High-water mark
673.0284
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.0284 at *George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-05-06
Guild's Grocery
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2015-04-03
latest 2016-10-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.40 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 588.43 (+71.97)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±171.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.02 · weakest Brisket (161.50)
Road miles
1,042
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 240 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Master avg
588.43 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
RED EYED SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RED EYED SMOKERS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.52 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.
- Brisket avg 161.50
- Pork avg 168.02
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CROSSROADS GRILLIN in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Guild's Grocery)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Guild's Grocery has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Guild's Grocery did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Guild's Grocery on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED EYED SMOKERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BOOTYQUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KOKOMO Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 155.3828 | 164.06 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 155.9772 | 164.93 | top 56% |
| Pork | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 161.1888 | 168.02 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 140.4684 | 161.50 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 5 | 0 | top 63% |
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Que at the View | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 77% | 2016-04-08 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2015-04-03 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2016
5 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
5 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.02 · weakest Brisket (161.50)
Walk rate
71%
a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
588.43
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
69–140 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,042
7 mapped stops · furthest 240 mi
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #3616 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 'Que at the View
- First call 'Que at the View
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1548 * Boda Getta BBQ
- Career-best overall score673.0284 *George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 *George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1491) Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | *George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge | 2016-05-06 |
| +3.5 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | 2016-10-07 |
| +2.8 | 'Que at the View | 2016-04-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | 'Que at the View | 2015-04-03 |
| -3.2 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2015-10-09 |
| -2.9 | Barber Q Battle | 2016-05-20 |
| -2.6 | * Boda Getta BBQ | 2016-03-04 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60% | top 60% | 93.5% | 91.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 89.9% | 56.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-07 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown Hattiesburg, MS | 13 / 26 (644.5028) | 17 (160.5144) | 18 (157.1084) | 18 (161.7600) | 11 (165.1200) |
| 2016-05-20 | Barber Q Battle Birmingham, AL | 23 / 30 (663.3484) | 29 (155.3828) | 20 (168.0000) | 17 (169.7028) | 20 (170.2628) |
| 2016-05-06 | *George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS | 12 / 27 (673.0284) | 19 (163.9428) | 15 (165.0856) | 2 (175.4400) | 12 (168.5600) |
| 2016-04-08 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 23 / 43 (663.9656) | 8 (171.4172) | 15 (169.6800) | 23 (165.7256) | 34 (157.1428) |
| 2016-03-04 | * Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL | 19 / 25 (657.1548) | 9 (172.5716) | 24 (155.9772) | 23 (161.1888) | 13 (167.4172) |
| 2015-10-09 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 18 / 26 (647.2688) | 21 (160.5144) | 4 (173.7144) | 4 (172.5716) | 25 (140.4684) |
| 2015-04-03 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 40 / 40 (169.7256) | — | — | 9 (169.7256) | — |