High-water mark
679.3716
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3716 at Meat Inferno — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 4, 2024
Heading South BBQ
Heading South BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 38 at the Meat Inferno (2024). They finished #1112 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Oct 4, 2024
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.12 · weakest Brisket (162.82)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 | #1112 (75 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1236 (80 pts) | #1064 (100 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 171.9772 | 171.98 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 171.4516 | 171.45 | top 55% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 173.1200 | 173.12 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 162.8228 | 162.82 | top 71% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2024 | Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS | 22 / 38 (679.3716) | 25 (171.9772) | 21 (171.4516) | 17 (173.1200) | 27 (162.8228) |