Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6572 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 80% of their meetings
HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.00 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 57%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bubba Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Smithfield BBQ Classic (2017-08-04).
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,291 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,774 miles to The Smithfield King of the Smoker (INVITATIONAL ONLY) COMPETITOR'S Series.
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.
71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BURNT BEAN CO. has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head21 contests to 7: their number has had years to settle where BURNT BEAN CO.'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 7 contests, alongside a 71% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after BURNT BEAN CO. did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BURNT BEAN CO. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 154.2056 | 166.01 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 159.3944 | 168.47 | top 48% |
| Pork | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 160.5600 | 171.00 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177.7028 | 152.4800 | 170.50 | top 30% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 30% |
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 26% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 41 | 0 | top 30% | 2018-09-15 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | World Barbecue Championship | 2017-11-08 |
| +13.8 | Smithfield BBQ Classic | 2017-08-04 |
| +11.7 | Roman Roast on the River | 2015-05-08 |
| +6.3 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.4 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) | 2015-04-24 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 45% | 95.8% | 94.4% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 23% | 94.5% | 94% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 95.4% | 93% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-30 | The Smithfield King of the Smoker (INVITATIONAL ONLY) COMPETITOR'S Series unrated Coachella, CA | 18 / 24 (678.7776) | 16 (171.9888) | 24 (159.3944) | 8 (174.2744) | 6 (173.1200) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 166 / 467 (670.7772) | 305 (162.8344) | 52 (174.2628) | 315 (160.5600) | 65 (173.1200) |
| 2018-09-14 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 41 / 164 (689.6572) | 110 (169.1200) | 73 (170.2744) | 59 (172.5600) | 11 (177.7028) |
| 2017-11-08 | World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL | 20 / 93 (680.4568) | 85 (161.0740) | 46 (167.4172) | 8 (175.4056) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2017-08-04 | Smithfield BBQ Classic Smithfield, VA | 7 / 28 (672.4340) | 16 (166.8228) | 17 (164.5256) | 14 (166.8228) | 1 (174.2628) |
| 2015-05-08 | Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA | 9 / 41 (686.7540) | 4 (176.0000) | 25 (167.9656) | 3 (176.5600) | 27 (166.2284) |
| 2015-04-24 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA | 21 / 35 (652.9372) | 33 (154.2056) | 3 (175.4172) | 9 (170.8344) | 31 (152.4800) |