Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.0000 at The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) (2017-09-02).
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.
Pork Commander 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 140 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 12 years after Pork Commander did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Pork Commander on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 147.4056 | 159.42 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 156.5372 | 164.37 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 148.5714 | 154.63 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 150.2858 | 158.46 | top 56% |
“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.
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-05-30 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-02 |
| -8 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | 2013-05-03 |
| 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 85% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX | 39 / 46 (607.7940) | 39 (147.4056) | 34 (156.5372) | 37 (151.9084) | 35 (151.9428) |
| 2014-05-30 | The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off Knoxville, TN | 11 / 48 (680.0000) | 5 (174.2972) | 16 (169.1428) | 35 (163.4172) | 5 (173.1428) |
| 2013-05-03 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN | 35 / 46 (622.8570) | 35 (156.5714) | 10 (167.4284) | 40 (148.5714) | 37 (150.2858) |