A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
ATLANTA BBQ STORE ahead in 100% of their meetings
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
GEORGE'S RIB SHACK
GEORGE'S RIB SHACK is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 15th of 30 at the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2022). They are ranked #4036 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2016
latest Mar 1, 2024 · 7.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.45
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.06 · weakest Brisket (143.38)
Road miles
92
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$46K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
581.53 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
288.43 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
461.91 / 540
4 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to GEORGE'S RIB SHACK, each with one reason worth a look.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1482
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before GEORGE'S RIB SHACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with GEORGE'S RIB SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before GEORGE'S RIB SHACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1507
They turned up 10 years after GEORGE'S RIB SHACK did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Compare careers#4,034 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before GEORGE'S RIB SHACK'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| TENACIOUS Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ATLANTA BBQ STORE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 141.6684 | 150.53 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 136.4916 | 146.34 | top 53% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 151.9772 | 158.06 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3828 | 143.3828 | 143.38 | top 97% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 47% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 3 | 32 | 0 | top 48% | Mar 1, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
308
finished ahead 180 times, behind 329
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Mar 1, 2019 → Mar 5, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20222 milestones
- Peak power rating (1487) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
20211 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5828 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score581.5312 Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.1 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 4, 2022 |
| +0.3 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) | Sep 16, 2016 |
| -4.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2024 |
| -0.4 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 19, 2022 |
| -0.3 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 5, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 86.2% | 85.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 35 / 59 (288.4344) | 33 (151.9428) | 35 (136.4916) | 33 (155.4056) | — |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 15 / 30 (465.6572) | 16 (151.3600) | 9 (162.3200) | 18 (151.9772) | — |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 33 / 73 (461.6344) | 37 (147.3944) | 31 (150.2744) | 17 (163.9656) | — |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 32 / 81 (465.6112) | 20 (164.5828) | 35 (141.0628) | 31 (159.9656) | — |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 27 / 62 (454.7428) | 27 (146.2400) | 27 (146.2628) | 14 (162.2400) | — |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) Lawrenceville, GA | 39 / 39 (581.5312) | 39 (141.6684) | 39 (141.6572) | 36 (154.8228) | 38 (143.3828) |