The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge (Sep 23, 2016).
- last seen Sep 26, 2014
- back Sep 23, 2016
DIRTY SOUTH BBQ
DIRTY SOUTH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2013. Their best overall finish is 36th of 36 at the Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off (2013).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2013
latest May 24, 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.43 · weakest Brisket (148.57)
Road miles
449
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 318 mi
Master avg
606.57 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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DIRTY SOUTH BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 138 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 147.4284 | 152.29 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2860 | 148.5712 | 155.43 | top 72% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4282 | 149.1428 | 150.29 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8570 | 146.2858 | 148.57 | top 92% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
76
finished ahead 3 times, behind 91
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 26, 2014 → Sep 23, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
- Career-best overall score607.4284 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.2860 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 84.4% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2016 | Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Hickory, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 24, 2013 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off Lewisburg, TN | 36 / 36 (607.4284) | 35 (147.4284) | 19 (162.2860) | 33 (151.4282) | 35 (146.2858) |
| Apr 19, 2013 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 57 / 60 (605.7138) | 50 (157.1428) | 55 (148.5712) | 58 (149.1428) | 52 (150.8570) |