Primo Oval Rulers

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3481

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1493 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-02-08

latest 2017-08-04

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

672.4456 / 720

Master · Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.47 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.55 (+3.92)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Brisket · Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±9.34

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.63 · weakest Brisket (162.54)

Road miles

131

mi across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Master avg

660.55 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

672.4456 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.4456 at Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-07-31

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BBQR'S DELIGHT has finished one call ahead of Primo Oval Rulers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.08 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 162.54
Chicken avg 167.63
1 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PORK-N-BONES in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.30% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.30% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.7% of a perfect score
8 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 23rd

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.

124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Red & Black BBQ Shack

#3477 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1494

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

⚔ Head-to-head

SEADOG BBQ

#3485 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ Bravado

#3472 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after Primo Oval Rulers did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

TWISTED OAK BARBECUE

#3490 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Level with Primo Oval Rulers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-01-28

⚔ Head-to-head

BAD TO THE BONE TOO

#3482 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-04-28

⚔ Head-to-head

SOUTH COAST BBQ

#3465 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before Primo Oval Rulers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TENACIOUS Q	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
OLD PLANTATION BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PORK-N-BONES	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
HAWGPOUND SMOKERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
MDT SMOKERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
OINK, CACKLE & MOO	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SUE E PIGG	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	1	176.5828	155.3600	167.63	top 52%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	171.9772	151.9998	163.62	top 62%
Pork	8	2	0	170.8344	163.9428	166.75	top 49%
Brisket	8	1	1	178.8572	155.4284	162.54	top 61%

“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)	3	0	top 64%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 62%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	5	23	0	top 62%	2017-08-04

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.5 yrs 2013-02-08 → 2017-08-04

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 4 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.63 · weakest Brisket (162.54)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 660.55 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 162 143–229 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 131 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1564 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2015-07-31 → 2016-08-05

Power rating 1493 peak 1493 · #3481 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Feb 8 First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier)
Feb 8 First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier)
Aug 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4456 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2014
Aug 1 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2015
Jul 31 Career-best overall score672.4456 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Jul 31 Peak power rating (1500) Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2017
Aug 4 Most recent contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.1	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2014-08-01
+3.4	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2015-07-31
+1.5	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)	2014-02-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.3	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2016-08-05
-4.8	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-08-02
-4	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier)	2013-02-08
-2.4	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL)	2015-02-06
-0.2	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	2017-08-04

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0%	top 63%	92.9%	92.9%
2016	1	0%	top 82%	90.7%	90.7%
2015	2	50%	top 61%	93.4%	92.3%
2014	2	100%	top 49%	93.2%	92.6%
2013	2	50%	top 67%	91.2%	90.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-08-04	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival Dillard, GA	36 / 57 (669.0404)	20 (171.4288)	13 (171.9772)	30 (166.8228)	48 (158.8116)
2016-08-05	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	46 / 56 (653.0516)	54 (155.3600)	28 (167.4516)	38 (166.2400)	38 (164.0000)
2015-07-31	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	28 / 55 (672.4456)	15 (173.1200)	42 (163.3828)	24 (168.5600)	23 (167.3828)
2015-02-06	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	25 / 35 (657.0516)	29 (162.8228)	28 (162.2516)	6 (170.8344)	25 (161.1428)
2014-08-01	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	23 / 56 (670.7428)	41 (164.5600)	40 (160.5028)	29 (166.8228)	2 (178.8572)
2014-02-07	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA	16 / 28 (662.1596)	2 (176.5828)	20 (162.8456)	18 (163.9428)	20 (158.7884)
2013-08-02	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	43 / 61 (656.4456)	32 (167.4400)	26 (168.5372)	43 (164.5256)	50 (155.9428)
2013-02-08	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA	21 / 33 (643.4282)	13 (169.7144)	28 (151.9998)	7 (166.2856)	22 (155.4284)

Primo Oval Rulers

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

A standing appointment

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By contest size

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)