SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ

SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 59 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #944 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#944

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1611

peak 1611 · rated over 14 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 2, 2019

latest Mar 6, 2026 · 6.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#154

Backyard 2024 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

31% of 16 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 22%

overall standings

Best overall

506.7540 / 540

Backyard · Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

498.97 ▲

last 5 Backyard (3-meat) vs avg 494.67 (+4.31)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716

Pork Ribs · Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

Consistency

±10.92

spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.58 · weakest Pork (163.32)

Road miles

228

across 16 mapped stops

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Purse competed for

$136K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 14 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

340.03 / 360

6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

494.67 / 540

8 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

Sip & Swine BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 7 visits.

7 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 16%

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 12 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

506.7540 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 540

Their best day on record: 506.7540 at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival — 93.8% of a perfect 540.

Backyard
Mar 4, 2022

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

3D BBQ has finished one call ahead of SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

10–2 behind in the head-to-head

Dogpatch Q ahead in 83% of their meetings

Dogpatch Q has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.26 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 60%.

Pork avg 163.32
Pork Ribs avg 168.58
4 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

14–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Peckerwood Country Club in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

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The comeback

2.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Hawgin On Lanier (Aug 2, 2019).

last seen Nov 4, 2016
back Aug 2, 2019

Pork Ribs nemesis

10 of 13 shared pork ribs entries lost

Dogpatch Q ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Dogpatch Q has out-cooked them in 10 of 13 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.32% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.32% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.8% of a perfect score
16 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sip & Swine BBQ Festival every year from 2020 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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
2026 ↗	Backyard	#161 (266 pts)	#186 (231 pts)	#176 (251 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Backyard	#314 (113 pts)	#331 (98 pts)	#206 (235 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#154 (377 pts)	#177 (307 pts)	#122 (492 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#202 (229 pts)	#151 (397 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	—	—	#969 (163 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#111 (404 pts)	#120 (349 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#136 (205 pts)	#149 (160 pts)	—	—
2020 ↗	Backyard	—	#42 (259 pts)	#94 (99 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

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FYC BARBEQUE

#950 of the rated field

1611 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1679

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 50 contests
last seen Aug 20, 2021

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FATTY MAC BARBECUE

#949 of the rated field

1611 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 81%
Peak: 1618

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

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Big Al and the Boys

#946 of the rated field

1611 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1611

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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SLIM D'S BBQ

#945 of the rated field

1611 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1624

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 30 contests to 16.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2019

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All About the Wood

#943 of the rated field

1611 power rating

Contests: 61
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1645

61 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 54% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 59 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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Team Meat Coma

#948 of the rated field

1611 power rating

Contests: 63
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1681

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ's first contest.

rated over 61 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Peckerwood Country Club	14	14	0	100%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	14	12	2	86%	⚔ compare
Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Wiggle Butts BBQ	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
COOL HAND QUE	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
Geaux 2 bbq	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
ZIPS BBQ	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
Stewbabys BBQ	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
TRIPLE H BBQ	12	3	8	25%	⚔ compare
Dogpatch Q	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
STANK BUTT BBQ	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN KOLBZ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	6	0	3	175.4056	145.6572	166.70	top 26%
Pork Ribs	15	9	1	2	176.5716	158.2172	168.58	top 20%
Pork	10	4	0	0	169.1200	155.9428	163.32	top 28%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 14%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 22%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	7	2	0	top 16%	Mar 6, 2026
Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	4	12	0	top 24%	Nov 14, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 16 of 16 contests

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 15 entries · 1 win · 9 calls

Opponents faced 451 finished ahead 881 times, behind 325

Longest layoff 2.7 yrs Nov 4, 2016 → Aug 2, 2019

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

Mar 6 Peak power rating (1611) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 6 Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20242 milestones

Mar 1 First overall podium Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 1 First Reserve Championship Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20233 milestones

Mar 3 10th tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Nov 17 First category win (Pork Ribs) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Nov 17 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5716 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

20221 milestone

Mar 4 Career-best overall score506.7540 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20202 milestones

Mar 6 First overall top-10 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score498.1944 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20191 milestone

Aug 2 First call Hawgin On Lanier

20161 milestone

Nov 4 First tracked contest Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 6, 2020
+14.7	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 1, 2024
+14.6	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 4, 2022
+12.1	GBC Throwdown	Nov 19, 2021
+9.9	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 6, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	1	0	100%	top 16%	96.2%	96.2%
2025	2	0	0	0%	top 28%	94.3%	93.3%
2024	2	1	0	100%	top 15%	96.8%	95.1%
2023	2	0	1	100%	top 20%	93.6%	93.5%
2022	3	1	0	100%	top 15%	93.8%	93%
2021	2	1	0	50%	top 24%	93%	91.3%
2020	2	1	0	100%	top 23%	92.3%	91.7%
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 38%	87.4%	87.4%
2016	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 6, 2026	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	7 / 44 (346.2516)	10 (173.1200)	8 (173.1316)	—	—
Nov 14, 2025	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	15 / 56 (339.3484)	16 (168.5256)	16 (170.8228)	—	—
Mar 7, 2025	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	13 / 45 (332.4800)	16 (167.3828)	14 (165.0972)	—	—
Nov 15, 2024	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA	16 / 58 (336.5028)	32 (159.9428)	3 (176.5600)	—	—
Mar 1, 2024	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	2 / 59 (348.5372)	3 (174.2628)	4 (174.2744)	13 (169.1200)	—
Nov 17, 2023	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	13 / 60 (337.0744)	22 (160.5028)	1 (176.5716)	24 (155.9428)	—
Mar 3, 2023	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	12 / 65 (503.8740)	13 (173.1200)	24 (162.2284)	10 (168.5256)	—
Nov 18, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	12 / 57 (498.1712)	12 (163.9656)	5 (170.8228)	14 (163.3828)	—
Nov 17, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA	—	—	7 (173.1316)	—	—
Mar 4, 2022	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	6 / 73 (506.7540)	2 (175.4056)	6 (171.4056)	22 (159.9428)	—
Nov 19, 2021	GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	4 / 28 (502.1832)	8 (166.2400)	5 (169.6916)	7 (166.2516)	—
Mar 5, 2021	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	27 / 81 (483.8744)	21 (164.5600)	28 (158.2172)	27 (161.0972)	—
Nov 20, 2020	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	16 / 40 (492.4228)	10 (169.1200)	15 (165.0972)	21 (158.2056)	—
Mar 6, 2020	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	4 / 61 (498.1944)	2 (171.9772)	17 (158.2516)	6 (167.9656)	—
Aug 2, 2019	Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Gainesville, GA	17 / 45 (471.8516)	21 (145.6572)	7 (163.3944)	10 (162.8000)	—
Nov 4, 2016	Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA	—	—	—	—	—

SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)