A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
FOUR GUYS PORKIN
FOUR GUYS PORKIN is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 21st of 59 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2024). They are ranked #2960 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “FOUR GUYS PORKIN'”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1508 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2020
latest Mar 7, 2025 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.65
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.31)
Road miles
6
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$61K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
322.18 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
473.36 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #358 (80 pts) | #377 (60 pts) | #311 (120 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to FOUR GUYS PORKIN, each with one reason worth a look.
120 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,975 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with FOUR GUYS PORKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before FOUR GUYS PORKIN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,943 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before FOUR GUYS PORKIN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before FOUR GUYS PORKIN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiggle Butts BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| TENACIOUS Q | 5 | 4 | 0 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| ROLLIN KOLBZ | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Backyard BBQ Boys | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| STANK BUTT BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Geaux 2 bbq | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MasterQue | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 153.0628 | 161.66 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 150.2172 | 157.31 | top 40% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 149.6572 | 158.69 | top 39% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 5 | 21 | 0 | top 44% | Mar 7, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
257
finished ahead 220 times, behind 252
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Mar 6, 2020 → Mar 4, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1508) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20234 milestones
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score488.4456 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score488.4456 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2024 |
| +3.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 4, 2022 |
| +2.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 3, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
| -1.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 7, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 36% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 23 / 45 (318.1716) | 24 (157.0744) | 18 (161.0972) | 19 (161.0856) | — |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 21 / 59 (326.1828) | 26 (159.3600) | 13 (166.8228) | 21 (162.8000) | — |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 27 / 65 (488.4456) | 9 (173.7028) | 37 (150.2172) | 18 (164.5256) | — |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 28 / 73 (474.1484) | 23 (165.0972) | 30 (153.6456) | 29 (155.4056) | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 32 / 61 (457.4972) | 28 (153.0628) | 23 (154.7772) | 30 (149.6572) | — |