BBQ To The Rescue TN
Rating
1496
peak 1501 · rated over 2 contests
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-09-13
latest 2025-03-14
Best ToY finish
#280
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.85 · weakest Pork (164.53)
Road miles
388
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 388 mi
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.92 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.86 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 161.7028 | 168.85 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 161.1544 | 168.38 | top 47% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 164.5256 | 164.53 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 167.9772 | 167.98 | top 58% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TN (2 of 3 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (3 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 675.92 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 322.86 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2024-09-13 — First tracked contest · Buds Blues and BBQ
- 📣 2024-09-13 — First call · Buds Blues and BBQ
- ⭐ 2025-03-14 — Career-best overall score (675.9200) · Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 64 / 100 (675.9200) | 20 (176.0000) | 75 (167.4172) | 87 (164.5256) | 58 (167.9772) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 11 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Buds Blues and BBQ 🏅 Columbia, MO | 8 / 16 (322.8572) | 8 (161.7028) | 8 (161.1544) | — | — |
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 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1131 (85 pts) | #829 (190 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #280 (130 pts) | #294 (130 pts) | #299 (130 pts) | — | — |