High-water mark
681.6116
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.6116 at 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 14, 2022
RANKIN COUNTY BBQ
RANKIN COUNTY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 9th of 12 at the Roast N Boast (2023). They are ranked #2500 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 9, 2021
latest Oct 20, 2023 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.35 · weakest Pork (166.02)
Road miles
801
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 303 mi
Schedule strength
88%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1620)
Purse competed for
$65K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.65 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to RANKIN COUNTY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,503 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1530
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RANKIN COUNTY BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RANKIN COUNTY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before RANKIN COUNTY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before RANKIN COUNTY BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
Level with RANKIN COUNTY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 169.1200 | 173.35 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 165.0972 | 168.88 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 161.6800 | 166.02 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 158.1940 | 167.39 | top 67% |
“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 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
197
finished ahead 113 times, behind 122
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
May 14, 2022 → Oct 20, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- First overall top-10 Roast N Boast
- Peak power rating (1520) Roast N Boast
- Most recent contest Roast N Boast
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score681.6116 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)
- First call Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.4456 Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 | May 13, 2022 |
| +5.8 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) | Apr 9, 2021 |
| +3.6 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 | May 14, 2022 |
| +2 | Poosa Q | May 5, 2022 |
| +0.2 | Roast N Boast | Oct 20, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 94.7% | 94.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2023 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 9 / 12 (674.7084) | 8 (170.8228) | 8 (167.9772) | 10 (167.3828) | 10 (168.5256) |
| May 14, 2022 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 🏅 Union City, TN | 14 / 23 (681.6116) | 3 (177.7028) | 15 (170.8344) | 19 (162.8000) | 16 (170.2744) |
| May 13, 2022 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 🏅 Union City, TN | 11 / 25 (679.3488) | 7 (172.5600) | 11 (168.5372) | 11 (170.8228) | 17 (167.4288) |
| May 5, 2022 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 33 / 72 (674.1140) | 6 (176.5600) | 25 (171.9656) | 42 (167.3944) | 66 (158.1940) |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN | 20 / 44 (668.4456) | 21 (169.1200) | 27 (165.0972) | 33 (161.6800) | 9 (172.5484) |