FALLOUT BBQ SC
Rating
1577
peak 1630
Contests
43
in the data
First seen
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#70
Master 2020
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
7
17 podiums
Overall top-10s
13
of 43 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
672.19 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 681.37 (-9.17)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.87
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.09 · weakest Brisket (169.46)
Road miles
5880
mi across 41 mapped stops · furthest 908 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
PALMETTO PITMASTERS has finished one call ahead of FALLOUT BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Bald Hawg BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 24 of their 34 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of HOLT BROTHERS BBQ in 13 of their 13 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Swine At the Shrine is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.2516 points of the Grand Championship at Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off & Car Show (2020-03-13).
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 26% across 4 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland (2021-08-20) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 29-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, SC first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 178.8572 | 153.6456 | 169.58 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 40 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 178.8572 | 154.1940 | 171.09 | top 43% |
| Pork | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 178.8572 | 161.6456 | 170.92 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 38 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.6456 | 169.46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 12 | 1 | top 33% |
| NC | 11 | 0 | top 61% |
| GA | 10 | 0 | top 39% |
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 1 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 15 | 0 | top 47% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (13 contests)
- Cooks mostly in SC (14 of 43 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (41 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland (2021-08-20)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 681.37
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 665.5656 | 665.57 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 678.7200 | 678.72 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 692.4796 | 675.29 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 700.4912 | 685.32 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 708.5372 | 688.63 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 697.0744 | 681.56 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 654.6856 | 652.39 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC | 20 / 26 (665.5656) | 21 (161.6572) | 15 (171.9888) | 17 (167.4056) | 20 (164.5140) |
| 2025-10-24 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown Rocky Mount, NC | 21 / 45 (678.7200) | 24 (169.6800) | 5 (175.4172) | 20 (170.8228) | 31 (162.8000) |
| 2023-10-13 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off Waxhaw, NC | 14 / 25 (681.5884) | 16 (166.8228) | 4 (177.7144) | 9 (171.9656) | 18 (165.0856) |
| 2023-07-06 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 57 / 76 (652.3428) | 61 (161.6572) | 49 (165.0972) | 58 (161.6456) | 51 (163.9428) |
| 2023-05-12 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA | 16 / 40 (682.7428) | 54 (154.2168) | 21 (169.6800) | 24 (166.2400) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2023-05-06 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 19 / 23 (674.1372) | 21 (167.3828) | 13 (169.6800) | 19 (166.2400) | 12 (170.8344) |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 14 / 35 (692.4796) | 17 (173.1084) | 10 (174.2628) | 6 (175.4400) | 20 (169.6684) |
| 2023-04-28 | Smokin' in the Pines Pinehurst, NC | 18 / 24 (668.4568) | 23 (158.2512) | 19 (162.7884) | 10 (173.7144) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL | 55 / 61 (673.0168) | 43 (170.8228) | 20 (175.4056) | 42 (169.6684) | 60 (157.1200) |
| 2022-11-11 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL | 26 / 91 (685.6228) | 49 (170.8228) | 24 (172.5716) | 12 (176.5600) | 64 (165.6684) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival Grovetown, GA | 33 / 51 (673.0056) | 23 (171.9772) | 4 (177.7028) | 21 (169.6800) | 49 (153.6456) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA | — | 15 (171.4400) | — | — | — |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA | 3 / 49 (700.4912) | 11 (175.4056) | 35 (169.6800) | 5 (177.7028) | 6 (177.7028) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine (One Meat Ribs) Savannah, GA | — | — | 8 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 6 / 92 (699.3716) | 7 (176.5600) | 9 (176.5716) | 14 (173.1200) | 19 (173.1200) |
| 2022-03-18 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 14 / 33 (680.4340) | 20 (168.5256) | 8 (174.2628) | 4 (173.7028) | 27 (163.9428) |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK | 67 / 92 (682.7196) | 64 (170.8228) | 34 (174.2628) | 79 (165.6684) | 47 (171.9656) |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK | 9 / 111 (694.8344) | 91 (163.9544) | 10 (175.4400) | 13 (175.4400) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary Shawnee, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-09-04 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 Augusta, GA | 24 / 43 (685.6000) | 27 (170.8344) | 7 (175.4172) | 28 (168.5256) | 24 (170.8228) |
| 2021-09-03 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 Augusta, GA | 17 / 37 (685.0400) | 11 (174.2628) | 16 (171.9772) | 17 (171.9772) | 21 (166.8228) |
| 2021-08-20 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC | 1 / 26 (708.5372) | 3 (178.8572) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (177.7028) | 4 (173.1200) |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 8 / 81 (689.6344) | 30 (170.8228) | 3 (176.5716) | 1 (178.8572) | 47 (163.3828) |
| 2021-06-11 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC | 3 / 28 (696.4912) | 10 (174.2628) | 15 (169.1084) | 2 (176.5600) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2021-05-22 | GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 Evans, GA | 4 / 21 (694.2404) | 15 (170.8344) | 15 (169.6916) | 4 (174.2744) | 1 (179.4400) |
| 2021-05-21 | GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Evans, GA | 5 / 21 (685.6000) | 17 (168.5256) | 7 (170.8344) | 3 (174.2744) | 11 (171.9656) |
| 2021-03-12 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC | 20 / 39 (674.1484) | 28 (165.0856) | 14 (171.9884) | 15 (170.8344) | 24 (166.2400) |
| 2021-02-20 | NC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 Raleigh, NC | 5 / 21 (687.3256) | 9 (174.2628) | 5 (173.7028) | 11 (168.5372) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2021-02-19 | NC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Raleigh, NC | 12 / 21 (679.3488) | 2 (177.7028) | 19 (163.9888) | 12 (170.2744) | 12 (167.3828) |
| 2020-10-23 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax Galax, VA | 20 / 25 (666.1028) | 21 (165.0856) | 19 (165.0972) | 11 (169.6800) | 19 (166.2400) |
| 2020-10-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club Summerville, SC | 9 / 24 (675.3712) | 5 (172.0000) | 9 (169.7028) | 16 (166.2400) | 15 (167.4284) |
| 2020-09-25 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy Murphy, NC | 15 / 22 (683.3028) | 19 (168.5256) | 11 (169.6916) | 17 (169.6684) | 3 (175.4172) |
| 2020-09-11 | Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA | 7 / 38 (697.0744) | 13 (174.2628) | 19 (173.1316) | 10 (173.1200) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2020-09-05 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Augusta, GA | 32 / 54 (687.9200) | 42 (171.4056) | 21 (174.2628) | 41 (167.9772) | 14 (174.2744) |
| 2020-09-04 | Practice for Cash Augusta, GA | 27 / 46 (672.4800) | 31 (167.9656) | 39 (161.0972) | 17 (169.6800) | 13 (173.7372) |
| 2020-08-28 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC | 17 / 34 (678.7200) | 14 (171.9656) | 25 (165.0856) | 26 (165.0972) | 3 (176.5716) |
| 2020-08-14 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken Aiken, SC | 15 / 34 (678.1828) | 14 (171.4056) | 17 (170.8228) | 17 (167.3944) | 17 (168.5600) |
| 2020-06-26 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pineridge Roebuck, SC | 5 / 25 (683.8856) | 2 (174.2628) | 5 (171.9656) | 4 (171.4172) | 14 (166.2400) |
| 2020-03-13 | Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off & Car Show Darlington, SC | 2 / 29 (692.5484) | 7 (173.1200) | 3 (175.4628) | 8 (168.5484) | 1 (175.4172) |
| 2019-11-09 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) Concord, NC | 32 / 33 (650.1028) | 33 (153.6456) | 26 (165.6684) | 16 (169.6916) | 28 (161.0972) |
| 2019-11-08 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC | 37 / 47 (654.6856) | 20 (170.8228) | 44 (154.1940) | 14 (169.7144) | 37 (159.9544) |
| BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Chicken Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC | — | 5 (170.8228) | — | — | — | |
| BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC | — | — | 6 (170.2628) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #749 (76 pts) | #842 (71 pts) | #813 (101 pts) | #748 (91 pts) | #778 (76 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1076 (80 pts) | #1199 (65 pts) | #838 (185 pts) | #1111 (85 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #321 (667 pts) | #398 (567 pts) | #313 (812 pts) | #267 (822 pts) | #232 (922 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #292 (788 pts) | #358 (678 pts) | #337 (763 pts) | #316 (768 pts) | #327 (728 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #85 (1558 pts) | #116 (1327 pts) | #83 (1569 pts) | #57 (1728 pts) | #115 (1358 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #70 (1228 pts) | #67 (1198 pts) | #82 (1123 pts) | #81 (1103 pts) | #38 (1563 pts) |