Guild's Grocery

Guild's Grocery is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 12th of 27 at the George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge (2016). They are ranked #3608 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,608

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1491

peak 1491 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 3, 2015

latest Oct 7, 2016 · 1.5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0284 / 720

Master · George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 588.43 (+71.97)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Pork · George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±171.18

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.02 · weakest Brisket (161.50)

Road miles

1,042

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 240 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Master avg

588.43 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

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
May 6, 2016

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.

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1491 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1491

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Smokeback Mountain

#3,611 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

Level with Guild's Grocery on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2023

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IQue 180

#3,620 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

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rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 10, 2023

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FREDDY RAY'S BBQ

#3,614 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1491

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rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2022

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TWINNING BBQ

#3,587 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1491

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 14, 2019

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BELLY DOWN BBQ

#3,639 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1490

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jul 6, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
RED EYED SMOKERS	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
KOKOMO Q	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	0	172.5716	155.3828	164.06	top 61%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	173.7144	155.9772	164.93	top 56%
Pork	7	3	1	175.4400	161.1888	168.02	top 45%
Brisket	6	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 77%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MS	5	0	top 63%
AL	2	0	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
'Que at the View	2	23	0	top 77%	Apr 8, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MS 5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork 7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 127 finished ahead 69 times, behind 140

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

20165 milestones

Mar 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1548 Boda Getta BBQ
May 6 Career-best overall score673.0284 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
May 6 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
Oct 7 Peak power rating (1491) Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Oct 7 Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Throwdown

20152 milestones

Apr 3 First tracked contest 'Que at the View
Apr 3 First call 'Que at the View

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.8	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	May 6, 2016
+3.4	Downtown BBQ Throwdown	Oct 7, 2016
+3	'Que at the View	Apr 8, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	'Que at the View	Apr 3, 2015
-3.2	Downtown BBQ Showdown	Oct 9, 2015
-2.9	Barber Q Battle	May 20, 2016
-2.6	Boda Getta BBQ	Mar 4, 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

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
Oct 7, 2016	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Hattiesburg, MS	13 / 26 (644.5028)	17 (160.5144)	18 (157.1084)	18 (161.7600)	11 (165.1200)
May 20, 2016	Barber Q Battle Birmingham, AL	23 / 30 (663.3484)	29 (155.3828)	20 (168)	17 (169.7028)	20 (170.2628)
May 6, 2016	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	12 / 27 (673.0284)	19 (163.9428)	15 (165.0856)	2 (175.4400)	12 (168.5600)
Apr 8, 2016	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	23 / 43 (663.9656)	8 (171.4172)	15 (169.6800)	23 (165.7256)	34 (157.1428)
Mar 4, 2016	Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL	19 / 25 (657.1548)	9 (172.5716)	24 (155.9772)	23 (161.1888)	13 (167.4172)
Oct 9, 2015	Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	18 / 26 (647.2688)	21 (160.5144)	4 (173.7144)	4 (172.5716)	25 (140.4684)
Apr 3, 2015	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	40 / 40 (169.7256)	—	—	9 (169.7256)	—

Guild's Grocery

At a glance (the record 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 (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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)