A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Pot's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Pot's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BIG B'S SMOKESHACK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2017-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.17
last 3 Master vs avg 645.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.54)
Road miles
16
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
645.17 / 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
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) (2016-09-16).
- last seen 2013-09-13
- back 2016-09-16
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.
BIG B'S SMOKESHACK 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 138 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG B'S SMOKESHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BIG B'S SMOKESHACK did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.2284 | 166.44 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 151.3828 | 156.54 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 158.8000 | 160.52 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 157.6800 | 161.68 | top 63% |
“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 69% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock'n Ribville (GBC QUALIFIER) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 69% | 2017-09-15 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2017-09-15
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.54)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
645.17
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
87
31–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2016-09-16
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1490) Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1372 Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score654.1372 Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier)
- 2017
- Most recent contest Rock'n Ribville (GBC QUALIFIER)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-09-13 |
| -4.2 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC QUALIFIER) | 2017-09-15 |
| -1.8 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-09-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-15 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC QUALIFIER) Lawrenceville, GA | 29 / 39 (648.4572) | 18 (169.1084) | 30 (161.1316) | 35 (160.5372) | 30 (157.6800) |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) Lawrenceville, GA | 25 / 39 (654.1372) | 11 (171.9772) | 32 (157.0972) | 34 (158.8000) | 20 (166.2628) |
| 2013-09-13 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA | 36 / 43 (632.9252) | 35 (158.2284) | 38 (151.3828) | 29 (162.2284) | 26 (161.0856) |