Apocalypse Sow

Apocalypse Sow is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 12th of 40 at the 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (2023). They are ranked #4630 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,630

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1470

peak 1470 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 20, 2020

latest Oct 4, 2024 · 3.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#613

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

686.1828 / 720

Master · 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.96 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.74 (+6.21)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2744

Chicken · 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

Consistency

±13.59

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.39)

Road miles

1,316

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 199 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$187K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.74 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

686.1828 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.1828 at 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 12, 2023

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

OLD HENRY'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Apocalypse Sow 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 55%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 55%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HPO PIT TEAM in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

7 of 8 shared brisket entries lost

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±1.89% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.89% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
10 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#878 (120 pts)	#977 (120 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)	#938 (120 pts)	#922 (120 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#613 (265 pts)	#634 (290 pts)	#797 (235 pts)	#598 (305 pts)	#585 (300 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#918 (145 pts)	#994 (135 pts)	#711 (287 pts)	#1029 (125 pts)	#784 (210 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#917 (120 pts)	#824 (175 pts)	#1023 (120 pts)	#960 (120 pts)	#957 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Apocalypse Sow, each with one reason worth a look.

137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

II-IV Que

#4,619 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1470

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 18, 2026

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STINKY PIGGY BBQ

#4,640 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Apocalypse Sow's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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BAR BQ POSSE

#4,628 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2019

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FIREWEED BARBECUE

#4,608 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

Level with Apocalypse Sow on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2018

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8-BIT BBQ

#4,648 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Apocalypse Sow's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 19, 2017

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SLAUGHTERQ

#4,611 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Mar 25, 2017

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Quenut BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PeachCoast BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Peckerwood Country Club	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Mad Dog BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
ZIPS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Kings BBQ Team	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	174.2744	157.6572	165.69	top 70%
Pork Ribs	10	1	171.9656	155.9084	165.39	top 67%
Pork	9	1	174.2628	159.9544	166.95	top 63%
Brisket	9	2	172.5600	161.7028	167.45	top 55%

“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
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 70%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
GA	6	0	top 66%
AL	3	0	top 76%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Poosa Q	3	43	0	top 76%	Oct 4, 2024
Smoketember Fest	2	19	0	top 70%	Sep 15, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 7 of 10 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 10 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 383 finished ahead 164 times, behind 532

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Mar 5, 2021 → May 5, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20242 milestones

Oct 4 10th tracked contest Poosa Q
Oct 4 Most recent contest Poosa Q

20232 milestones

May 12 Career-best overall score686.1828 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
May 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

20221 milestone

Sep 16 First call Smoketember Fest (One Meat Ribs)

20203 milestones

Nov 20 First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2400 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 Peak power rating (1492) Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.2	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	May 12, 2023
+0.9	Smoketember Fest	Sep 16, 2022
+0.1	Poosa Q	Oct 5, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Poosa Q	May 5, 2022
-8.8	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 5, 2021
-8.5	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown	Nov 20, 2020
-5.5	Smoketember Fest	Sep 15, 2023
-4.4	18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	May 10, 2024

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	2	0%	top 73%	93.3%	92.2%
2023	3	33%	top 55%	95.3%	93.8%
2022	3	67%	top 80%	93.2%	91.1%
2021	1	0%	top 78%	89.7%	89.7%
2020	1	0%	top 78%	93.1%	93.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 4, 2024	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	43 / 59 (671.9084)	49 (164.5600)	26 (169.7144)	32 (169.6800)	36 (167.9540)
May 10, 2024	18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	31 / 42 (656.4116)	38 (157.6572)	25 (168.5256)	25 (166.2860)	33 (163.9428)
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	43 / 73 (671.8744)	58 (163.9544)	51 (164.5488)	27 (170.8228)	22 (172.5484)
Sep 15, 2023	Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA	19 / 25 (668.4116)	20 (169.6800)	12 (170.8460)	21 (163.9428)	17 (163.9428)
May 12, 2023	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	12 / 40 (686.1828)	8 (174.2744)	31 (165.6800)	6 (174.2628)	10 (171.9656)
Sep 16, 2022	Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA	19 / 30 (671.2684)	21 (167.3828)	22 (163.9428)	23 (167.3828)	8 (172.5600)
Sep 16, 2022	Smoketember Fest (One Meat Ribs) Baxley, GA	—	—	6 (171.9656)	—	—
May 5, 2022	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	70 / 72 (640.3312)	67 (158.8000)	71 (155.9428)	64 (161.6456)	51 (163.9428)
Mar 5, 2021	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	63 / 81 (646.0684)	63 (161.6800)	69 (155.9084)	66 (159.9544)	39 (168.5256)
Nov 20, 2020	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	31 / 40 (670.2400)	14 (173.1772)	32 (166.8228)	28 (168.5372)	33 (161.7028)

Apocalypse Sow

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)