High-water mark
677.7028
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.7028 at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 24, 2018
GOING SOUTH BBQ
GOING SOUTH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 13th of 54 at the Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship (2018).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 26, 2016
latest Sep 15, 2018 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.20
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.68 · weakest Brisket (161.35)
Road miles
731
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 501 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
657.83 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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GOING SOUTH BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
They turned up 6 years after GOING SOUTH BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#3,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with GOING SOUTH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BOOMERANG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Texas-car-b-que | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Daddy G's BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 155.9544 | 165.68 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 147.9772 | 165.36 | top 42% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 159.4056 | 165.44 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 155.3828 | 161.35 | top 64% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 109 | 0 | top 64% | Sep 15, 2018 |
| Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 50% | Aug 24, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
606
finished ahead 319 times, behind 507
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Aug 26, 2016 → Aug 24, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20187 milestones
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- First category win (Chicken) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7028 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Career-best overall score677.7028 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Peak power rating (1504) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 24, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 26, 2016 |
| -4.7 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 31, 2018 |
| -0.1 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25% | top 56% | 94.1% | 92.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 283 / 467 (653.5768) | 392 (157.0628) | 167 (168.5828) | 130 (169.6684) | 331 (158.2628) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 109 / 164 (676.9940) | 95 (170.8228) | 33 (174.2628) | 113 (167.9656) | 136 (163.9428) |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 53 / 74 (647.3256) | 63 (155.9544) | 32 (165.7028) | 32 (165.1084) | 47 (160.5600) |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 13 / 54 (677.7028) | 1 (179.4400) | 12 (170.2744) | 34 (159.4056) | 15 (168.5828) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 54 / 72 (633.5540) | 25 (165.1200) | 65 (147.9772) | 31 (165.0740) | 54 (155.3828) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.