A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Stone Cold Grillers ahead in 100% of their meetings
Stone Cold Grillers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
South Pork BBQ
South Pork BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 5th of 36 at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). Also listed in KCBS results as “SOUTH - PORK BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2017
latest Aug 24, 2024 · 6.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.33
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.56 · weakest Brisket (151.33)
Road miles
478
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 477 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Purse competed for
$2,400
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
626.63 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
320.24 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to South Pork BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
South Pork BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 126 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1517
Level with South Pork BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,807 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before South Pork BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1515
They turned up 7 years after South Pork BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,805 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 143.9656 | 159.54 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 147.9316 | 158.01 | top 54% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 168.5600 | 168.56 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3256 | 151.3256 | 151.33 | top 100% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 38% | Aug 24, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
91
finished ahead 94 times, behind 68
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
Sep 15, 2017 → Aug 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8800 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1511) Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20232 milestones
- First overall top-10 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.0740 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20172 milestones
- First call Smokin on the White
- Career-best overall score626.6284 Smokin on the White
—1 milestone
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 24, 2024 |
| +10.9 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 16, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Smokin on the White | Sep 15, 2017 |
| -3 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2024 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 5 / 36 (337.6684) | 3 (174.8800) | 13 (162.7884) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 7 / 35 (337.0740) | 6 (170.8456) | 16 (166.2284) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 25 / 41 (306.8112) | 34 (143.9656) | 14 (162.8456) | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Smokin on the White Batesville, AR | 15 / 17 (626.6284) | 13 (158.8112) | 16 (147.9316) | 7 (168.5600) | 17 (151.3256) |
| — | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 21 / 38 (299.4172) | 22 (149.1772) | 23 (150.2400) | — | — |