A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
TJ's BBQ & Burgers
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
2013-11-15
latest 2014-11-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.62
last 3 Master vs avg 628.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.03 · weakest Brisket (154.42)
Road miles
157
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
628.62 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
TJ's BBQ & Burgers 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 142 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after TJ's BBQ & Burgers did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with TJ's BBQ & Burgers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
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 | 166.2972 | 157.6688 | 163.03 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 138.8000 | 154.45 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 146.8116 | 156.71 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 146.7772 | 154.42 | 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-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 69% | 2014-11-14 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-11-15 → 2014-11-14
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.03 · weakest Brisket (154.42)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
628.62
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
38–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
157
3 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4684 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Career-best overall score656.4684 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7028 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1495) Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.1 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque | 2014-08-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | 2013-11-15 |
| -3.3 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) | 2014-11-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 91.2% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-14 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC | 20 / 30 (621.5432) | 18 (157.6688) | 23 (154.8572) | 12 (162.2400) | 23 (146.7772) |
| 2014-08-29 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque Myrtle Beach, SC | 20 / 38 (656.4684) | 21 (166.2972) | 17 (169.7028) | 27 (161.0856) | 22 (159.3828) |
| 2013-11-15 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Charleston, SC | 25 / 35 (607.8400) | 16 (165.1200) | 33 (138.8000) | 34 (146.8116) | 17 (157.1084) |