Small Batch BBQ - TN TN
Rating
1680
peak 1680 · rated over 33 contests
Best runs
8
straight top-10s
Contests
39
in the data
First seen
2019-04-19
latest 2025-05-25
Best ToY finish
#36
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
7
17 podiums
Overall top-10s
24
of 39 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Best overall
682.7772
Competitor Series · Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
347.27 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 357.97 (-10.69)
Walk rate
87%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
8
best run (overall)
Consistency
±54.32
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.42)
Road miles
3902
mi across 39 mapped stops · furthest 667 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$207K
listed at 32 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 10 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
357.97 / 360
29 Backyard contests · 1 GC
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS has finished one call ahead of Small Batch BBQ - TN 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Ghost Hill BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Modest Meats in 13 of their 15 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 3.9656 points of the Grand Championship at Interstate BBQ Festival (2019-04-19).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE).
🍖 Signature meat
When pork is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 33% of their entries (4 of 12).
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) (2023-08-11) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Hickory Hangover.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 2 of 54 at their very first tracked contest, Interstate BBQ Festival (2019-04-19).
🔁 The comeback
Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2022-06-10).
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 24 | 8 | 16 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 23 | 12 | 11 | 52% | ⚔ compare |
| Deviant Smoke | 21 | 14 | 7 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 17 | 3 | 14 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 16 | 11 | 5 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 15 | 13 | 2 | 87% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Swine Crew | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork Life | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Ghost Hill BBQ | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| 931 BBQ | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Rocket Barbecue | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| Say My Name BBQ | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 34 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 152.5488 | 173.14 | top 21% |
| Pork Ribs | 37 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 178.3200 | 146.7772 | 167.42 | top 40% |
| Pork | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.6344 | 170.51 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 16 | 1 | top 34% |
| TN | 11 | 0 | top 28% |
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 11% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 4% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 51% |
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 1 | top 32% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 13% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 32% | 2024-09-20 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 30% | 2025-05-03 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 33% | 2025-05-02 |
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 43% | 2025-03-21 |
| Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 54% | 2024-09-06 |
| The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 42% | 2024-05-17 |
| Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 44% | 2024-04-19 |
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 14% | 2024-03-15 |
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 11% | 2024-03-01 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (16 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AL (18 of 39 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (37 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) (2023-08-11)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- Average Backyard overall score: 357.97 / 360
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Milestones
- 🚩 2019-04-19 — First tracked contest · Interstate BBQ Festival
- 📣 2019-04-19 — First call · Interstate BBQ Festival
- 🔥 2023-05-12 — First perfect 180 (Chicken) · Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- ⭐ 2023-06-09 — Career-best overall score (682.7772) · Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 🏆 2023-08-11 — First Grand Championship · Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
- 🎖️ 2024-05-04 — 25th tracked contest · O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2
- 📈 2025-05-25 — Peak power rating (1680) · 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2023-03-17 |
| +15.2 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 2023-08-11 |
| +15.1 | Interstate BBQ Festival | 2019-04-19 |
| +14.2 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | 2024-05-25 |
| +12.8 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-04-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-03-22 |
| -7.8 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-09-08 |
| -6 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 2024-09-20 |
| -5.7 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-05-19 |
| -5.6 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2024-04-19 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 83% | top 22% | 97.3% | 96.6% |
| 2024 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 88% | top 31% | 98.1% | 95.3% |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 92% | top 33% | 145.5% | 106.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 28% | 141% | 141% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 15% | 92.1% | 88.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN | 11 / 70 (348.5372) | 9 (175.4172) | 20 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | 7 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 32 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 8 / 23 (349.6800) | 7 (177.7028) | 14 (171.9772) | 1 (180.0000) | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 9 / 28 (342.7884) | 14 (169.6684) | 7 (173.1200) | 2 (176.5944) | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 3 / 43 (350.2744) | 8 (174.2744) | 3 (176.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 16 / 59 (345.0856) | 9 (176.5600) | 31 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 11 / 18 (335.9544) | 1 (180.0000) | 17 (155.9544) | 8 (168.5256) | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 6 / 33 (346.2400) | 8 (173.1200) | 7 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 4 (171.4056) | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 9 / 27 (344.5372) | 7 (175.4056) | 17 (169.1316) | — | — |
| 2024-07-12 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) Shelbyville, TN | 5 / 17 (347.3944) | 2 (178.8572) | 11 (168.5372) | 12 (165.0856) | — |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 3 / 47 (353.1316) | 9 (176.5600) | 3 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2024-05-17 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 6 / 39 (346.2516) | 5 (176.5716) | 15 (169.6800) | 4 (173.1200) | — |
| 2024-05-04 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 5 / 20 (349.6916) | 4 (178.8572) | 11 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2024-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 9 / 27 (340.5144) | 6 (174.2628) | 14 (166.2516) | — | — |
| 2024-04-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 3 / 40 (351.9656) | 2 (177.7028) | 6 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-04-19 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN | 21 / 37 (503.3488) | 8 (171.9772) | 13 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2024-03-22 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 30 / 38 (329.0512) | 11 (171.9656) | 36 (157.0856) | — | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 22 / 93 (329.6456) | 8 (172.5600) | 37 (157.0856) | — | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 47 (163.9888) | — | — |
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 7 / 59 (340.5256) | 5 (173.1084) | 11 (167.4172) | 11 (169.7028) | — |
| 2023-09-22 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) #2 Oneonta, AL | 7 / 11 (335.3600) | 6 (166.2400) | 5 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2023-09-22 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) #1 Oneonta, AL | 5 / 18 (341.6340) | 9 (170.8112) | 6 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-09-22 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (One Meat Ribs) Oneonta, AL | — | — | 2 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2023-09-08 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 14 / 19 (326.7544) | 7 (169.6916) | 17 (157.0628) | — | — |
| 2023-08-11 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 1 / 35 (523.9772) | 8 (171.9772) | 4 (173.1428) | 1 (178.8572) | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) Springfield, TN | 8 / 30 (682.7772) | 3 (175.4172) | 7 (170.8228) | 19 (164.5372) | — |
| 2023-05-19 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 23 / 34 (331.3716) | 4 (177.1428) | 30 (154.2288) | — | — |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN | 10 / 32 (506.2172) | 1 (180.0000) | 24 (158.8344) | — | — |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 9 / 39 (343.3944) | 7 (173.7028) | 13 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2023-03-17 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 3 / 80 (347.3828) | 9 (173.1084) | 4 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2023-03-17 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 17 (170.2972) | — | — |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 7 / 65 (512.4912) | 15 (172.5484) | 16 (165.6684) | 1 (174.2744) | — |
| 2022-09-16 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL | 8 / 27 (507.4400) | 14 (158.2628) | 1 (178.3200) | 8 (170.8572) | — |
| 2022-06-10 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) Springfield, TN | 7 / 26 (667.8632) | 3 (173.1316) | 3 (171.9772) | 26 (153.6344) | — |
| 2019-07-26 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 13 / 53 (299.3260) | 11 (152.5488) | 13 (146.7772) | — | — |
| 2019-04-26 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 🏅 Lanexa, VA | 5 / 32 (329.1772) | — | 17 (158.2744) | 1 (170.9028) | — |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 2 / 54 (331.4172) | 3 (169.7144) | 6 (161.7028) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #86 (646 pts) | #76 (726 pts) | #96 (641 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | #850 (165 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #36 (988 pts) | #18 (1156 pts) | #63 (818 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | #788 (191 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #70 (809 pts) | #53 (976 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #628 (337 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #283 (98 pts) | #142 (268 pts) | — | — |