 2021-06-18 | DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS | 19 / 48 (684.4456) | 16 (171.9656) | 16 (171.9772) | 37 (161.6456) | 3 (178.8572) |
| 2021-05-14 | Obion County Barbeque Cook Off 🏅 Union City, TN | 4 / 31 (679.9428) | 4 (172.6172) | 14 (165.0972) | 14 (166.8228) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2021-03-19 | Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 3 / 57 (699.3484) | 17 (173.1200) | 9 (175.4056) | 7 (176.5600) | 13 (174.2628) |
| 2020-10-09 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 24 / 37 (676.4572) | 9 (174.8688) | 2 (176.5600) | 29 (166.2400) | 33 (158.7884) |
| 2020-09-25 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest 🏅 Savannah, TN | 3 / 47 (703.9772) | 3 (177.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 6 (176.5716) | 23 (169.7028) |
| 2020-09-11 | Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA | 15 / 38 (693.6112) | 16 (173.1200) | 15 (174.2628) | 7 (174.2628) | 18 (171.9656) |
| 2020-09-05 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Augusta, GA | 13 / 54 (695.3484) | 28 (174.2628) | 7 (177.1544) | 11 (175.4056) | 37 (168.5256) |
| 2020-09-04 | Practice for Cash 🏅 Augusta, GA | 23 / 46 (675.3024) | 18 (170.8228) | 5 (172.5600) | 29 (166.8112) | 34 (165.1084) |
| 2020-08-28 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC | 15 / 34 (678.7888) | 17 (170.8572) | 24 (165.0972) | 17 (168.5372) | 6 (174.2972) |
| 2020-07-31 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA | 28 / 55 (673.5656) | 21 (171.9772) | 44 (161.0972) | 10 (174.2628) | 32 (166.2284) |
| 2020-06-19 | Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS | 7 / 47 (697.0740) | 16 (173.1084) | 6 (176.5600) | 10 (175.4056) | 15 (172.0000) |
| 2020-03-06 | Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL | 4 / 32 (685.0628) | 10 (169.1200) | 19 (166.2628) | 1 (178.8572) | 9 (170.8228) |
| 2019-10-11 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 10 / 27 (678.7428) | 10 (170.8228) | 11 (170.2744) | 12 (170.2628) | 14 (167.3828) |
| 2019-08-23 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 10 / 39 (680.4456) | 15 (169.6684) | 11 (171.4172) | 6 (171.9772) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2019-07-26 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL | 12 / 27 (663.3028) | 9 (172.0000) | 2 (173.1316) | 16 (165.0856) | 23 (153.0856) |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 30 / 48 (673.5656) | 13 (171.4056) | 44 (160.5144) | 34 (166.2400) | 6 (175.4056) |
| 2019-02-08 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 Little Rock, AR | 67 / 92 (666.7548) | 10 (176.5600) | 80 (161.6688) | 54 (166.8228) | 82 (161.7032) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #894 (60 pts) | #974 (60 pts) | #631 (220 pts) | #929 (60 pts) | #917 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1082 (90 pts) |