SHARK BITE BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5309

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1455

peak 1455 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-10-03

latest 2024-10-04

Best ToY finish

#655

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

677.6000 / 720

Master · Poosa Q

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.63 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 657.62 (+6.01)

Walk rate

11%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Chicken · Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival

Consistency

±13.32

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.01 · weakest Brisket (159.23)

Road miles

1,075

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 197 mi

Schedule strength

70%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)

Purse competed for

$204K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.62 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

489.04 / 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.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

677.6000 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.6000 at Poosa Q — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-05-05

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of SHARK BITE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.78 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 159.23
Pork Ribs avg 166.01
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CLAUDE'S Q in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

5.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.9 years, then back at Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (2020-09-05).

last seen 2014-10-03
back 2020-09-05

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

Boom or bust

±14.10% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±14.10% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 96.3% of a perfect score
best 135.8%

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

JT'S SMOKE SHACK

#5291 of the rated field

1455 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1535

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SHARK BITE BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SHARK BITE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

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The Dogs Liked It

#5307 of the rated field

1455 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-08-14

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Triple Ace's Bbq

#5326 of the rated field

1455 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-04-05

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Ole Mae I BBQ

#5298 of the rated field

1455 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 12 years after SHARK BITE BBQ did, first appearing in 2026.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA

#5316 of the rated field

1455 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before SHARK BITE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Meat Your Maker

#5319 of the rated field

1455 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

No shared contest yet.

Level with SHARK BITE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Stewbabys BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
LEE LA Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ATLANTA BBQ STORE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Hickory Hangover	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Poppa Pig	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	175.4056	158.8000	165.80	top 73%
Pork Ribs	9	0	171.9772	161.6572	166.01	top 66%
Pork	9	1	173.1200	157.0856	165.55	top 62%
Brisket	8	0	173.1200	137.5772	159.23	top 72%

“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
GA	5	0	top 77%
AL	4	0	top 76%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 87%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 71%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Poosa Q	3	27	0	top 74%	2024-10-04

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 10 yrs 2014-10-03 → 2024-10-04

Busiest season 2023 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 5 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 166.01 · weakest Brisket (159.23)

Walk rate 11% a top-10 call in 1 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 657.62 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 489.04 out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 398 149–529 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,075 9 mapped stops · furthest 197 mi

Schedule strength 1588 average field rating faced — tougher than 70% of rated contests

Purse competed for $203,950 listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5.9 yrs 2014-10-03 → 2020-09-05

Power rating 1455 peak 1455 · #5309 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Oct 3 First tracked contest Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2688 Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1493) Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
2020
Sep 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival
2022
May 5 Career-best overall score677.6000 Poosa Q
May 13 First call Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
2024
Oct 4 Most recent contest Poosa Q

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.6	Poosa Q	2022-05-05
+1.9	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	2022-05-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	Poosa Q	2023-10-05
-8.9	Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL)	2021-02-05
-8.6	Poosa Q	2024-10-04
-8.5	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2020-09-05
-7.5	Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)	2014-10-03

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0%	top 93%	90.1%	90.1%
2023	2	0%	top 87%	135.8%	113.2%
2022	2	50%	top 46%	94.1%	94%
2021	2	0%	top 76%	92.1%	90.2%
2020	1	0%	top 94%	91.1%	91.1%
2014	1	0%	top 82%	90.5%	90.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-10-04	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	55 / 59 (648.4000)	44 (166.2400)	50 (163.4172)	54 (161.0856)	55 (157.6572)
2023-10-05	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	67 / 73 (652.3768)	55 (165.0856)	35 (169.6800)	72 (157.0856)	63 (160.5256)
2023-08-11	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL	29 / 35 (489.0400)	34 (158.8000)	22 (164.5716)	18 (165.6684)	—
2022-05-13	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	23 / 42 (676.4228)	27 (167.3828)	31 (163.9544)	10 (173.1200)	14 (171.9656)
2022-05-05	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	27 / 72 (677.6000)	44 (167.4056)	22 (171.9772)	52 (165.0972)	15 (173.1200)
2021-03-05	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	45 / 81 (663.3488)	60 (162.2400)	49 (163.9888)	27 (169.1200)	40 (168.0000)
2021-02-05	Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	30 / 31 (635.7716)	28 (163.3944)	27 (165.1200)	11 (169.6800)	31 (137.5772)
2020-09-05	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Augusta, GA	51 / 54 (655.7828)	23 (175.4056)	50 (161.6572)	50 (162.7884)	53 (155.9316)
2014-10-03	Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	18 / 22 (651.2688)	17 (166.2628)	11 (169.6800)	13 (166.2744)	21 (149.0516)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1269 (70 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#996 (135 pts)	#1103 (115 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#995 (116 pts)	#1051 (116 pts)	#1084 (116 pts)	#762 (186 pts)	#1027 (116 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#655 (120 pts)	#666 (130 pts)	#701 (120 pts)	#706 (120 pts)	#681 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2040 (82 pts)	#2110 (87 pts)	#1929 (117 pts)	#2007 (107 pts)	#2589 (67 pts)