Southern Heat is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 13th of 23 at the Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest (2020).
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 163.9772 | 168.27 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 155.4404 | 163.43 | top 67% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 165.7256 | 165.73 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 169.7028 | 169.70 | top 48% |
“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.
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2023 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 63 / 81 (670.8228) | 66 (163.9772) | 41 (171.4172) | 65 (165.7256) | 39 (169.7028) |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest 🏅 Semmes, AL | 13 / 23 (328.0004) | 2 (172.5600) | 19 (155.4404) | — | — |
| — | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest unrated Kansas City, MO | 70 (167.3828) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.