S & G BBQ MI

Power ranking

#2616

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1450

peak 1450

Contests

in the data

First seen

latest 2023-09-15

Best ToY finish

#311

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0744

Honor-Q

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.14 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 647.17 (+16.97)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Honor-Q

Consistency

±43.64

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.30 · weakest Chicken (161.25)

Road miles

2901

mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 451 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

RAMSHACKLE BBQ has finished one call ahead of S & G BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Belly Buss Barbeque has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Black Ace Barbeque in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

🐣 Announced themselves early

Finished 4 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) ().

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	3	0	1	178.2972	135.3372	161.25	top 71%
Pork Ribs	17	7	0	1	177.1428	141.5544	165.19	top 49%
Pork	16	5	1	2	175.4172	157.1200	165.30	top 55%
Brisket	15	3	1	1	179.4400	143.9428	164.29	top 58%

“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	Avg finish
MI	10	top 76%
IL	3	top 31%
IN	3	top 74%
KY	1	top 68%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 37%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 72%
Large (40+)	4	top 69%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (5 contests)
Cooks mostly in MI (12 of 19 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (17 entries)
All-time average overall score: 647.17

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
—	1	0	683.9656	683.97
2023	3	0	652.9944	652.71
2022	2	0	661.6344	661.63
2021	5	2	685.0744	626.07
2020	5	0	669.0628	650.44
2019	3	0	667.3828	656.10

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-09-15	Reuniting After War BBQ Competition Bowling Green, KY	19 / 28 (652.4344)	22 (162.8000)	20 (161.0972)	23 (157.6800)	9 (170.8572)
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	36 / 44 (652.9944)	34 (165.1200)	31 (165.6800)	29 (162.8344)	36 (159.3600)
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	—	—	—
2022-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	28 / 50 (661.6344)	43 (158.2744)	6 (172.5600)	18 (168.5372)	35 (162.2628)
2022-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI	—	—	3 (177.1428)	—	—
2021-11-05	Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Yorkville, IL	6 / 18 (669.6572)	6 (165.7256)	14 (156.5144)	1 (175.4172)	—
2021-09-24	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	25 / 28 (642.0800)	19 (165.1084)	27 (141.5544)	3 (173.7028)	22 (161.7144)
2021-09-10	Honor-Q Yorkville, IL	7 / 17 (685.0744)	2 (178.2972)	13 (162.2400)	10 (165.0972)	1 (179.4400)
2021-08-06	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	24 / 32 (644.4456)	29 (157.0856)	19 (161.1200)	22 (163.3944)	20 (162.8456)
2021-07-16	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	27 / 27 (489.0972)	17 (167.4400)	—	18 (162.2744)	21 (159.3828)
2020-09-25	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	15 / 28 (669.0628)	13 (170.8228)	4 (172.5828)	24 (159.9544)	16 (165.7028)
2020-09-12	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 Warsaw, IN	18 / 26 (669.0512)	25 (161.6916)	8 (171.4172)	18 (167.3712)	13 (168.5712)
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 Warsaw, IN	28 / 36 (659.3944)	15 (169.1200)	8 (170.2972)	27 (162.8344)	30 (157.1428)
2020-08-07	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	27 / 42 (650.8684)	42 (154.8344)	28 (162.9256)	26 (164.5484)	13 (168.5600)
2020-07-17	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	31 / 31 (603.8400)	31 (135.3372)	28 (155.4056)	9 (169.1544)	31 (143.9428)
2019-09-20	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	18 / 28 (667.3828)	26 (163.3944)	11 (169.7028)	22 (162.2856)	10 (172.0000)
2019-09-13	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival Mears, MI	27 / 35 (637.0400)	32 (147.3716)	21 (163.9656)	28 (157.1200)	12 (168.5828)
2019-04-05	CCSFest Indianapois, IN	30 / 40 (663.8856)	39 (154.2400)	7 (173.1200)	5 (172.5716)	30 (163.9540)
	Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Yorkville, IL	4 / 22 (683.9656)	8 (164.5600)	4 (170.8800)	—	—

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#566 (410 pts)	#1220 (95 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#542 (314 pts)	#424 (474 pts)	#689 (242 pts)	#386 (504 pts)	#411 (489 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#311 (365 pts)	#319 (390 pts)	#185 (620 pts)	#307 (405 pts)	#267 (445 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1151 (208 pts)	#1359 (173 pts)	#864 (368 pts)	#948 (313 pts)	#952 (313 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#582 (602 pts)	#594 (627 pts)	#526 (717 pts)	#399 (892 pts)	#580 (627 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#916 (381 pts)	#1012 (371 pts)	#866 (451 pts)	#525 (746 pts)	#1024 (341 pts)