Full Throttle BBQ VA
Rating
1629
peak 1677
Contests
55
in the data
First seen
2020-08-28
latest 2025-10-17
Best ToY finish
#315
Master 2024
Grand champs
2
4 reserve
Category wins
11
26 podiums
Overall top-10s
29
of 55 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
608.82 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 462.77 (+146.04)
Walk rate
73%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Best single call
180.0000 🔥
Consistency
±139.62
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.11)
Road miles
11118
mi across 55 mapped stops · furthest 1081 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Dogpatch Q has finished one call ahead of Full Throttle BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
D’Qued Barbeque has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 24 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of smokey anderson bbq in 15 of their 16 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5944 points of the Grand Championship at Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) (2023-09-08).
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 22% across 6 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 52 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 180.0000 🔥 | 152.5600 | 169.85 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 52 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 177.1428 | 157.6916 | 167.11 | top 44% |
| Pork | 26 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 178.8800 | 154.8344 | 168.37 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 158.2744 | 169.43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 16 | 0 | top 39% |
| WV | 11 | 1 | top 31% |
| PA | 6 | 0 | top 38% |
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 37% |
| MD | 3 | 0 | top 46% |
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| OH | 2 | 1 | top 11% |
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 19% |
| NJ | 2 | 0 | top 19% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 15 | 1 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 20 | 1 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 16 | 0 | top 36% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2023 (16 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (19 of 55 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (52 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Marietta River City BBQ (2021-04-23)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 462.77
- 2 perfect 180s 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 334.7772 | 334.78 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 686.8340 | 675.42 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 691.3944 | 410.50 |
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 673.5656 | 450.32 |
| 2021 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 650.7892 | 398.16 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 678.2056 | 662.22 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 21 / 39 (334.7772) | 15 (169.6800) | 29 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2024-07-19 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH | 6 / 33 (686.8340) | 26 (162.2628) | 9 (170.2512) | 2 (178.8800) | 3 (175.4400) |
| 2024-06-14 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV | 16 / 30 (674.1944) | 21 (165.1088) | 14 (167.9656) | 12 (170.2628) | 11 (170.8572) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA | 13 / 26 (673.5540) | 10 (173.1084) | 21 (159.9544) | 5 (173.1200) | 10 (167.3712) |
| 2024-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA | 15 / 37 (674.7200) | 13 (170.8228) | 17 (166.2400) | 19 (165.0856) | 8 (172.5716) |
| 2024-04-20 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 20 / 25 (662.7200) | 14 (171.9656) | 23 (160.5372) | 14 (166.2400) | 21 (163.9772) |
| 2024-04-19 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 11 / 25 (680.4684) | 6 (173.1200) | 14 (170.8572) | 20 (163.3828) | 6 (173.1084) |
| 2023-10-28 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Galax, VA | 10 / 17 (691.3944) | 14 (170.2628) | 2 (177.1428) | 12 (169.6800) | 8 (174.3088) |
| 2023-10-27 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Galax, VA | 18 / 19 (668.3996) | 11 (169.1084) | 10 (171.4172) | 19 (159.3484) | 14 (168.5256) |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 15 / 73 (343.3828) | 28 (167.9656) | 5 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-09-09 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) Mannington, WV | 7 / 11 (336.5256) | 7 (169.6684) | 9 (166.8572) | — | — |
| 2023-09-08 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) Mannington, WV | 2 / 12 (344.5256) | 4 (173.1200) | 1 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2023-07-29 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 20 / 40 (329.6112) | 17 (166.8112) | 15 (162.8000) | — | — |
| 2023-07-28 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 23 / 51 (329.0972) | 28 (163.4172) | 18 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2023-06-16 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV | 8 / 28 (329.6344) | 7 (170.8228) | 11 (158.8116) | — | — |
| 2023-05-06 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 3 / 23 (346.2284) | 7 (170.8112) | 1 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 9 / 35 (347.3828) | 7 (175.4056) | 8 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2023-04-29 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 2 / 19 (346.8228) | 3 (175.4056) | 3 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-04-28 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 10 / 20 (335.9428) | 8 (169.1200) | 12 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 14 / 46 (494.1596) | 17 (163.3712) | 15 (163.4056) | 9 (167.3828) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | 21 (168.5256) | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 8 / 53 (503.9312) | 7 (171.4056) | 16 (160.5600) | 5 (171.9656) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA | — | — | 24 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL | 5 / 49 (347.3944) | 1 (180.0000) | 24 (167.3944) | — | — |
| 2022-11-11 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL | 58 / 91 (673.5656) | 46 (170.8228) | 68 (165.6800) | 65 (166.2284) | 30 (170.8344) |
| 2022-10-22 | Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 3 / 27 (340.5372) | 1 (176.5828) | 13 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2022-10-21 | Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 8 / 29 (332.5372) | 7 (171.4172) | 12 (161.1200) | — | — |
| 2022-09-24 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 4 / 18 (523.9544) | 1 (178.8572) | 14 (168.5372) | 4 (176.5600) | — |
| 2022-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 5 / 20 (519.9312) | 8 (174.2628) | 9 (172.5484) | 4 (173.1200) | — |
| 2022-08-19 | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Frostburg, MD | 5 / 12 (331.3828) | 3 (170.8456) | 7 (160.5372) | — | — |
| 2022-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Spring Grove, PA | 8 / 42 (507.9200) | 6 (173.7028) | 9 (169.1200) | 17 (165.0972) | — |
| 2022-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA | 11 / 54 (507.3600) | 27 (165.6684) | 14 (166.2744) | 3 (175.4172) | — |
| 2022-05-21 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 Mannington, WV | 2 / 13 (346.2400) | 2 (177.7144) | 6 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2022-05-20 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 Mannington, WV | 3 / 14 (347.9772) | 1 (179.4400) | 8 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2022-04-22 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown Ripley, WV | 6 / 17 (497.7144) | 14 (152.5600) | 5 (169.7144) | 2 (175.4400) | — |
| 2022-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 7 / 50 (511.9312) | 9 (171.9656) | 2 (174.8572) | 11 (165.1084) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 2 / 53 (515.9776) | 1 (180.0000) | 12 (161.7032) | 1 (174.2744) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-11-12 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Backyard Shawnee, OK | 23 / 33 (331.3372) | 14 (169.6800) | 27 (161.6572) | — | — |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary Shawnee, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-10-16 | Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 12 / 15 (337.6456) | 14 (167.9656) | 11 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 3 / 15 (342.2628) | 3 (173.1084) | 6 (169.1544) | 5 (165.0972) | — |
| 2021-08-28 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 Boonsboro, MD | 12 / 20 (325.6572) | 3 (167.9656) | 14 (157.6916) | — | — |
| 2021-08-27 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 Boonsboro, MD | 9 / 24 (338.2400) | 13 (162.2400) | 1 (176.0000) | — | — |
| 2021-07-17 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 Morgantown, WV | 1 / 15 (338.3428) | 2 (172.0228) | 8 (166.3200) | — | — |
| 2021-07-16 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 Morgantown, WV | 8 / 18 (335.3828) | 10 (165.6800) | 5 (169.7028) | — | — |
| 2021-06-18 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV | 7 / 28 (331.9316) | 8 (163.3944) | 6 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2021-05-15 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV | 5 / 15 (515.3944) | 9 (166.8344) | 2 (173.1428) | 3 (175.4172) | — |
| 2021-04-23 | Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH | 1 / 29 (346.9032) | 1 (175.4744) | 1 (171.4288) | — | — |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 84 / 105 (650.7892) | 101 (155.4288) | 65 (166.2744) | 88 (160.5372) | 57 (168.5488) |
| 2021-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA | 15 / 40 (490.2632) | 4 (171.4288) | 18 (158.8572) | 16 (159.9772) | — |
| 2021-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 15 / 46 (491.8972) | 13 (163.4172) | 8 (168.5372) | 18 (159.9428) | — |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 82 / 93 (639.3944) | 66 (165.7028) | 74 (160.5828) | 86 (154.8344) | 77 (158.2744) |
| 2020-09-11 | Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 25 / 48 (678.2056) | 31 (165.6800) | 29 (166.8228) | 5 (176.0228) | 23 (169.6800) |
| 2020-08-28 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off Nevada, MO | 30 / 37 (669.0744) | 20 (170.8572) | 34 (159.9656) | 26 (169.1200) | 19 (169.1316) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #315 (689 pts) | #357 (649 pts) | #409 (589 pts) | #269 (824 pts) | #254 (874 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #530 (180 pts) | #521 (205 pts) | #572 (180 pts) | #381 (305 pts) | #510 (220 pts) |