A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RED EYED SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RED EYED SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SOUTHERN BUSCHE'S BAR-B-QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-03
latest 2016-10-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.89
last 3 Master vs avg 643.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.37)
Road miles
8
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
643.89 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BLOWING SMOKE GOING BROKE in 3 of their 3 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.
SOUTHERN BUSCHE'S BAR-B-QUE has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 147 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after SOUTHERN BUSCHE'S BAR-B-QUE did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOUTHERN BUSCHE'S BAR-B-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 150.2056 | 163.21 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 146.2404 | 156.37 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6568 | 161.7140 | 163.78 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 157.0972 | 160.54 | 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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-10-03 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.37)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
643.89
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
52
25–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-10-03 → 2015-10-09
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1493) Downtown BBQ Showdown
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5372 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score652.5372 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- 2016
- First call Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2014-10-03 |
| -2.2 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2015-10-09 |
| -1.8 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | 2016-10-07 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
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 | 17 / 26 (639.8632) | 6 (172.5600) | 25 (146.2404) | 16 (163.9656) | 16 (157.0972) |
| 2015-10-09 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 17 / 26 (652.5372) | 16 (166.8572) | 19 (158.8460) | 19 (161.7140) | 13 (165.1200) |
| 2014-10-03 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 20 / 27 (639.2796) | 27 (150.2056) | 15 (164.0228) | 15 (165.6568) | 21 (159.3944) |