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
- 2022-05-14
RANKIN COUNTY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2021-04-09
latest 2023-10-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
675.65
last 5 Master vs avg 675.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.35 · weakest Pork (166.02)
Road miles
801
mi 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 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.65 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Poppa Pig ahead in 100% of their meetings
Poppa Pig has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.3
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.34 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 80%.
- Pork avg 166.02
- Chicken avg 173.35
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1620
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 88% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1620 power rating — a tougher draw than 88% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated contests
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.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2486 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#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before RANKIN COUNTY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with RANKIN COUNTY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2473 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before RANKIN COUNTY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 50% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
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% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2021-04-09 → 2023-10-20
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.35 · weakest Pork (166.02)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 5 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
675.65
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
197
113–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
801
5 mapped stops · furthest 303 mi
Schedule strength
1620
average field rating faced — tougher than 88% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$65,240
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2022-05-14 → 2023-10-20
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #2480 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- 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)
- 2022
- 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
- 2023
- First overall top-10 Roast N Boast
- Peak power rating (1520) Roast N Boast
- Most recent contest Roast N Boast
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 | 2022-05-13 |
| +5.8 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) | 2021-04-09 |
| +3.6 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 | 2022-05-14 |
| +2 | Poosa Q | 2022-05-05 |
| +0.2 | Roast N Boast | 2023-10-20 |
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-20 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 9 / 12 (674.7084) | 8 (170.8228) | 8 (167.9772) | 10 (167.3828) | 10 (168.5256) |
| 2022-05-14 | 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) |
| 2022-05-13 | 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) |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 33 / 72 (674.1140) | 6 (176.5600) | 25 (171.9656) | 42 (167.3944) | 66 (158.1940) |
| 2021-04-09 | 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) |