A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG G BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG G BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
2014-10-17
latest 2018-05-11
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
558.43
last 4 Master vs avg 558.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
8%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±125.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.54 · weakest Brisket (151.93)
Road miles
789
mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 158 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Master avg
558.43 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Boom or bust
±17.44%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±17.44% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 77.6% of a perfect score
- best 88.8%
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.
THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS 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 146 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.
#3812 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1507
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS has cooked, 5 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS has cooked, 5 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS has cooked, 5 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7260 | 152.5144 | 159.97 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 148.5144 | 157.54 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 159.3828 | 164.54 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 138.7544 | 151.93 | top 83% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 5% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-South Barbecue Festival | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 94% | 2015-10-16 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.6 yrs
2014-10-17 → 2018-05-11
Busiest season
2017
4 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
10 of 13 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.54 · weakest Brisket (151.93)
Walk rate
8%
a top-10 call in 1 of 13 contests
Overall top-10 rate
8%
1 of 13 contests
Master average
558.43
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
53–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
789
13 mapped stops · furthest 158 mi
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Music City Festival & BBQ Championship
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1489) Mid-South Barbecue Festival
- 2017
- 10th tracked contest Roman Roast on the River
- First call *Smoke in the Valley
- Career-best overall score639.2804 *Smoke in the Valley
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7260 *Smoke in the Valley
- 2018
- First overall top-10 Roman Roast on the River
- First overall podium Roman Roast on the River
- First Reserve Championship Roman Roast on the River
- Most recent contest Roman Roast on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.5 | Roman Roast on the River | 2018-05-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Mid-South Barbecue Festival | 2015-10-16 |
| -11.5 | Mid-South Barbecue Festival | 2014-10-17 |
| -8.5 | *Smoke in the Valley | 2017-09-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 5% | 47.4% | 47.4% |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 89% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-11 | Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA | 2 / 39 (341.0972) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-11-17 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-22 | *Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN | 17 / 19 (639.2804) | 9 (169.7260) | 14 (163.9772) | 13 (166.8228) | 19 (138.7544) |
| 2017-05-12 | Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-04-21 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-27 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-10-16 | Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN | 30 / 31 (627.7944) | 31 (152.5144) | 31 (148.5144) | 29 (159.3828) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2015-05-22 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-04-24 | Backyard BBQ Brawl (Competitor's Series) Murfreesboro, TN | — | 11 (165.1088) | 14 (161.7028) | — | — |
| 2014-10-17 | Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN | 32 / 35 (625.5540) | 32 (152.5368) | 30 (155.9656) | 20 (167.4056) | 32 (149.6460) |
| 2014-07-25 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-05-24 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-23 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |