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.
Bay Ditch Barbecue has 2 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 144 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.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bay Ditch Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head9 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Bay Ditch Barbecue's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 12 years after Bay Ditch Barbecue did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Bay Ditch Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4512 | 159.4400 | 163.45 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 165.6912 | 165.97 | top 57% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 161.7028 | 162.25 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 157.6800 | 163.68 | top 61% |
“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.
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 70% | 2015-06-12 |
| 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 76% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-12 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) Wynne, AR | 37 / 49 (652.5252) | 23 (167.4512) | 27 (165.6912) | 42 (161.7028) | 42 (157.6800) |
| 2014-06-13 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 32 / 49 (658.1716) | 42 (159.4400) | 29 (166.2516) | 35 (162.8000) | 18 (169.6800) |