BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#656

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1647

peak 1654 · rated over 36 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-01-23

latest 2023-10-05

Best ToY finish

#305

Master 2020

Grand champs

3 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8000 / 720

Master · Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.12 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 675.39 (+4.73)

Walk rate

66%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY)

Consistency

±13.77

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.83 · weakest Brisket (167.23)

Road miles

8,807

mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 802 mi

Schedule strength

69%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)

Purse competed for

$360K

listed at 16 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 19 state-championship entries

Master avg

675.39 / 720

38 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (16 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.

The heartbreaker

0.5832 points from the title

Came within 0.5832 points of the Grand Championship at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (2021-05-14).

Against the odds

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier) (2017-05-12) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM.

Giant slayer

42 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier).

2017-05-12

They almost always walk

66% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 38 contests

A top-10 category call in 66% of their 38 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8000 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8000 at Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY) — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-03-02

State champions

1 state championships won

They've taken 1 state championship from 19 entries at contests carrying the title.

19 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WHO CARES BBQ has finished one call ahead of BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

17–7 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 71% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 17 of their 24 shared contests.

The drought

27 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier) on 2017-05-12 — 27 contests and 9.3 years ago.

last GC 2017-05-12
9.3 years ago

A strong matchup

18–6 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ELITE BBQ SMOKERS in 18 of their 24 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

3 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
38 contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SWINE AND SHINE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 28% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 28% across 7 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

7 May contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

8,807 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,807 miles across 38 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 802 miles to 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL).

38 mapped stops
furthest 802 mi

The metronome

±1.91% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.91% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.8% of a perfect score
38 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked SC Festival of Discovery every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 13th

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.

Blue Smoke Q

#655 of the rated field

1647 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1652

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Rusty's BBQ

#658 of the rated field

1647 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1654

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 39 contests to 38, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 32 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

PIGHEADED BBQ

#657 of the rated field

1647 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1721

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1721 at their best, 74 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 59 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Say My Name BBQ

#666 of the rated field

1646 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1666

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 41 contests, alongside a 37% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 37 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

HELL ON SQUEALS

#648 of the rated field

1649 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 61
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1673

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 59 contests
last seen 2026-05-15

⚔ Head-to-head

SWAMP BOYS

#650 of the rated field

1648 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1750

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW)

Level with BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 60 contests
last seen 2024-11-22

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	24	18	6	75%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	24	7	17	29%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	21	7	14	33%	⚔ compare
SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	9	1	3	178.8800	153.0512	168.98	top 44%
Pork Ribs	38	11	1	4	179.4400	152.5260	169.35	top 37%
Pork	38	12	2	5	179.4400	155.9656	169.83	top 37%
Brisket	38	8	0	2	178.2972	151.3256	167.23	top 44%

“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	16	1	top 41%
FL	8	0	top 34%
SC	7	0	top 32%
AL	5	0	top 35%
KS	2	0	top 56%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 22%
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 28%
Large (40+)	31	1	top 41%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery	6	13	0	top 30%	2021-07-09
Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	4	1	1	top 26%	2022-05-13
Flames on the Flint	4	14	0	top 65%	2018-03-09
Poosa Q	3	13	0	top 36%	2023-10-05
Smokin In the Square	2	16	0	top 43%	2019-03-15
38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	84	0	top 56%	2017-09-01

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.7 yrs 2014-01-23 → 2023-10-05

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 10 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 16 of 38 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 23 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 38 entries · 1 win · 9 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.83 · weakest Brisket (167.23)

Walk rate 66% a top-10 call in 25 of 38 contests

Overall top-10 rate 24% 9 of 38 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 3 reserve

First title 2017-05-12 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier)

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 675.39 out of 720 · 38 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 1,339 1,713–1,118 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 8,807 38 mapped stops · furthest 802 mi

Schedule strength 1587 average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests

Purse competed for $360,450 listed at 16 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 19 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2014-01-23 → 2015-03-13

Power rating 1647 peak 1654 · #656 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jan 23 First tracked contest The Tiger Town Pig Festival
Jan 23 First call The Tiger Town Pig Festival
2015
Mar 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4116 Flames on the Flint
2016
Jun 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
Jun 10 First overall top-10 Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
Jun 10 First overall podium Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
Jun 10 First Reserve Championship Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
2017
Mar 10 10th tracked contest Flames on the Flint
May 12 First Grand Championship Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier)
May 12 First state championship Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier)
May 12 Biggest field won (42 teams) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier)
2018
Mar 2 Career-best overall score694.8000 Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY)
Mar 2 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY)
2019
Jul 12 25th tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery
2022
May 5 Peak power rating (1654) Poosa Q
2023
Oct 5 Most recent contest Poosa Q

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.3	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier)	2017-05-12
+17	Fitzgerald Pig Pickin	2016-06-10
+15.7	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2019-05-24
+15.5	*Barnesville BBQ & Blues	2018-04-20
+14.4	World Barbecue Championship	2017-11-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.5	Hawgin On Lanier	2020-07-31
-8.2	Flames on the Flint	2015-03-13
-6.7	Poosa Q	2023-10-05
-5	Flames on the Flint	2017-03-10
-4	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)

Team of the Year rank by season

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	1	1	100%	top 41%	96.1%	94.7%
2022	4	0	1	0	75%	top 37%	95%	94.5%
2021	3	0	2	1	100%	top 17%	96.3%	95.8%
2020	4	0	1	0	25%	top 52%	96%	94.2%
2019	4	0	1	0	100%	top 25%	95.9%	94.4%
2018	6	0	1	1	83%	top 29%	96.5%	94.9%
2017	6	1	1	0	17%	top 39%	95.7%	93.6%
2016	5	0	1	1	60%	top 36%	94.8%	92.7%
2015	3	0	0	0	67%	top 70%	91.5%	90.9%
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 58%	88.6%	88.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-10-05	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	42 / 73 (671.8744)	32 (169.6800)	71 (156.5144)	45 (167.3828)	3 (178.2972)
2023-03-31	Swampfest 🏅 Waycross, GA	7 / 28 (691.9316)	1 (178.8572)	14 (168.5372)	11 (172.5600)	6 (171.9772)
2022-07-07	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	43 / 92 (675.2912)	50 (166.2400)	12 (176.5600)	39 (169.1084)	55 (163.3828)
2022-05-13	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	21 / 42 (678.1828)	22 (169.1200)	35 (162.2400)	8 (173.1200)	5 (173.7028)
2022-05-05	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	16 / 72 (683.3368)	47 (166.8112)	8 (174.8456)	30 (169.6800)	19 (172.0000)
2022-01-07	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL	9 / 29 (683.9088)	18 (168.5372)	2 (176.5716)	7 (173.1200)	18 (165.6800)
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	19 / 81 (685.0400)	9 (175.4288)	18 (171.9772)	40 (167.3828)	26 (170.2512)
2021-05-14	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	2 / 42 (693.6456)	19 (170.2628)	12 (171.9656)	1 (176.5600)	6 (174.8572)
2021-04-09	Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival 🏅 Jacksonville, FL	9 / 40 (689.6228)	17 (170.8344)	2 (177.7144)	20 (169.1084)	11 (171.9656)
2020-10-02	Bonifay All American Smoker Competition 🏅 Bonifay, FL	4 / 18 (691.3832)	3 (176.5600)	5 (173.7144)	12 (167.3944)	4 (173.7144)
2020-09-05	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Augusta, GA	34 / 54 (686.2060)	25 (174.2744)	17 (174.8688)	39 (168.5256)	35 (168.5372)
2020-09-04	Practice for Cash 🏅 Augusta, GA	29 / 46 (665.0056)	26 (169.6684)	36 (162.8116)	33 (165.1084)	23 (167.4172)
2020-07-31	Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA	32 / 55 (670.7084)	40 (166.2400)	27 (168.5372)	31 (167.9772)	27 (167.9540)
2019-07-12	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	17 / 83 (675.9544)	33 (166.8572)	52 (161.0972)	6 (173.7028)	8 (174.2972)
2019-06-14	Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	13 / 48 (683.9540)	8 (174.2856)	30 (167.4172)	19 (170.8112)	20 (171.4400)
2019-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA	4 / 72 (690.8228)	25 (171.4172)	4 (176.0000)	16 (171.4056)	17 (172.0000)
2019-03-15	Smokin In the Square 🏅 Pensacola, FL	16 / 35 (667.9200)	25 (164.0000)	7 (170.8228)	2 (173.1544)	25 (159.9428)
2018-07-12	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	13 / 89 (683.9656)	18 (171.4056)	18 (171.4172)	29 (169.1428)	12 (172.0000)
2018-05-11	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	19 / 42 (667.8512)	11 (170.8228)	10 (171.4056)	22 (163.3828)	27 (162.2400)
2018-04-20	*Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnesville, GA	2 / 25 (689.0740)	4 (172.5484)	2 (174.2972)	8 (167.9656)	6 (174.2628)
2018-03-16	Smokin In the Square Pensacola, FL	20 / 49 (682.1944)	22 (173.1544)	25 (167.3944)	7 (175.4172)	31 (166.2284)
2018-03-09	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	14 / 42 (682.7428)	24 (167.3828)	21 (168.5372)	3 (176.0000)	18 (170.8228)
2018-03-02	Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY) unrated Orlando, FL	17 / 49 (694.8000)	32 (167.9656)	23 (173.1200)	1 (179.4400)	22 (174.2744)
2017-11-08	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	15 / 93 (681.0744)	61 (166.8572)	17 (172.5716)	39 (168.5372)	17 (173.1084)
2017-09-01	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	84 / 407 (680.0112)	274 (161.6912)	50 (173.1544)	43 (175.4056)	103 (169.7600)
2017-08-31	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	117 / 129 (662.1600)	65 (171.9772)	128 (157.0972)	64 (171.4056)	113 (161.6800)
2017-07-06	SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC	24 / 89 (674.1600)	59 (162.8116)	23 (170.8228)	18 (172.0000)	25 (168.5256)
2017-05-12	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	1 / 42 (689.0284)	14 (169.6800)	5 (175.4056)	14 (169.6800)	2 (174.2628)
2017-03-10	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	50 / 67 (655.2568)	65 (153.0512)	11 (172.5600)	25 (169.1200)	52 (160.5256)
2016-09-23	*Porktober Que Dothan, AL	18 / 36 (668.4456)	12 (170.8228)	11 (170.8572)	23 (166.2628)	26 (160.5028)
2016-07-07	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	29 / 82 (657.5656)	35 (166.8228)	41 (162.2400)	4 (172.0000)	52 (156.5028)
2016-06-10	Fitzgerald Pig Pickin Fitzgerald, GA	2 / 26 (682.8000)	6 (170.2744)	1 (179.4400)	10 (168.5600)	13 (164.5256)
2016-03-11	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	59 / 89 (654.7428)	76 (159.3828)	40 (166.8572)	31 (167.4172)	61 (161.0856)
2016-01-29	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	12 / 58 (673.6568)	5 (173.1428)	20 (166.2400)	3 (176.5828)	39 (157.6912)
2015-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	53 / 90 (647.2456)	57 (161.6456)	25 (166.2744)	46 (162.8000)	61 (156.5256)
2015-05-22	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	43 / 65 (658.7776)	4 (176.5716)	60 (152.5260)	41 (162.8572)	26 (166.8228)
2015-03-13	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	62 / 72 (656.4116)	2 (178.8800)	66 (158.8116)	44 (167.3944)	71 (151.3256)
2014-01-23	The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	40 / 69 (638.1828)	54 (155.3828)	6 (172.0000)	45 (155.9656)	48 (154.8344)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020 ↗	Master	#305 (373 pts)	#313 (398 pts)	#320 (388 pts)	#397 (288 pts)	#319 (383 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1690 (105 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#1369 (165 pts)	#1056 (260 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#540 (660 pts)	#652 (565 pts)	#588 (620 pts)	#548 (680 pts)	#709 (505 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#608 (640 pts)	#931 (415 pts)	#675 (605 pts)	#870 (450 pts)	#664 (600 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#651 (591 pts)	#678 (596 pts)	#667 (611 pts)	#582 (701 pts)	#992 (351 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1150 (270 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)