High-water mark
682.2400
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.2400 at Peak City Pigfest — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-06-19
North Meats South BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2026-03-06
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.69)
Road miles
375
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 342 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.37 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.64 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 (2 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.
The comeback
9.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 9.7 years, then back at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2025-03-07).
- last seen 2015-06-19
- back 2025-03-07
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.
North Meats South BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 108 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3023 of the rated field
- Contests
- 62
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1587
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to North Meats South BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team North Meats South BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before North Meats South BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with North Meats South BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before North Meats South BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 154.2400 | 161.26 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 149.0856 | 160.69 | top 48% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 157.0856 | 164.12 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 161.1200 | 166.83 | top 31% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 57% | 2026-03-06 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.4 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2026-03-06
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.69)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
657.37
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
319.64
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
196
107–137 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
375
4 mapped stops · furthest 342 mi
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$24,200
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
9.7 yrs
2015-06-19 → 2025-03-07
Power rating
1505
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- 2015
- First call Peak City Pigfest
- First overall top-10 Peak City Pigfest
- First overall podium Peak City Pigfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.2400 Peak City Pigfest
- Career-best overall score682.2400 Peak City Pigfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 Peak City Pigfest
- Peak power rating (1510) Peak City Pigfest
- 2026
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | Peak City Pigfest | 2015-06-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2013-10-11 |
| -3 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2025-03-07 |
| -2.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2026-03-06 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 7% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 26 / 44 (322.7888) | 28 (158.8228) | 23 (163.9660) | 27 (157.0856) | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 25 / 45 (316.4912) | 14 (167.4056) | 26 (149.0856) | 10 (166.8800) | — |
| 2015-06-19 | Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC | 3 / 45 (682.2400) | 21 (164.5716) | 2 (177.7372) | 14 (167.3828) | 6 (172.5484) |
| 2013-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 38 / 55 (632.4912) | 48 (154.2400) | 43 (151.9884) | 15 (165.1428) | 27 (161.1200) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #1793 (125 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |