High-water mark
666.8116
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.8116 at Atlanta BarB-Que Festival — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-08-14
That's how its DONE son!
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1495 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2018-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.99
last 3 Master vs avg 650.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.46 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.59)
Road miles
54
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 31 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
650.99 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Atlanta BBQ Festival (2018-05-05).
- last seen 2015-08-14
- back 2018-05-05
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.
That's how its DONE son! has 3 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 124 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after That's how its DONE son! did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with That's how its DONE son! on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 157.7142 | 166.46 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 152.5718 | 159.59 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 161.1428 | 164.76 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 156.5714 | 160.17 | top 65% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2018-05-05
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.46 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.59)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
650.99
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
47–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
54
3 mapped stops · furthest 31 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2015-08-14 → 2018-05-05
Power rating
1495
peak 1495 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
- 2015
- First call Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- First category win (Chicken) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8116 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Career-best overall score666.8116 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1495) Atlanta BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2015-08-14 |
| +1.8 | Atlanta BBQ Festival | 2018-05-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-05-17 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 33% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-05 | Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA | 15 / 27 (658.1484) | 18 (163.9656) | 17 (161.6456) | 8 (170.2744) | 18 (162.2628) |
| 2015-08-14 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 16 / 48 (666.8116) | 1 (177.7144) | 19 (164.5600) | 28 (162.8572) | 27 (161.6800) |
| 2013-05-17 | Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA | 34 / 37 (628.0002) | 31 (157.7142) | 34 (152.5718) | 24 (161.1428) | 27 (156.5714) |