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Bubba & Son BBQ

Bubba & Son BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 10th of 25 at the Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off (2013). They are ranked #3954 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,954
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1484
peak 1526 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

20
in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013
latest Nov 4, 2016 · 3.5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

1
5% of 20 contests

Avg finish

top 57%
overall standings

Best overall

671.8624 / 720
Master · Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

641.00 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 649.08 (-8.08)

Walk rate

40%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144
Chicken · Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off

Consistency

±9.96
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 164.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.95)

Road miles

1,275
across 20 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi

Schedule strength

25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Master avg

649.08 / 720
20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

671.8624 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.8624 at Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Aug 9, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG ON THE PIG has finished one call ahead of Bubba & Son BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 45%.

  • 10 contests
  • 1 overall top-10
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 45%

A tough matchup

17–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.31 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 25%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 159.95
  • Chicken avg 164.26
  • 1 call in 20 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of King's Cooking in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

14 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKE THIS ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE THIS has out-cooked them in 14 of 17 shared chicken entries.

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An April team

Top 49% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 49% across 3 contests, versus top 57% the rest of the year.

  • 3 April contests
  • top 57% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 90.1% of a perfect score
  • 20 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Hog Happnin' every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 37th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Bubba & Son BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Ribbin-1-Out
#3,938 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
19%
Peak
1516

They've been 1516 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Oct 17, 2026
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HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL
#3,973 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1505

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Oct 13, 2017
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Feher Nyul BBQ Team
#3,945 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
46%
Peak
1521

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 46% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Aug 12, 2023
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BIG HORNED BBQ
#3,976 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1484

Level with Bubba & Son BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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BLUEGRASS SMOKERS
#3,940 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
8%
Peak
1511

Fewer contests behind them than Bubba & Son BBQ has cooked, 13 to 20, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Aug 18, 2017
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Happy Beetle BBQ
#3,980 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1502

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Jun 27, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
PICKIN' PORKERS 19 3 16 16% ⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 18 1 17 6% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS 17 0 17 0% ⚔ compare
BUBBAJACK'S 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 16 0 16 0% ⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 15 1 14 7% ⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ 15 0 15 0% ⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN 14 2 12 14% ⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 13 3 10 23% ⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS 12 4 8 33% ⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ 12 4 8 33% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES 12 2 10 17% ⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG 12 0 12 0% ⚔ compare
BIG ON THE PIG 11 3 8 27% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 20 5 0 1 177.7144 151.3944 164.26 top 51%
Pork Ribs 20 1 0 0 169.1200 150.2856 159.95 top 61%
Pork 20 2 0 0 172.5600 152.5600 162.72 top 54%
Brisket 20 1 0 0 169.1428 149.0856 162.15 top 51%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)20top 46%
Large (40+)180top 58%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NC170top 59%
SC30top 42%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Hog Happnin' 4 37 0 top 73% Nov 4, 2016
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic 2 37 0 top 62% Sep 16, 2016
SC Festival of Discovery 2 32 0 top 46% Jul 10, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 10 contests
Contests a season 5 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NC 17 of 20 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 15 3 of them more than once
Opponents faced 501 finished ahead 536 times, behind 693
Longest layoff 1 yrs Oct 31, 2014 → Nov 6, 2015

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

20161 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Hog Happnin'
20138 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
  2. First call Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8572 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
  4. Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
  5. Career-best overall score671.8624 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
  6. First overall top-10 Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
  7. Peak power rating (1526) Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
  8. 10th tracked contest Hog Happnin'

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+6.9BBQ Capital Cook-OffApr 26, 2013
+5.8Sooie't Relief BBQ BenefitAug 23, 2013
+4.9Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car ShowAug 9, 2013
+3.4Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-offOct 11, 2013
+3.3SC Festival of DiscoveryJul 11, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-8.2Hog Happnin'Nov 6, 2015
-5.6Hog Happnin'Oct 31, 2014
-4.9Hog Happnin'Nov 1, 2013
-4.917th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-offApr 18, 2014
-4.7Jiggy With the PiggyMay 6, 2016

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20163000 0% top 71% 91.5% 89.5%
20151000 0% top 85% 87.4% 87.4%
20146000 17% top 64% 91% 89.9%
201310010 70% top 45% 93.3% 90.8%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Nov 4, 2016 Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC 37 / 56 (658.7660) 17 (170.2744) 49 (151.3716) 15 (171.4400) 33 (165.6800)
Sep 16, 2016 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 50 / 68 (636.3656) 58 (157.0628) 42 (160.5028) 36 (161.1200) 43 (157.6800)
May 6, 2016 Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC 55 / 76 (638.7088) 68 (151.3944) 60 (158.2288) 48 (161.1200) 23 (167.9656)
Nov 6, 2015 Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC 51 / 60 (629.0516) 44 (161.1316) 54 (151.9772) 57 (156.5484) 45 (159.3944)
Oct 31, 2014 Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC 46 / 61 (642.1028) 30 (167.3828) 46 (159.3600) 59 (152.5600) 39 (162.8000)
Sep 19, 2014 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally Salisbury, NC 42 / 64 (653.6344) 47 (162.8228) 34 (164.5488) 39 (162.2628) 33 (164)
Jul 25, 2014 WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC 29 / 46 (655.2684) 38 (158.7884) 17 (167.4516) 28 (163.9312) 25 (165.0972)
Jul 10, 2014 SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 44 / 86 (652.4228) 26 (168.5600) 59 (158.2628) 21 (167.3828) 50 (158.2172)
May 9, 2014 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC 49 / 80 (635.3944) 50 (158.8228) 46 (160.0116) 44 (159.9772) 55 (156.5828)
Apr 18, 2014 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC 37 / 55 (644.9940) 8 (173.1200) 26 (163.9656) 41 (158.8228) 49 (149.0856)
Nov 1, 2013 Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC 50 / 75 (653.5316) 58 (160.5028) 41 (163.9544) 16 (170.2628) 53 (158.8116)
Oct 11, 2013 Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off Waxhaw, NC 10 / 25 (649.6340) 21 (155.9656) 10 (164.6056) 11 (163.9656) 7 (165.0972)
Sep 20, 2013 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 37 / 72 (658.2288) 49 (162.2972) 22 (169.1200) 63 (157.6688) 16 (169.1428)
Aug 23, 2013 Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC 14 / 41 (659.3944) 5 (172) 17 (163.9888) 32 (157.6684) 14 (165.7372)
Aug 9, 2013 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC 19 / 49 (671.8624) 12 (172.5484) 43 (157.6456) 5 (172.5600) 17 (169.1084)
Jul 11, 2013 SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 32 / 78 (651.8632) 10 (170.2628) 45 (158.2516) 54 (155.9544) 17 (167.3944)
Jun 14, 2013 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC 45 / 97 (646.2852) 77 (152.5712) 36 (163.4284) 14 (169.7142) 47 (160.5714)
Jun 7, 2013 Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC 18 / 34 (638.2856) 9 (169.7142) 25 (150.2856) 25 (156.5714) 17 (161.7144)
Apr 26, 2013 BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC 21 / 71 (650.8572) 35 (162.2854) 51 (153.7146) 9 (172) 19 (162.8572)
Apr 19, 2013 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC 27 / 55 (654.8572) 2 (177.7144) 39 (158.2858) 30 (162.8570) 40 (156)

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