A tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
Pig Destroyer ahead in 100% of their meetings
Pig Destroyer has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
WestNash BBQ
WestNash BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 36 at the Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) (). They are ranked #3793 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “WestNashBBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1509 · rated over 5 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Aug 27, 2021
latest Jun 13, 2025 · 3.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.07
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.08 · weakest Brisket (156.24)
Road miles
287
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 49 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Purse competed for
$46K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.01 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.88 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to WestNash BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
Fewer contests behind them than WestNash BBQ has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,798 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with WestNash BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Fewer contests behind them than WestNash BBQ has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before WestNash BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before WestNash BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1488
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before WestNash BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pig Destroyer | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Blinkys Offset BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad company cookers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| RTQue | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Bandits BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 149.0968 | 161.95 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 150.8228 | 159.04 | top 71% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 154.2172 | 162.08 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 150.8000 | 156.24 | top 86% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 3 | 18 | 0 | top 51% | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 62% | Jun 13, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
339
finished ahead 229 times, behind 370
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score629.0288 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4172 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1509) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score507.4060 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.5 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 17, 2023 |
| +6.4 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 12, 2024 |
| -10.7 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
| -9.1 | Great Americana BBQ Festival | Aug 27, 2021 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 36% | 94% | 94% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 92.1% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 92.4% | 90.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 23% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2025 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 22 / 36 (497.1316) | 17 (169.1656) | 30 (156.5488) | 12 (171.4172) | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 96 / 100 (629.0288) | 97 (151.4172) | 89 (161.7144) | 96 (154.2172) | 84 (161.6800) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 69 (151.9200) | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2024 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) Shelbyville, TN | 16 / 17 (317.0628) | 15 (166.2400) | 16 (150.8228) | 13 (165.0856) | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 21 / 33 (498.8000) | 15 (166.8572) | 22 (163.3828) | 17 (168.5600) | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 31 / 93 (324.0116) | 34 (161.1544) | 30 (162.8572) | 30 (158.7884) | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 18 / 80 (336.5712) | 20 (168.5484) | 16 (168.0228) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 57 (154.7772) | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 24 / 26 (627.2680) | 24 (149.0968) | 17 (157.6800) | 18 (159.9656) | — |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 22 / 25 (620.9944) | 18 (157.1200) | 23 (156.5372) | 22 (156.5372) | 22 (150.8000) |
| — | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 13 / 36 (507.4060) | 12 (167.9888) | 15 (165.1544) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.