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BAR-B-Q 101

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

Power ranking

#1408
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1570
peak 1579 · rated over 43 contests

Contests

45
in the data

First seen

2013-06-14
latest 2022-05-20

Best ToY finish

#491
Master 2015

Grand champs

1
0 reserve

Category wins

8
16 podiums

Overall top-10s

11
of 45 contests

Avg finish

top 51%
overall standings

Best overall

699.4172 / 720

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

671.56
last 5 Master vs avg 671.38 (+0.18)

Walk rate

71%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±16.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.78 · weakest Brisket (164.12)

Road miles

7,117
mi across 45 mapped stops · furthest 574 mi

Schedule strength

66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)

Purse competed for

$59K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.38 / 720
45 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (18 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.

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Chicken ×2
  • Pork ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 3 visits.

  • 3 visits
  • best finish 3rd
  • average top 17%

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off (2016-06-17).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 32 of 45 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 45 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

one call ahead of them

HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW has finished one call ahead of BAR-B-Q 101 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

23–1 behind in the head-to-head

Under the Radar ahead in 96% of their meetings

Under the Radar has come out ahead in 23 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.66 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 31%.

  • Brisket avg 164.12
  • Chicken avg 170.78
  • 8 calls in 45 entries

A strong matchup

16–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 84% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PARADISE QUE in 16 of their 19 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

19 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

Under the Radar ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Under the Radar has out-cooked them in 19 of 24 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

one call behind them

KNOXVEGAS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 37% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 37% across 9 contests, versus top 51% the rest of the year.

  • 9 May contests
  • top 51% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.24% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.24% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.2% of a perfect score
  • 45 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.

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

SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE
#1402 of the rated field
1570 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
0
Top-10s
37%
Peak
1583
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAR-B-Q 101)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BAR-B-Q 101 has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen 2015-05-29
⚔ Head-to-head
THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE
#1409 of the rated field
1570 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
1
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1570
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAR-B-Q 101)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen 2021-10-22
⚔ Head-to-head
RIVER CITY RUB
#1401 of the rated field
1570 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1570
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BAR-B-Q 101)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before BAR-B-Q 101's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 11 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
PARK AVENUE PORK
#1414 of the rated field
1569 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
1
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1602
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 46 contests to 45, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 42 contests
  • last seen 2025-11-05
⚔ Head-to-head
SMOKIN' R'S 2.0
#1410 of the rated field
1570 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
0
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1616
No shared contest yet.

38 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 38 contests
  • last seen 2019-10-11
⚔ Head-to-head
SmoQued On Main St
#1412 of the rated field
1570 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
51
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1573
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after BAR-B-Q 101 did, first appearing in 2022.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen 2026-07-10
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SMOKE ON THIS 25 7 18 28% ⚔ compare
Under the Radar 24 1 23 4% ⚔ compare
Organizer Portal 23 2 21 9% ⚔ compare
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 21 9 12 43% ⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 21 7 14 33% ⚔ compare
SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 20 4 16 20% ⚔ compare
PARADISE QUE 19 16 3 84% ⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 19 5 14 26% ⚔ compare
Sons of Smoke 18 9 9 50% ⚔ compare
South Pork 18 6 12 33% ⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG 18 5 13 28% ⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q 18 4 14 22% ⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ 18 3 15 17% ⚔ compare
K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 17 6 11 35% ⚔ compare
CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 15 14 1 93% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 45 14 4 6 180.0000 🔥 158.2400 170.78 top 42%
Pork Ribs 45 18 3 5 179.4400 157.1312 168.90 top 44%
Pork 45 10 1 4 180.0000 🔥 153.0628 167.59 top 51%
Brisket 45 8 0 1 177.1428 140.5372 164.12 top 59%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
TN280top 52%
MS71top 36%
NC40top 62%
GA30top 61%
KY10top 68%
AL10top 13%
MO10top 91%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)250top 59%
Large (40+)201top 41%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
High on the Hog Festival 4 13 0 top 56% 2019-04-19
Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In 3 17 0 top 64% 2019-07-12
Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 3 3 0 top 17% 2019-05-17
Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show 3 14 0 top 59% 2018-08-10
Blount County BBQ Bash 2 14 0 top 44% 2019-06-21
Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off 2 25 0 top 66% 2018-06-15
Bar-B-Cure 2 19 0 top 68% 2016-11-18
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff 2 14 0 top 62% 2015-09-11

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

On the trail 8.9 yrs 2013-06-14 → 2022-05-20
Busiest season 2016 9 contests
Contests a season 5.6 across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in TN 28 of 45 contests · 7 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 32 8 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 45 entries · 4 wins · 14 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.78 · weakest Brisket (164.12)
Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 32 of 45 contests
Overall top-10 rate 24% 11 of 45 contests
Wins it all 2% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title 2013-06-14 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
Master average 671.38 out of 720 · 45 contests · 1 GC
Perfect 180s 3 every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced 845 922–985 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 7,117 45 mapped stops · furthest 574 mi
Schedule strength 1583 average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for $59,000 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff 2.9 yrs 2019-07-12 → 2022-05-20
Power rating 1570 peak 1579 · #1408 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2013
  2. First tracked contest The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  3. First call The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  4. First category win (Chicken) The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  5. First overall top-10 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  6. First overall podium The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  7. First Grand Championship The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  8. First overall past 90% of a perfect score696.5712 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  9. Biggest field won (40 teams) The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  10. 2014
  11. First perfect 180 (Pork) Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff
  12. 2015
  13. 10th tracked contest Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival
  14. 2016
  15. First multi-meat day The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off
  16. Career-best overall score699.4172 The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off
  17. 25th tracked contest The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff
  18. 2019
  19. Peak power rating (1579) Blount County BBQ Bash
  20. 2022
  21. Most recent contest Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.5The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff2013-06-14
+15.4Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass2019-05-17
+15.2Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 22018-07-14
+14.2Mid-South Barbecue Festival2014-10-17
+13.9The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off2016-06-17

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-10.6Smokin in McMinnville2017-08-11
-10The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff2016-09-09
-10Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show2015-08-07
-9Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival2022-05-20
-8.1Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff2014-09-05

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20221000 100% top 80% 90.9% 90.9%
20194010 100% top 43% 95.8% 93.9%
20186021 67% top 37% 96.9% 94.6%
20178012 63% top 66% 95% 92.4%
20169023 56% top 54% 97.1% 93.2%
20159020 78% top 47% 95.8% 93.5%
20145021 100% top 49% 96.7% 93.4%
20133111 33% top 51% 96.7% 91.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2022-05-20 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN 24 / 30 (654.6628) 8 (173.7028) 28 (159.3600) 27 (162.8000) 24 (158.8000)
2019-07-12 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In 🏅 Jamestown, TN 17 / 29 (668.4688) 15 (170.8344) 7 (174.2628) 19 (167.3828) 27 (155.9888)
2019-06-21 Blount County BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN 14 / 27 (670.7428) 14 (167.3944) 13 (166.8228) 18 (163.9656) 5 (172.5600)
2019-05-17 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 🏅 Sevierville, TN 3 / 43 (689.7032) 24 (166.3088) 3 (178.2972) 2 (175.4172) 14 (169.6800)
2019-04-19 High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN 22 / 39 (674.2056) 16 (171.4400) 29 (162.8000) 24 (166.8228) 9 (173.1428)
2018-08-10 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC 14 / 51 (680.5256) 5 (174.8572) 32 (165.7028) 17 (167.4172) 10 (172.5484)
2018-07-14 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 2 Jamestown, TN 8 / 32 (697.6688) 11 (176.5716) 12 (174.2744) 11 (173.7028) 8 (173.1200)
2018-07-13 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1 Jamestown, TN 14 / 40 (684.4916) 12 (176.5600) 22 (166.2860) 11 (171.9772) 21 (169.6684)
2018-06-15 Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Hernado, MS 32 / 45 (657.5312) 41 (158.2400) 25 (167.9656) 33 (163.9428) 24 (167.3828)
2018-05-18 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 10 / 43 (685.0396) 24 (165.6684) 4 (173.1200) 15 (169.1084) 3 (177.1428)
2018-04-27 *BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA 11 / 28 (680.5144) 1 (177.7028) 19 (166.8228) 17 (166.8572) 13 (169.1316)
2017-09-08 Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off Cookeville, TN 25 / 34 (659.8168) 21 (168.5140) 8 (171.4172) 34 (153.0628) 17 (166.8228)
2017-08-11 Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville, TN 33 / 35 (634.0796) 26 (167.3828) 29 (165.1200) 32 (160.4796) 35 (141.0972)
2017-07-09 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2) Jamestown, TN 26 / 30 (666.1372) 22 (169.6800) 15 (168.5600) 19 (169.6800) 30 (158.2172)
2017-07-08 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) Jamestown, TN 17 / 36 (683.9084) 24 (169.6684) 10 (173.1544) 2 (175.4172) 25 (165.6684)
2017-06-16 Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY 21 / 31 (660.4456) 1 (178.2972) 26 (159.9544) 18 (164.5256) 25 (157.6684)
2017-06-16 Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Nesbit, MS 25 / 41 (669.5884) 23 (169.1200) 1 (179.4400) 35 (160.5256) 31 (160.5028)
2017-05-19 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 10 / 49 (683.3716) 19 (169.1200) 2 (176.5716) 7 (173.1428) 33 (164.5372)
2017-04-21 High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN 30 / 41 (665.5996) 28 (167.4056) 21 (167.4400) 20 (170.2512) 33 (160.5028)
2016-11-18 Bar-B-Cure Knoxville, TN 19 / 29 (668.4572) 13 (173.1200) 24 (162.2400) 13 (169.1200) 21 (163.9772)
2016-09-09 The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN 25 / 30 (660.4228) 23 (163.4172) 12 (170.8344) 23 (165.6684) 28 (160.5028)
2016-08-12 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC 23 / 34 (654.6968) 19 (167.9772) 32 (158.2512) 16 (168.5256) 23 (159.9428)
2016-07-22 WNC BBQ Festival- Maggie Valley, NC 34 / 49 (663.9084) 19 (169.7144) 15 (170.2856) 31 (165.1200) 41 (158.7884)
2016-07-08 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In Jamestown, TN 12 / 22 (673.6344) 4 (176.5600) 9 (170.8344) 15 (166.2744) 16 (159.9656)
2016-06-17 The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS 4 / 41 (699.4172) 1 (180.0000) 1 (178.2972) 20 (169.1428) 13 (171.9772)
2016-05-20 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 24 / 46 (674.1712) 23 (169.7028) 8 (174.2744) 35 (164.5256) 29 (165.6684)
2016-05-06 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL 9 / 67 (683.3604) 23 (170.2744) 1 (177.7144) 18 (168.5372) 29 (166.8344)
2016-04-15 High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN 40 / 56 (664.4684) 7 (176.0000) 50 (159.9772) 33 (167.9656) 48 (160.5256)
2015-11-20 Bar-B-Cure Knoxville, TN 25 / 35 (648.3768) 23 (166.2628) 14 (167.3944) 24 (162.7768) 27 (151.9428)
2015-09-11 Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN 14 / 31 (683.3372) 2 (177.7144) 21 (167.9772) 23 (164.5256) 11 (173.1200)
2015-08-07 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC 30 / 36 (654.8004) 5 (174.2628) 30 (160.5716) 26 (164.5256) 35 (155.4404)
2015-07-24 Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition Carrollton, GA 21 / 28 (654.7200) 19 (166.2400) 18 (162.2744) 19 (164.5256) 19 (161.6800)
2015-06-26 Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 14 / 38 (674.1600) 21 (166.8344) 9 (169.1200) 6 (174.2628) 26 (163.9428)
2015-06-19 Desoto Shrine Club 7th Annual 2015 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS 8 / 37 (685.0512) 7 (173.1428) 15 (169.1200) 6 (171.9656) 11 (170.8228)
2015-05-29 The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest Knoxville, TN 18 / 39 (686.2288) 22 (170.8344) 26 (166.2744) 6 (176.0000) 15 (173.1200)
2015-05-15 Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN 10 / 44 (689.6228) 14 (171.9772) 4 (174.8572) 3 (174.2628) 25 (168.5256)
2015-04-17 High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN 13 / 59 (684.5028) 42 (167.3828) 8 (175.4172) 12 (173.1200) 26 (168.5828)
2014-11-14 Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) Chatsworth, GA 23 / 34 (668.4340) 2 (180.0000) 30 (163.3828) 15 (169.6684) 32 (155.3828)
2014-10-17 Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN 4 / 35 (696.0344) 6 (176.5828) 4 (174.8572) 10 (171.4516) 9 (173.1428)
2014-09-05 Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN 32 / 41 (655.2340) 38 (159.9312) 6 (173.1200) 1 (180.0000) 40 (142.1828)
2014-06-20 The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS 9 / 49 (686.7656) 21 (169.1200) 8 (174.2628) 27 (166.8228) 9 (176.5600)
2014-05-09 Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS 16 / 23 (654.7312) 5 (171.4056) 20 (157.1312) 21 (157.6572) 11 (168.5372)
2013-10-25 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 57 / 97 (655.3600) 54 (164.5600) 24 (170.8572) 82 (153.6800) 42 (166.2628)
2013-10-03 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 159 / 174 (629.1660) 81 (166.8572) 104 (161.7144) 129 (160.0572) 173 (140.5372)
2013-06-14 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando, MS 1 / 40 (696.5712) 1 (176.5714) 7 (172.0000) 7 (174.8572) 7 (173.1426)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #640 (511 pts) #838 (381 pts) #613 (566 pts) #675 (496 pts) #686 (491 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #512 (700 pts) #430 (840 pts) #592 (610 pts) #602 (620 pts) #473 (780 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #693 (545 pts) #568 (705 pts) #460 (850 pts) #490 (805 pts) #855 (450 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #600 (650 pts) #465 (860 pts) #403 (980 pts) #617 (655 pts) #735 (530 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #491 (769 pts) #415 (924 pts) #408 (909 pts) #366 (984 pts) #611 (619 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #935 (345 pts) #749 (500 pts) #810 (450 pts) #708 (535 pts) #1163 (270 pts)

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