On the rise
+35
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 35 points across 7 contests since 2025-11-14 — from 1569 up to 1603.
- 7 contests since 2025-11-14
- now 1603
With a 180
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1603
peak 1603 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
2024-01-26
latest 2026-08-21
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
694.46
last 5 Master vs avg 694.09 (+0.37)
Walk rate
77%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±7.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.27 · weakest Brisket (172.72)
Road miles
3,258
mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 440 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$171K
listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 13 state-championship entries
Master avg
694.09 / 720
13 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (11 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Happy hunting ground
Top 17%
average finish here
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 3 visits.
- 3 visits
- best finish 6th
- average top 17%
They almost always walk
77%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 10 of 13 contests
A top-10 category call in 77% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
707.4060
career-best overall
98.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 707.4060 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 98.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-01-24
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA has finished one call ahead of With a 180 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2025
their best year
2025 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 17%.
- 4 contests
- 3 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 17%
A tough matchup
6–2
behind in the head-to-head
BAD ROOSTER BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
BAD ROOSTER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.
A strong matchup
7–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of COOL HAND QUE in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
7 of 10
shared chicken entries lost
Dogpatch Q ahead 70% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Dogpatch Q has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared chicken entries.
The long haul
3,258
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,258 miles across 13 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 440 miles to Lakeland Pig Festival.
- 13 mapped stops
- furthest 440 mi
The metronome
±1.08%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.08% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 96.4% of a perfect score
- 13 contests
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.
#1013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1603
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1008 of the rated field
- Contests
- 30
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1605
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 30 contests to 13.
⚔ Head-to-head#1017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 35
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1612
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 35 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1009 of the rated field
- Contests
- 39
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1603
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before With a 180's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1016 of the rated field
- Contests
- 48
- GCs
- 4
- Top-10s
- 46%
- Peak
- 1651
No shared contest yet.
Level with With a 180 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 54
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1603
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 50 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogpatch Q | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Glamping Grillers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Kick Em In The Butt BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Cotton BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Bourbon & Blues BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Sailor Nicks BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 167.9772 | 174.27 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 165.6800 | 173.08 | top 37% |
| Pork | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 169.6800 | 174.01 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 178.2972 | 166.8344 | 172.72 | top 37% |
“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 | 5 | 0 | top 18% |
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 36% |
| FL | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 8% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 0 | top 23% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 17% | 2026-03-06 |
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 30% | 2026-01-22 |
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 25% | 2026-03-20 |
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 19% | 2025-11-14 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2024-01-26 → 2026-08-21
Busiest season
2026
6 contests
Contests a season
4.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 13 contests · 5 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
13 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 174.27 · weakest Brisket (172.72)
Walk rate
77%
a top-10 call in 10 of 13 contests
Overall top-10 rate
46%
6 of 13 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
694.09
out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
571
818–318 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,258
13 mapped stops · furthest 440 mi
Schedule strength
1587
average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$170,700
listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 13 state-championship entries
Power rating
1603
peak 1603 · #1012 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score691.3256 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- 2025
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall podium Lakeland Pig Festival
- First Reserve Championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score707.4060 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- 2026
- 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1603) City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest)
- Most recent contest City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2025-01-24 |
| +15.6 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2025-11-14 |
| +15.3 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2026-03-20 |
| +13.5 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) | 2026-08-21 |
| +13 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2025-03-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.1 | Buckeye BBQ Classic | 2026-07-17 |
| -1.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2026-01-22 |
| -0.5 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2025-03-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 83% | top 33% | 98% | 96.3% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75% | top 17% | 98.3% | 97% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 30% | 96% | 95.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) 🏅 Madison, IN | 3 / 39 (701.1200) | 6 (174.2744) | 7 (176.5600) | 16 (172.5828) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2026-07-17 | Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 19 / 30 (682.2516) | 20 (167.9772) | 13 (172.5484) | 6 (174.8916) | 23 (166.8344) |
| 2026-06-19 | BBQ for Bravery 🏅 Alcoa, TN | 11 / 19 (687.8624) | 14 (171.9656) | 3 (175.4056) | 13 (169.6800) | 10 (170.8112) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 7 / 125 (705.7032) | 31 (175.4172) | 29 (174.2744) | 11 (177.7144) | 9 (178.2972) |
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 7 / 44 (695.3600) | 19 (171.9656) | 31 (168.5256) | 6 (177.1544) | 3 (177.7144) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 31 / 63 (686.2288) | 15 (176.0116) | 51 (165.6800) | 29 (171.4172) | 19 (173.1200) |
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 4 / 56 (701.6688) | 3 (178.8572) | 20 (174.2744) | 9 (175.4172) | 23 (173.1200) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 44 / 100 (686.7312) | 52 (171.9656) | 38 (171.9772) | 40 (173.1200) | 51 (169.6684) |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 6 / 45 (698.8000) | 11 (175.4056) | 2 (177.7144) | 12 (174.2744) | 19 (171.4056) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 2 / 40 (707.4060) | 4 (178.8572) | 16 (173.1316) | 6 (177.7144) | 3 (177.7028) |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 18 / 58 (688.4800) | 2 (178.8572) | 37 (169.1200) | 18 (173.1200) | 37 (167.3828) |
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 13 / 59 (690.1712) | 40 (168.5256) | 6 (176.5600) | 22 (170.8228) | 14 (174.2628) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 22 / 61 (691.3256) | 23 (175.4056) | 20 (174.2744) | 16 (174.2628) | 41 (167.3828) |