Higginbotham Family Dental

Higginbotham Family Dental is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 33 at the Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1556

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 27, 2013

latest Sep 29, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

100% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 10%

overall standings

Best overall

697.0860 / 720

Master · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Consistency

±4.68

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 176.13 · weakest Pork (171.14)

Road miles

139

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)

Master avg

690.95 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 4

The heartbreaker

0.0456 points from the title

Came within 0.0456 points of the Grand Championship at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest (Sep 27, 2013).

Signature meat

50% brisket entries won

2 wins from 4 entries

When brisket is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 50% of their entries (2 of 4).

best 177.1428
average 176.13
4 calls

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (Sep 29, 2017).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

High-water mark

697.0860 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.0860 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 27, 2013

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ACE BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (Sep 25, 2015).

last seen Sep 27, 2013
back Sep 25, 2015

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Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 48 at their very first tracked contest, Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest (Sep 27, 2013).

Sep 27, 2013
48-team field

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	1	1	178.8572	166.2516	171.69	top 28%
Pork Ribs	4	4	0	1	177.7028	168.5256	171.99	top 16%
Pork	4	2	1	1	177.7144	165.7256	171.14	top 25%
Brisket	4	4	2	3	177.1428	175.4056	176.13	top 8%

“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)	3	0	top 11%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 4%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AR	3	0	top 9%
TN	1	0	top 12%

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 116 finished ahead 131 times, behind 9

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 27, 2013 → Sep 25, 2015

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

20173 milestones

Sep 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Sep 29 Peak power rating (1556) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Sep 29 Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20139 milestones

Sep 27 First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First call Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First category win (Pork) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First overall podium Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First Reserve Championship Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First multi-meat day Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score697.0860 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 Career-best overall score697.0860 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest	Sep 27, 2013
+15	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	Jun 2, 2017
+14.1	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 29, 2017
+11.2	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 25, 2015

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)
2017	2	2	2	100%	top 9%	96.1%	96%
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 16%	95%	95%
2013	1	1	2	100%	top 4%	96.8%	96.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 29, 2017	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	2 / 33 (690.7884)	1 (178.8572)	4 (168.5256)	11 (166.8456)	1 (176.5600)
Jun 2, 2017	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	3 / 25 (691.9656)	11 (170.2628)	7 (170.2972)	4 (174.2628)	3 (177.1428)
Sep 25, 2015	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	6 / 38 (683.9540)	9 (171.4056)	8 (171.4172)	19 (165.7256)	6 (175.4056)
Sep 27, 2013	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest Jonesboro, AR	2 / 48 (697.0860)	20 (166.2516)	2 (177.7028)	1 (177.7144)	1 (175.4172)

Higginbotham Family Dental

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

The heartbreaker

Signature meat

Multi-meat days

High-water mark

A strong matchup

The comeback

Announced themselves early

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)