High-water mark
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.0512 at TN River BBQ Fest — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-08-25
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.0512 at TN River BBQ Fest — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.65 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
A tougher draw than 86% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1616 power rating — a tougher draw than 86% of every rated contest in the data.
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.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Snuff The Rooster BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Snuff The Rooster BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Snuff The Rooster BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Snuff The Rooster BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Poppa Pig | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 159.3828 | 167.31 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 158.2856 | 168.66 | top 57% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 154.2400 | 159.01 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 151.4400 | 162.54 | top 65% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.8 | TN River BBQ Fest | 2023-08-25 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2022-04-29 |
| -6.3 | Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB | 2023-10-27 |
| -6.1 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff | 2023-04-28 |
| -2.4 | Meat Inferno | 2024-10-04 |
| -1.2 | Southaven Springfest | 2024-04-26 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 92.6% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 80% | 93.5% | 91.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-04 | Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS | 29 / 38 (663.9884) | 16 (174.3200) | 23 (170.8916) | 33 (161.1200) | 32 (157.6568) |
| 2024-04-26 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 31 / 44 (666.6852) | 29 (167.9540) | 25 (169.6684) | 41 (157.0628) | 13 (172.0000) |
| 2023-10-27 | Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR | 43 / 49 (640.9828) | 43 (159.3828) | 29 (168.5600) | 47 (154.2400) | 41 (158.8000) |
| 2023-08-25 | TN River BBQ Fest 🏅 Saltillo, TN | 15 / 23 (673.0512) | 7 (175.4172) | 3 (176.0000) | 23 (160.5372) | 19 (161.0968) |
| 2023-04-28 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Brandon, MS | 24 / 28 (668.4684) | 23 (166.2284) | 21 (168.5600) | 28 (159.4172) | 9 (174.2628) |
| 2022-04-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 22 / 25 (631.9656) | 20 (160.5372) | 20 (158.2856) | 19 (161.7028) | 20 (151.4400) |