SWEET DIXIE BBQ

SWEET DIXIE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the BBQ Boogie & Blues (2022), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1259 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,259

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1582

peak 1585 · rated over 26 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 20, 2020

latest Oct 6, 2023 · 2.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#152

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

41% of 27 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

705.6684 / 720

Master · Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

683.79 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 674.45 (+9.34)

Walk rate

81%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · The Downtown BBQ Showdown

Consistency

±35.12

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.40 · weakest Chicken (169.61)

Road miles

3,726

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 234 mi

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Purse competed for

$242K

listed at 20 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 26 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.45 / 720

25 Master contests · 1 GC

Backyard (3-meat) avg

518.23 / 540

1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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.

Storylines (17 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

0.5600 points from the title

Came within 0.5600 points of the Grand Championship at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (Mar 4, 2022).

Perfect scores on the board

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.

Chicken ×2
Pork Ribs ×1
Pork ×1

Against the odds

8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at BBQ Boogie & Blues (Apr 29, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 8-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Organizer Portal.

Giant slayer

37 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 37-team field at BBQ Boogie & Blues.

Apr 29, 2022

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

BBQ Boogie & Blues is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 11%

They almost always walk

81% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 27 contests

A top-10 category call in 81% of their 27 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

705.6684 career-best overall

98.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 705.6684 at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival — 98.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 4, 2022

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State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 26 entries at contests carrying the title.

26 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

ZIPS BBQ has finished one call ahead of SWEET DIXIE BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 1 Grand Championship

2022 was the year it came together: 9 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 29%.

9 contests
5 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 29%

A tough matchup

15–5 behind in the head-to-head

Smoke Central BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

Smoke Central BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 20 shared contests.

The drought

11 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at BBQ Boogie & Blues on Apr 29, 2022 — 11 contests and 4.4 years ago.

last GC Apr 29, 2022
4.4 years ago

A strong matchup

13–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 81% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Willingham's in 13 of their 16 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 40 at their very first tracked contest, Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (Nov 20, 2020).

Nov 20, 2020
40-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Peckerwood Country Club has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 20% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,726 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,726 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 234 miles to Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival.

27 mapped stops
furthest 234 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#324 (653 pts)	#338 (663 pts)	#495 (478 pts)	#265 (828 pts)	#355 (603 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#152 (1,243 pts)	#168 (1,208 pts)	#182 (1,178 pts)	#220 (993 pts)	#237 (963 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#178 (1,034 pts)	#241 (838 pts)	#123 (1,334 pts)	#111 (1,378 pts)	#108 (1,389 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SWEET DIXIE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

49 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

3D BBQ

#1,255 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1582

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SWEET DIXIE BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SWEET DIXIE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE

#1,254 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1582

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Vallee AC Cold Smoke

#1,253 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1582

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Oct 24, 2025

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What’cha Got BBQ

#1,266 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1596

25 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 36% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jun 14, 2025

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BM Grils & Smokers

#1,269 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1581

They were already cooking in 2015, 5 years before SWEET DIXIE BBQ's first contest.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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BALONEY JOE'S BBQ

#1,258 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1586

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before SWEET DIXIE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	23	8	15	35%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
Willingham's	16	13	3	81%	⚔ compare
COOL HAND QUE	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN KOLBZ	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
Peckerwood Country Club	14	12	2	86%	⚔ compare
SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
Stewbabys BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
ZIPS BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
Angry Jack BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	9	1	3	180 🔥	155.3600	169.61	top 50%
Pork Ribs	27	12	1	5	180 🔥	155.3716	169.73	top 44%
Pork	26	10	2	6	180 🔥	159.3484	171.40	top 38%
Brisket	25	9	0	1	177.7028	161.6684	171.06	top 39%

“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)	16	1	top 44%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
GA	20	1	top 42%
SC	4	0	top 62%
FL	2	0	top 28%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	3	7	0	top 42%	Oct 6, 2023
BBQ Boogie & Blues	2	1	1	top 11%	Apr 29, 2022
Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival	2	6	0	top 28%	Aug 18, 2023
Swine At the Shrine	2	17	0	top 55%	Aug 5, 2022
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	2	2	0	top 51%	Mar 4, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 13 contests

Contests a season 6.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 21 of 27 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 20 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 27 entries · 1 win · 12 calls

First title Apr 29, 2022 BBQ Boogie & Blues

Opponents faced 532 finished ahead 700 times, behind 662

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20233 milestones

May 12 25th tracked contest 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
Aug 18 Peak power rating (1585) Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Oct 6 Most recent contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival

20225 milestones

Mar 4 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 4 Career-best overall score705.6684 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Apr 29 First Grand Championship BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 29 First state championship BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 29 Biggest field won (37 teams) BBQ Boogie & Blues

20212 milestones

Jul 30 10th tracked contest GBC Summer Showdown
Aug 6 First perfect 180 (Pork) Swine At the Shrine

20206 milestones

Nov 20 First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First overall top-10 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First overall podium Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First Reserve Championship Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score518.2288 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.4	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 4, 2022
+17.5	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown	Nov 20, 2020
+17.3	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Apr 29, 2022
+12.8	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Sep 24, 2021
+11.9	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1	May 21, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 5, 2021
-10.6	GBC Summer Showdown	Jul 30, 2021
-8.5	GBC Throwdown	Nov 19, 2021
-6.2	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	Nov 18, 2022
-4.3	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 9, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	4	0	3	3	100%	top 28%	97.1%	95.8%
2022	9	1	5	1	78%	top 29%	98%	95.4%
2021	13	0	2	0	77%	top 61%	95.9%	91.9%
2020	1	0	1	0	100%	top 5%	96%	96%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 6, 2023	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	14 / 29 (678.7544)	15 (168.5372)	24 (162.2400)	16 (170.2744)	4 (177.7028)
Aug 18, 2023	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	6 / 27 (692.4684)	19 (167.3712)	13 (174.2628)	1 (178.8572)	12 (171.9772)
May 12, 2023	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	9 / 40 (687.8856)	10 (174.2628)	24 (168.5256)	1 (176.5600)	20 (168.5372)
Apr 14, 2023	The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL	6 / 32 (698.8000)	1 (180)	5 (173.7028)	15 (173.1200)	13 (171.9772)
Nov 18, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	32 / 57 (661.0400)	26 (168.5256)	52 (155.3716)	27 (167.4400)	21 (169.7028)
Oct 7, 2022	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	7 / 30 (693.6228)	3 (176.5600)	8 (173.1316)	16 (170.8228)	13 (173.1084)
Aug 19, 2022	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	10 / 30 (691.3256)	5 (176.5600)	19 (168.5372)	11 (173.1200)	8 (173.1084)
Aug 5, 2022	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	21 / 49 (686.1596)	27 (170.2628)	3 (178.8572)	30 (168.5256)	31 (168.5140)
Aug 5, 2022	Swine At the Shrine (One Meat Ribs) Savannah, GA	—	—	3 (176.5600)	—	—
Jul 7, 2022	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	52 / 92 (665.5312)	64 (163.3712)	45 (168.5372)	41 (168.5372)	50 (165.0856)
Jun 3, 2022	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	4 / 25 (691.3024)	12 (170.8228)	10 (171.9656)	2 (177.7028)	11 (170.8112)
Apr 29, 2022	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	1 / 37 (702.8344)	6 (175.4172)	5 (174.2744)	3 (178.8572)	7 (174.2856)
Mar 4, 2022	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	2 / 73 (705.6684)	2 (180)	1 (180)	15 (173.1200)	19 (172.5484)
Nov 19, 2021	GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	22 / 28 (671.8284)	10 (171.9772)	25 (162.8116)	25 (161.6340)	4 (175.4056)
Oct 8, 2021	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	14 / 26 (677.5656)	8 (173.1200)	11 (170.8344)	25 (159.3484)	7 (174.2628)
Sep 24, 2021	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	5 / 27 (690.8112)	13 (171.9656)	7 (173.7372)	15 (167.4056)	3 (177.7028)
Aug 6, 2021	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	17 / 25 (678.7200)	24 (158.2056)	10 (170.8460)	3 (180)	14 (169.6684)
Jul 30, 2021	GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	33 / 39 (652.9252)	36 (162.7884)	38 (156.5028)	9 (171.9656)	32 (161.6684)
Jul 9, 2021	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	53 / 81 (651.2572)	70 (155.3600)	51 (163.9544)	32 (168.5600)	46 (163.3828)
Jun 11, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC	17 / 28 (675.2912)	23 (166.8228)	19 (166.8228)	7 (173.1084)	17 (168.5372)
May 22, 2021	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 🏅 Evans, GA	16 / 21 (676.4340)	18 (167.3828)	20 (160.5372)	5 (173.1084)	5 (175.4056)
May 21, 2021	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 🏅 Evans, GA	8 / 21 (683.8740)	14 (170.8228)	2 (174.2628)	15 (166.2284)	8 (172.5600)
May 14, 2021	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	22 / 42 (672.4344)	17 (170.8228)	20 (166.8460)	12 (170.8228)	29 (163.9428)
Apr 9, 2021	Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival 🏅 Jacksonville, FL	15 / 40 (683.3484)	25 (163.9772)	19 (170.2628)	4 (175.4056)	4 (173.7028)
Mar 19, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club 🏅 Summerville, SC	17 / 26 (675.3600)	25 (162.2744)	2 (177.7028)	18 (167.4172)	16 (167.9656)
Mar 5, 2021	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	80 / 81 (515.9312)	—	16 (173.1200)	36 (167.9656)	11 (174.8456)
Nov 20, 2020	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	2 / 40 (518.2288)	4 (173.1316)	6 (168.5256)	3 (176.5716)	—

SWEET DIXIE BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (17 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)