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
- Jun 19, 2015
North Meats South BBQ
North Meats South BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 45 at the Peak City Pigfest (2015). They finished #1970 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 11, 2013
latest Mar 6, 2026 · 12.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% 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
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 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.37 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.64 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #1793 (125 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |
By 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 165.1428 | 166.47 | top 27% |
| 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.
By field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 57% | Mar 6, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
196
finished ahead 107 times, behind 137
Longest layoff
9.7 yrs
Jun 19, 2015 → Mar 7, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20157 milestones
- 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
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | Peak City Pigfest | Jun 19, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Oct 11, 2013 |
| -3 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 7, 2025 |
| -2.2 | 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 26 / 44 (322.7888) | 28 (158.8228) | 23 (163.9660) | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 25 / 45 (316.4912) | 14 (167.4056) | 26 (149.0856) | 10 (166.8800) | — |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC | 3 / 45 (682.2400) | 21 (164.5716) | 2 (177.7372) | 14 (167.3828) | 6 (172.5484) |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 38 / 55 (632.4912) | 48 (154.2400) | 43 (151.9884) | 15 (165.1428) | 27 (161.1200) |