The heartbreaker
1.2456
points from the title
Came within 1.2456 points of the Grand Championship at Honeybee BBQ Competition (2019-05-31).
BILLY MAC BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1442
peak 1442 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
15
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2024-05-31
Best ToY finish
#1508
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 15 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
378.29 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 385.77 (-7.49)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±80.70
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.52 · weakest Brisket (149.55)
Road miles
1,674
mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 674 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
614.54 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
385.77 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 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.
Storylines (7 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.
Their season
2019
their best year
2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 52%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 52%
A tough matchup
7–1
behind in the head-to-head
Stewbabys BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings
Stewbabys BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.97 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.
- Brisket avg 149.55
- Pork avg 157.52
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Honeybee BBQ Competition (2024-05-31).
- last seen 2022-06-03
- back 2024-05-31
Pork nemesis
4 of 5
shared pork entries lost
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead 80% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared pork entries.
Boom or bust
±20.24%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±20.24% 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 98.1% of a perfect score
- best 134.7%
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.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5757 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before BILLY MAC BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
No shared contest yet.
Level with BILLY MAC BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
No shared contest yet.
16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewbabys BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON THIS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| THE FAT GUYZ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HICKORY PRIME | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| WeQ4U | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CRIMSON Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN CHUCKS WAGON | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 170.8344 | 144.5144 | 157.01 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 144.4688 | 156.36 | top 75% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 150.2056 | 157.52 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2858 | 144.5028 | 149.55 | top 93% |
“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 | 8 | 0 | top 73% |
| AL | 3 | 0 | top 109% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 64% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Roast on the River | 4 | 30 | 0 | top 95% | 2017-05-12 |
| Honeybee BBQ Competition | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 54% | 2024-05-31 |
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 109% | 2022-04-08 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11.1 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2024-05-31
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 11 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
9 of 15 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
12 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.52 · weakest Brisket (149.55)
Walk rate
13%
a top-10 call in 2 of 15 contests
Overall top-10 rate
7%
1 of 15 contests
Master average
614.54
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
385.77
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
421
182–477 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,674
15 mapped stops · furthest 674 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,120
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 8 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2022-06-03 → 2024-05-31
Power rating
1442
peak 1442 · #5761 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score631.4288 Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1487) Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier)
- 2019
- First call Honeybee BBQ Competition
- First category win (Chicken) Honeybee BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- First overall podium Honeybee BBQ Competition
- First Reserve Championship Honeybee BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score485.0060 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8344 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- 10th tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- 2024
- Most recent contest Honeybee BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18 | Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2019-05-31 |
| +4 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | 2019-11-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-05-10 |
| -12.6 | Roman Roast on the River | 2017-05-12 |
| -12.6 | Roman Roast on the River | 2015-05-08 |
| -10.8 | Roman Roast on the River | 2016-05-13 |
| -10.5 | Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2024-05-31 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 84% | 132% | 110.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 108% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 52% | 134.7% | 119% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 24 / 25 (615.6912) | 23 (155.9428) | 25 (150.7656) | 24 (158.2056) | 24 (150.7772) |
| 2022-06-03 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 14 / 25 (475.2912) | 16 (152.5256) | 9 (162.2284) | 8 (160.5372) | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 38 / 34 (319.3256) | 22 (166.2628) | 47 (153.0628) | — | — |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 41 / 38 (315.9084) | 30 (165.7028) | 44 (150.2056) | — | — |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS | 28 / 94 (305.1084) | 28 (149.7028) | 27 (155.4056) | — | — |
| 2019-11-15 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA | 14 / 35 (475.7940) | 12 (160.4912) | — | 17 (154.2172) | — |
| 2019-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 LaFayette, GA | 2 / 22 (485.0060) | 1 (170.8344) | 7 (154.7772) | 4 (159.3944) | — |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 32 / 30 (323.9660) | 42 (154.2516) | 15 (169.7144) | — | — |
| 2018-04-13 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-05-12 | Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA | 37 / 37 (600.2860) | 35 (156.5372) | 37 (144.4688) | 37 (150.2056) | 35 (149.0744) |
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-13 | Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA | 33 / 36 (617.4972) | 33 (149.6344) | 33 (153.6684) | 22 (165.0972) | 34 (149.0972) |
| 2015-05-08 | Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA | 40 / 41 (607.8172) | 41 (144.5144) | 22 (168.0000) | 40 (150.8000) | 41 (144.5028) |
| 2014-05-09 | Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA) Rome, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-05-10 | Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | 30 / 33 (631.4288) | 30 (157.7144) | 26 (157.7144) | 23 (161.7142) | 26 (154.2858) |
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 | #1508 (55 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1631 (50 pts) | #1518 (55 pts) | #1513 (55 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #299 (89 pts) | #248 (129 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #262 (60 pts) | #267 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #84 (107 pts) | #91 (102 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Backyard | — | #20 (107 pts) | #24 (102 pts) | — | — |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2236 (75 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2603 (58 pts) | #2618 (58 pts) | #2621 (58 pts) | #2489 (68 pts) | #2629 (58 pts) |