High-water mark
673.6116
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6116 at Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 27, 2023
Single Tree BBQ
Single Tree BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 14 at the Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 (2023). They finished #1182 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 27, 2023
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.10 · weakest Brisket (162.26)
Road miles
107
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.15 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Single Tree BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Single Tree BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 137 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,138 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Single Tree BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Single Tree BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,140 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Level with Single Tree BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,145 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#4,119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1480
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 155.9772 | 163.96 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 162.8232 | 166.03 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 157.6456 | 166.10 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 156.5484 | 162.26 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 3 | 88 | 0 | top 88% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
299
finished ahead 70 times, behind 442
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Mar 14, 2025 → Mar 20, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2744 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- First call Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- First overall top-10 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.6116 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- Career-best overall score673.6116 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- Peak power rating (1507) Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2024 |
| -9.5 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
| -5.9 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 20, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 98 / 125 (668.4572) | 90 (168.5256) | 93 (165.6916) | 73 (170.2744) | 95 (163.9656) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 74 (162.8232) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 91 / 100 (652.4112) | 91 (161.6572) | 78 (167.3944) | 73 (166.8112) | 92 (156.5484) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 88 / 93 (642.1256) | 90 (155.9772) | 75 (164.5372) | 88 (157.6456) | 73 (163.9656) |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 🏅 Madison, AL | 10 / 14 (673.6116) | 8 (169.6800) | 10 (169.6916) | 10 (169.6800) | 12 (164.5600) |