THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW TN
Rating
1558
peak 1586
Contests
26
in the data
First seen
latest 2025-10-31
Best ToY finish
#99
Master 2018
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
4
14 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 26 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
638.62 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 669.84 (-31.22)
Walk rate
69%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±32.96
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.45 · weakest Pork (167.71)
Road miles
5210
mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 648 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Extra Mile BBQ has finished one call ahead of THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
HOGTOWN BARBECUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.7884 points of the Grand Championship at 9th Annual Bull Moose (2019-04-05).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 26% across 4 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2022-05-20) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Under the Radar.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 4 of 36 at their very first tracked contest, Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) ().
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6912 | 170.45 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 176.5828 | 147.3372 | 169.76 | top 35% |
| Pork | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 175.4056 | 154.2172 | 167.71 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 160.4912 | 168.06 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 9 | 1 | top 35% |
| KY | 5 | 0 | top 48% |
| GA | 4 | 0 | top 30% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 7% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 1 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 50% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (17 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TN (10 of 26 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (26 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2022-05-20)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 669.84
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 518.8572 | 518.86 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 667.8400 | 653.22 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 669.5772 | 669.58 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 698.2284 | 698.23 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 677.5888 | 677.59 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 679.3144 | 672.18 |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 693.6572 | 678.29 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | "Spooky Q" 1792 Monticello, KY | 21 / 23 (638.6056) | 22 (162.2284) | 23 (147.3372) | 14 (168.5372) | 20 (160.5028) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 78 / 100 (667.8400) | 79 (167.3828) | 18 (174.2744) | 97 (154.2172) | 38 (171.9656) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 47 (166.2284) | — | — |
| 2023-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 21 / 32 (669.5772) | 28 (162.8228) | 10 (170.8344) | 19 (167.3944) | 17 (168.5256) |
| 2022-05-20 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN | 1 / 30 (698.2284) | 3 (175.4056) | 6 (173.7028) | 8 (174.2744) | 4 (174.8456) |
| 2021-02-05 | Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA | 15 / 31 (677.5888) | 6 (176.5600) | 14 (170.8344) | 24 (162.8116) | 16 (167.3828) |
| 2020-07-24 | Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY | 20 / 30 (665.0512) | 27 (157.6912) | 12 (169.7028) | 11 (170.2628) | 17 (167.3944) |
| 2020-02-07 | Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA | 6 / 32 (679.3144) | 3 (174.2744) | 17 (163.9544) | 12 (167.3828) | 6 (173.7028) |
| 2019-10-04 | Swine At the Shrine Porktobertfest Savannah, GA | 8 / 24 (677.6572) | 3 (175.4628) | 8 (171.9888) | 7 (169.7144) | 20 (160.4912) |
| 2019-09-20 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 7 / 34 (683.9428) | 11 (170.8572) | 2 (173.7028) | 10 (170.2628) | 11 (169.1200) |
| 2019-08-30 | PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival Hilliard, OH | 5 / 28 (687.3372) | 6 (174.2744) | 5 (173.1200) | 2 (174.2744) | 14 (165.6684) |
| 2019-08-09 | Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN | 24 / 29 (664.3884) | 18 (166.8344) | 18 (165.0856) | 27 (165.0856) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2019-07-26 | Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY | 5 / 25 (681.6340) | 8 (172.5600) | 6 (170.8572) | 7 (175.4056) | 15 (162.8112) |
| 2019-07-12 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In Jamestown, TN | 13 / 29 (675.8744) | 11 (171.9772) | 19 (162.8116) | 10 (171.4056) | 13 (169.6800) |
| 2019-06-28 | Saltwater BBQ Bash John's Island, SC | 7 / 18 (680.5028) | 12 (166.8344) | 9 (168.5600) | 9 (167.9656) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2019-06-21 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 8 / 27 (678.1944) | 5 (174.8456) | 3 (174.2744) | 14 (166.8344) | 18 (162.2400) |
| 2019-06-14 | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY | 13 / 30 (683.3372) | 26 (166.8228) | 1 (176.5716) | 14 (170.8228) | 13 (169.1200) |
| 2019-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 12 / 43 (674.7200) | 26 (166.2400) | 5 (174.2628) | 11 (168.5372) | 17 (165.6800) |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 4 / 54 (693.6572) | 2 (177.7028) | 20 (167.4172) | 2 (175.4056) | 7 (173.1316) |
| 2019-04-05 | 9th Annual Bull Moose Millington, TN | 2 / 25 (682.8112) | 1 (177.7028) | 1 (176.5828) | 22 (158.8228) | 7 (169.7028) |
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 46 / 62 (664.4684) | 52 (163.9428) | 27 (169.7256) | 32 (168.5600) | 50 (162.2400) |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 28 / 74 (673.0516) | 12 (173.1200) | 3 (176.0228) | 60 (160.5144) | 46 (163.3944) |
| 2019-03-08 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | 34 / 67 (673.0172) | 35 (168.5488) | 22 (170.2628) | 41 (165.6800) | 35 (168.5256) |
| 2019-02-08 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship Little Rock, AR | 70 / 92 (665.5772) | 63 (168.5372) | 83 (161.6456) | 75 (163.3828) | 26 (172.0116) |
| 2019-02-01 | Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA | 5 / 27 (690.7888) | 1 (180.0000) | 6 (172.5600) | 10 (167.4060) | 11 (170.8228) |
| Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN | 4 / 36 (518.8572) | 11 (168.5828) | 7 (171.4172) | — | — |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1182 (77 pts) | #1597 (57 pts) | #1079 (132 pts) | #1179 (87 pts) | #1160 (97 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #640 (280 pts) | #779 (230 pts) | #960 (170 pts) | #961 (150 pts) | #792 (205 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1048 (106 pts) | #837 (171 pts) | #1118 (111 pts) | #1260 (61 pts) | #1090 (101 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #428 (252 pts) | #405 (287 pts) | #517 (217 pts) | #464 (247 pts) | #439 (267 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #114 (1718 pts) | #62 (1904 pts) | #31 (2115 pts) | #125 (1580 pts) | #174 (1355 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #99 (1914 pts) | #77 (1869 pts) | #124 (1626 pts) | #35 (2233 pts) | #91 (1833 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #107 (1902 pts) | #92 (1843 pts) | #128 (1697 pts) | #125 (1704 pts) | #35 (2238 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #122 (1871 pts) | #128 (1700 pts) | #165 (1534 pts) | #151 (1570 pts) | #98 (1888 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #538 (702 pts) | #469 (832 pts) | #329 (1067 pts) | #640 (592 pts) | #574 (657 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #676 (542 pts) | #594 (657 pts) | #404 (957 pts) | #850 (432 pts) | #714 (517 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #893 (333 pts) | #604 (543 pts) | #848 (378 pts) | #1160 (253 pts) | #1216 (228 pts) |