BILLY RAY BBQ IN
Rating
1559
peak 1585 · rated over 30 contests
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
33
in the data
First seen
2019-02-08
latest 2026-03-20
Best ToY finish
#192
Master 2019
Grand champs
1
2 reserve
Category wins
3
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 33 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
644.93 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 671.66 (-26.73)
Walk rate
61%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±29.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.30 · weakest Brisket (165.65)
Road miles
6350
mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 512 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$425K
listed at 25 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 28 state-championship entries
Master avg
671.66 / 720
30 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ has finished one call ahead of BILLY RAY BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
THE BBQ BUS has come out ahead in 16 of their 19 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 67-team field at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship.
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 23% across 4 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 92 at their very first tracked contest, KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship (2019-02-08).
🔁 The comeback
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (2026-03-20).
Teams like this (closest power rating, IN first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmokinGhost BBQ | 23 | 7 | 16 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BBQ BUS | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| WeQ4U | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41% | ⚔ compare |
| The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 15 | 4 | 11 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| One2BBQ | 14 | 4 | 10 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Carrol Lou's Smokehouse | 13 | 5 | 7 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| Shiggin aint easy | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| iBQ'n | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 150.7884 | 167.08 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 179.4400 | 157.0740 | 167.91 | top 50% |
| Pork | 30 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 156.5484 | 171.30 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 20.0000 | 165.65 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 11 | 0 | top 47% |
| TN | 8 | 1 | top 42% |
| KS | 7 | 0 | top 48% |
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 29% |
| WI | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 3% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 21 | 1 | top 38% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 41% | 2026-03-20 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 2 | 68 | 0 | top 45% | 2022-09-29 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 84 | 0 | top 37% | 2022-09-29 |
| Big Blue Barbecue | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 38% | 2021-08-13 |
| Rockin BBQ | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 57% | 2020-05-29 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IN (13 of 33 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (32 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (2019-03-08)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- Average Master overall score: 671.66 / 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
- 🏆 2019-03-08 — First Grand Championship · Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- ⭐ 2019-03-08 — Career-best overall score (706.8344) · Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- 🔥 2019-03-22 — First perfect 180 (Pork) · PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition
- 🎖️ 2022-09-29 — 25th tracked contest · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- 📈 2023-06-09 — Peak power rating (1585) · Hoosier BBQ Classic #1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.5 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship | 2019-02-08 |
| +15.4 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2019-03-08 |
| +13.6 | PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition | 2019-03-22 |
| +13.2 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 | 2019-05-24 |
| +9.5 | Smithfield Classic in Nashville | 2021-09-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16.1 | Hoosier BBQ Classic | 2024-06-07 |
| -13.1 | Rockin BBQ | 2020-05-29 |
| -10.6 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition | 2020-11-13 |
| -6.9 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 | 2022-05-14 |
| -5.2 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2026-03-20 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 94.5% | 94.5% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 100% | 73.4% | 73.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 55% | 94% | 93.9% |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57% | top 47% | 95.5% | 94.4% |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 38% | 95.8% | 94.3% |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 94.3% | 92.2% |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 80% | top 25% | 98.2% | 94.2% |
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 | 74 / 125 (680.4800) | 84 (168.5372) | 49 (171.9772) | 82 (168.5484) | 52 (171.4172) |
| 2024-06-07 | Hoosier BBQ Classic 🏅 Franklin, IN | 38 / 38 (528.4684) | 23 (169.1200) | 25 (166.2400) | 12 (173.1084) | 38 (20.0000) |
| 2024-06-07 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 7 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-06-10 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 🏅 Franklin, IN | 19 / 28 (675.3256) | 24 (165.0856) | 21 (167.4056) | 8 (173.1544) | 15 (169.6800) |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 16 / 38 (676.4912) | 29 (166.8456) | 13 (170.8456) | 17 (169.1200) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 4 (173.1316) | — | — |
| 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 | 68 / 249 (687.9200) | 163 (169.6684) | 41 (174.8572) | 87 (172.5600) | 99 (170.8344) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 281 / 505 (663.8740) | 276 (166.8228) | 366 (162.8228) | 274 (166.2628) | 195 (167.9656) |
| 2022-09-23 | TN River BBQ Battle 🏅 Saltillo, TN | 6 / 16 (686.2400) | 12 (165.6684) | 10 (168.0000) | 4 (173.7144) | 4 (178.8572) |
| 2022-05-14 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 🏅 Union City, TN | 18 / 23 (678.6964) | 17 (170.8112) | 19 (167.3828) | 7 (173.1084) | 19 (167.3940) |
| 2022-05-13 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 🏅 Union City, TN | 13 / 25 (676.5144) | 12 (170.2972) | 20 (163.4172) | 17 (168.5372) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2022-04-08 | CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN | 13 / 42 (686.1940) | 16 (173.1084) | 26 (167.9772) | 21 (170.2628) | 4 (174.8456) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 84 / 467 (677.6916) | 220 (166.8688) | 164 (168.5944) | 191 (166.8228) | 29 (175.4056) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 115 / 185 (676.4800) | 169 (162.2400) | 28 (176.0116) | 125 (167.9656) | 83 (170.2628) |
| 2021-09-03 | Smithfield Classic in Nashville 🏅 Nashville, TN | 13 / 50 (689.6228) | 34 (168.5256) | 38 (167.9772) | 2 (178.8572) | 11 (174.2628) |
| 2021-08-13 | Big Blue Barbecue 🏅 Shelbyville, IN | 13 / 30 (678.1716) | 12 (169.6800) | 19 (168.5372) | 12 (169.6916) | 10 (170.2628) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN | 25 / 44 (662.7196) | 36 (161.0856) | 33 (161.1084) | 15 (172.5600) | 15 (167.9656) |
| 2021-03-19 | Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 13 / 57 (687.9428) | 39 (163.9656) | 2 (177.7372) | 4 (177.7144) | 29 (168.5256) |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 Mayetta, KS | 81 / 94 (667.8624) | 81 (165.6684) | 85 (162.8228) | 36 (173.7028) | 82 (165.6684) |
| 2020-10-23 | Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | 15 / 41 (672.4340) | 22 (165.1200) | 30 (159.9428) | 6 (174.2628) | 9 (173.1084) |
| 2020-08-14 | Big Blue Barbecue 🏅 Shelbyville, IN | 16 / 50 (678.7772) | 28 (167.4056) | 11 (170.8344) | 9 (174.2972) | 35 (166.2400) |
| 2020-05-29 | Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 58 / 66 (635.8512) | 66 (150.7884) | 37 (163.4172) | 53 (156.5484) | 37 (165.0972) |
| 2019-10-18 | Best of the Midwest 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 17 / 52 (658.1600) | 35 (160.5256) | 32 (157.6800) | 2 (176.0116) | 23 (163.9428) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 107 / 468 (468.5484) | 317 (161.1428) | 223 (166.2284) | 27 (175.4056) | 93 (171.9656) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 83 / 135 (678.7424) | 9 (177.7144) | 78 (169.6684) | 125 (162.8112) | 92 (168.5484) |
| 2019-05-25 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 🏅 Westmont, IL | 25 / 48 (656.3880) | 27 (164.5256) | 39 (157.0740) | 7 (169.1084) | 18 (165.6800) |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 🏅 Westmont, IL | 2 / 40 (679.3484) | 14 (166.8456) | 23 (161.0972) | 6 (171.4056) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2019-05-17 | Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition 🏅 Valparaiso, IN | 8 / 20 (661.5772) | 6 (167.4172) | 7 (164.5372) | 6 (167.9656) | 13 (161.6572) |
| 2019-05-10 | Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 11 / 42 (669.0512) | 16 (169.7028) | 22 (166.2972) | 15 (166.8228) | 16 (166.2284) |
| 2019-03-22 | PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition 🏅 Franklin, IN | 2 / 29 (695.9656) | 13 (170.2628) | 7 (171.4400) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2019-03-08 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Nashville, TN | 1 / 67 (706.8344) | 6 (176.0000) | 2 (177.7144) | 7 (174.2628) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2019-02-08 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 Little Rock, AR | 3 / 92 (701.1200) | 43 (170.8572) | 1 (179.4400) | 14 (174.2628) | 8 (176.5600) |
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) | #1013 (60 pts) | #929 (60 pts) | #917 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1211 (70 pts) | #804 (205 pts) | #920 (125 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #752 (188 pts) | #1079 (118 pts) | #572 (383 pts) | #671 (248 pts) | #751 (218 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #384 (589 pts) | #435 (534 pts) | #539 (449 pts) | #377 (634 pts) | #298 (774 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #357 (530 pts) | #461 (420 pts) | #349 (585 pts) | #234 (820 pts) | #372 (550 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #397 (275 pts) | #537 (195 pts) | #466 (250 pts) | #326 (380 pts) | #442 (265 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #192 (1349 pts) | #310 (994 pts) | #329 (954 pts) | #160 (1434 pts) | #226 (1219 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #232 (1290 pts) | #381 (920 pts) | #338 (995 pts) | #220 (1300 pts) | #207 (1395 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #243 (1345 pts) | #356 (1035 pts) | #220 (1370 pts) | #415 (925 pts) | #259 (1300 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1454 (180 pts) | #1262 (255 pts) | #1542 (180 pts) | #1052 (340 pts) | #1503 (180 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1338 (190 pts) | #860 (420 pts) | #1715 (135 pts) | #1647 (145 pts) | #1601 (150 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2598 (66 pts) | #2615 (66 pts) | #2708 (61 pts) | #2070 (96 pts) | #2144 (76 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1346 (179 pts) | #1961 (94 pts) | #1447 (179 pts) | #1222 (229 pts) | #2400 (74 pts) |