PUREBBQ TN
Rating
1551
peak 1551
Contests
27
in the data
First seen
2019-01-19
latest 2024-09-07
Best ToY finish
#185
Master 2019
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
6
15 podiums
Overall top-10s
15
of 27 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
660.11 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 644.58 (+15.52)
Walk rate
81%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±60.15
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.08 · weakest Pork (158.95)
Road miles
15865
mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 5421 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Backcorner BBQ has finished one call ahead of PUREBBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
MASTERS OF FIRE has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of RIVERLAND SMOKERS in 10 of their 11 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1544 points of the Grand Championship at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) (2024-09-07).
📅 A September team
Something about September: average finish in the top 23% across 6 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Open Polish BBQ Championship (2019-09-13) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, IQ - NETHERLANDS.
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 177.1428 | 146.2856 | 167.08 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 142.2400 | 161.75 | top 53% |
| Pork | 27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 20.0000 | 158.95 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 147.3484 | 162.83 | top 46% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 7 | 0 | top 62% |
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 1 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (13 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TN (1 of 27 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (27 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Open Polish BBQ Championship (2019-09-13)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 644.58
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 689.6572 | 666.94 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 650.7432 | 649.86 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 672.4340 | 652.56 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 667.3488 | 656.07 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 663.2800 | 663.04 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 707.4172 | 630.67 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-07 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 2 / 24 (689.6572) | 12 (169.1200) | 1 (174.2972) | 2 (174.2744) | 6 (171.9656) |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 8 / 23 (671.9200) | 4 (173.1544) | 7 (170.8228) | 18 (161.0856) | 9 (166.8572) |
| 2024-03-23 | Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland, R523 PW | 16 / 22 (639.2456) | 18 (163.9312) | 13 (163.4288) | 11 (164.5372) | 19 (147.3484) |
| 2023-03-18 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 Boom, 2850 | 11 / 13 (648.9712) | 11 (159.9428) | 12 (158.2056) | 2 (169.6800) | 9 (161.1428) |
| 2023-03-17 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 Boom, 2850 | 7 / 13 (650.7432) | 6 (165.6916) | 9 (157.7028) | 5 (165.6800) | 9 (161.6688) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 51 / 83 (672.4340) | 46 (167.9656) | 65 (165.0856) | 46 (168.5372) | 30 (170.8456) |
| 2022-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 10 / 28 (654.6744) | 13 (166.8112) | 20 (156.5260) | 9 (170.8228) | 11 (160.5144) |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2134CG | 7 / 38 (667.3256) | 16 (166.8228) | 3 (171.4172) | 12 (167.4056) | 13 (161.6800) |
| 2022-03-26 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel, 3920 | 23 / 31 (615.8172) | 27 (146.2856) | 13 (156.5260) | 25 (153.6228) | 16 (159.3828) |
| 2021-10-23 | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | 9 / 30 (667.3488) | 1 (177.1428) | 14 (163.4060) | 14 (165.6800) | 19 (161.1200) |
| 2021-10-02 | Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle Bremen, 28199 | 6 / 16 (654.1600) | 4 (169.6800) | 7 (165.1200) | 14 (153.6456) | 6 (165.7144) |
| 2021-09-11 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 14 / 29 (646.7084) | 9 (165.0856) | 17 (162.8572) | 16 (157.1200) | 15 (161.6456) |
| 2020-09-12 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen, 5106NC | 9 / 31 (662.8000) | 2 (172.5484) | 24 (152.5488) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (157.7028) |
| 2020-08-15 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum, | 5 / 14 (663.2800) | 9 (161.6800) | 2 (174.8572) | 11 (162.7884) | 7 (163.9544) |
| 2019-11-30 | Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800 | 21 / 31 (627.3024) | 20 (161.1084) | 22 (150.2628) | 26 (154.2284) | 12 (161.7028) |
| 2019-10-12 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition Rome, 00153 | 8 / 8 (353.6568) | 1 (170.8456) | 3 (162.8112) | 8 (20.0000) | — |
| 2019-09-13 | Open Polish BBQ Championship Poland, | 1 / 23 (707.4172) | 3 (173.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (177.7144) | 4 (176.0000) |
| 2019-09-07 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 4 / 38 (673.0744) | 18 (163.3828) | 1 (177.1772) | 17 (162.2400) | 6 (170.2744) |
| 2019-08-17 | EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren, 52525 | 17 / 28 (635.8284) | 7 (167.9772) | 23 (150.8000) | 12 (164.5256) | 18 (152.5256) |
| 2019-07-06 | BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland, 27624 | 9 / 36 (643.8400) | 12 (163.9656) | 32 (150.2400) | 15 (161.0972) | 5 (168.5372) |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 11 / 22 (658.1484) | 6 (170.2512) | 8 (162.8232) | 10 (163.9656) | 10 (161.1084) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 16 / 55 (667.9312) | 17 (167.9884) | 22 (165.1200) | 6 (171.4172) | 23 (163.4056) |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival Covasna County, 520008 | 7 / 17 (647.3600) | 3 (171.4400) | 15 (150.8116) | 11 (159.9656) | 5 (165.1428) |
| 2019-04-26 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 Marketplate, 51545 | 17 / 24 (630.7084) | 11 (166.2512) | 23 (142.2400) | 6 (165.0972) | 13 (157.1200) |
| 2019-03-30 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, | 27 / 40 (636.9824) | 11 (167.9540) | 34 (150.8456) | 27 (162.8228) | 24 (155.3600) |
| 2019-02-16 | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762 | 10 / 12 (667.3828) | 9 (170.8456) | 5 (169.1656) | 12 (157.0972) | 4 (170.2744) |
| 2019-01-19 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 18 / 30 (649.0172) | 10 (169.6684) | 20 (162.2516) | 22 (156.5484) | 23 (160.5488) |
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 | #425 (484 pts) | #518 (394 pts) | #448 (534 pts) | #459 (449 pts) | #531 (374 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #632 (251 pts) | #666 (261 pts) | #817 (226 pts) | #506 (401 pts) | #685 (246 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #558 (359 pts) | #685 (274 pts) | #552 (429 pts) | #622 (319 pts) | #591 (344 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #448 (405 pts) | #337 (610 pts) | #559 (350 pts) | #578 (305 pts) | #539 (345 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #296 (381 pts) | #268 (461 pts) | #343 (371 pts) | #277 (446 pts) | #353 (351 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #185 (1364 pts) | #125 (1619 pts) | #155 (1451 pts) | #185 (1339 pts) | #189 (1302 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #271 (1170 pts) | #61 (1970 pts) | #290 (1090 pts) | #349 (985 pts) | #345 (985 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #521 (736 pts) | #387 (971 pts) | #603 (666 pts) | #751 (541 pts) | #600 (656 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #328 (1109 pts) | #483 (834 pts) | #472 (859 pts) | #324 (1124 pts) | #311 (1154 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1549 (145 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1776 (120 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #1728 (125 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1589 (150 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #1911 (120 pts) | #1457 (200 pts) | #1573 (170 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2625 (57 pts) | #2641 (57 pts) | #1975 (87 pts) | #2050 (82 pts) | #2644 (57 pts) |