High-water mark
681.0972
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.0972 at Smoketember Fest — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-09-15
ALTAMAHA RIVER BBQ COMPANY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-09-16
latest 2023-10-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.43
last 3 Master vs avg 661.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.31 · weakest Pork (158.26)
Road miles
32
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.43 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BBQ COMPANY has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 153 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with ALTAMAHA RIVER BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 6 years before ALTAMAHA RIVER BBQ COMPANY's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before ALTAMAHA RIVER BBQ COMPANY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before ALTAMAHA RIVER BBQ COMPANY'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 162.2400 | 169.31 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 161.1200 | 165.26 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3088 | 142.1944 | 158.26 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 155.9544 | 167.22 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoketember Fest | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 74% | 2023-09-15 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2022-09-16 → 2023-10-06
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.31 · weakest Pork (158.26)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
661.43
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
26–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
32
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,300
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Smoketember Fest (One Meat Ribs)
- 2023
- First call Smoketember Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.0972 Smoketember Fest
- Career-best overall score681.0972 Smoketember Fest
- Peak power rating (1491) Smoketember Fest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8572 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.3 | Smoketember Fest | 2023-09-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Smoketember Fest | 2022-09-16 |
| -0.7 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2023-10-06 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 94.6% | 94.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-06 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 16 / 29 (677.1088) | 11 (171.4172) | 20 (164.5256) | 22 (166.3088) | 8 (174.8572) |
| 2023-09-15 | Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA | 13 / 25 (681.0972) | 13 (174.2628) | 15 (169.6916) | 18 (166.2856) | 8 (170.8572) |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA | 29 / 30 (626.0804) | 25 (162.2400) | 20 (165.6916) | 30 (142.1944) | 25 (155.9544) |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoketember Fest (One Meat Ribs) Baxley, GA | — | — | 14 (161.1200) | — | — |