Southern Heat AL
Rating
1498
peak 1500 · rated over 2 contests
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2020-09-25
latest 2023-10-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Best overall
670.8228 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.43)
Road miles
328
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 328 mi
Purse competed for
$3K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.82 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
328.00 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
🔁 The comeback
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2023-10-13).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
By meat
| 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | — |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: — (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in TN (1 of 3 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (2 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 670.82 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 328.00 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 — First tracked contest · American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest
- 📣 2020-09-25 — First call · Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest
- ⭐ 2023-10-13 — Career-best overall score (670.8228) · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-13 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 63 / 81 (670.8228) | 66 (163.9772) | 41 (171.4172) | 65 (165.7256) | 39 (169.7028) |
| 2020-09-25 | 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 Kansas City, MO | 70 (167.3828) | — | — | — | — |