High-water mark
669.6228
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6228 at Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-08-15
That's how it's DONE son
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1517 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2025-11-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.54
last 3 Master vs avg 653.54 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.59 · weakest Pork (158.60)
Road miles
35
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.54 / 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
11.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 11.3 years, then back at Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (2025-11-14).
- last seen 2014-08-15
- back 2025-11-14
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 it's 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 111 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.
#3023 of the rated field
- Contests
- 62
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1587
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to That's how it's DONE son)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team That's how it's DONE son has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before That's how it's DONE son's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with That's how it's DONE son on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before That's how it's DONE son's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 158.7884 | 165.49 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 162.8116 | 167.59 | top 41% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 158.2172 | 158.60 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 151.9200 | 161.86 | top 49% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.2 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2025-11-14
Busiest season
2025
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 · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.59 · weakest Pork (158.60)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
653.54
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
152
64–101 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
35
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,400
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
11.3 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2025-11-14
Power rating
1504
peak 1517 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- First call Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.2572 Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- 2014
- First overall top-10 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Career-best overall score669.6228 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Peak power rating (1517) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- 2025
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.8 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-08-15 |
| +7.9 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival | 2013-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2025-11-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93% | 93% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 55 / 56 (631.7372) | 55 (158.7884) | 52 (162.8116) | 55 (158.2172) | 56 (151.9200) |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | 10 / 43 (669.6228) | 14 (169.7028) | 4 (173.7144) | 32 (158.7884) | 9 (167.4172) |
| 2013-09-13 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 11 / 41 (659.2572) | 7 (167.9656) | 9 (166.2516) | 24 (158.8000) | 11 (166.2400) |