The heartbreaker
2.3888
points from the title
Came within 2.3888 points of the Grand Championship at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2023-10-06).
B & B BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1506
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2023-10-06
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154.00 · weakest Brisket (140.82)
Road miles
825
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 772 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$41K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
575.62 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.30 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 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.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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.
Happy hunting ground
Top 8%
average finish here
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 8% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 2nd
- average top 8%
The comeback
8.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 8.6 years, then back at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (2022-05-13).
- last seen 2013-09-27
- back 2022-05-13
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.
B & B BARBEQUE has 4 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 113 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.
#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before B & B BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
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#2976 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with B & B BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2975 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2982 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before B & B BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before B & B BARBEQUE'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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 162.2512 | 135.4172 | 153.28 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1544 | 136.5828 | 154.00 | top 52% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8000 | 134.2856 | 142.54 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3372 | 138.2972 | 140.82 | top 97% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 3 | 0 | top 37% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 8% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 8% | 2023-10-06 |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2023-10-06
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 154.00 · weakest Brisket (140.82)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
575.62
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
322.30
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
65–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
825
4 mapped stops · furthest 772 mi
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$41,050
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
8.6 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2022-05-13
Power rating
1506
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Community Fisrt Bank BBQ Competition (TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- 2022
- Career-best overall score606.6512 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- First call The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall podium The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- 2023
- First Reserve Championship The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.0000 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1544 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1506) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2023-10-06 |
| +15.5 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2022-10-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Community Fisrt Bank BBQ Competition (TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | 2013-09-27 |
| -11.7 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | 2022-05-13 |
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 7% | 90% | 90% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 89.1% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 75.6% | 75.6% |
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 | 2 / 29 (324.0000) | 2 (154.8456) | 2 (169.1544) | — | — |
| 2022-10-07 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 3 / 30 (320.5944) | 2 (160.5944) | 6 (160.0000) | — | — |
| 2022-05-13 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 40 / 42 (606.6512) | 34 (162.2512) | 39 (150.2628) | 41 (150.8000) | 42 (143.3372) |
| 2013-09-27 | Community Fisrt Bank BBQ Competition (TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Appleton City, MO | 18 / 18 (544.5828) | 18 (135.4172) | 16 (136.5828) | 18 (134.2856) | 17 (138.2972) |