High-water mark
663.8744
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.8744 at Downtown BBQ Showdown — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-10-09
Sho-Nuff BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-03-29
latest 2015-10-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.08
last 3 Master vs avg 644.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.01)
Road miles
79
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 75 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
644.08 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
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.
The comeback
1.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at Downtown BBQ Showdown (2014-10-03).
- last seen 2013-03-29
- back 2014-10-03
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.
Sho-Nuff BBQ 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 141 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.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Sho-Nuff BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sho-Nuff BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 157.7142 | 161.10 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 150.8572 | 159.01 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 156.5144 | 161.68 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 145.1428 | 162.28 | top 48% |
“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 | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.01)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
644.08
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
80
31–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
79
3 mapped stops · furthest 75 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2014-10-03
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Slidell BBQ Challenge
- 2014
- First call Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8056 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- 2015
- Career-best overall score663.8744 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1492) Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.5 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2015-10-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Slidell BBQ Challenge | 2013-03-29 |
| -1.7 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2014-10-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 12 / 26 (663.8744) | 18 (166.2516) | 14 (166.2400) | 14 (165.6800) | 12 (165.7028) |
| 2014-10-03 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 16 / 27 (651.8056) | 22 (159.3484) | 18 (159.9428) | 22 (156.5144) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2013-03-29 | Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA | 38 / 44 (616.5710) | 33 (157.7142) | 38 (150.8572) | 28 (162.8568) | 40 (145.1428) |