The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5714 points of the Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-05-10).
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Came within 0.5714 points of the Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-05-10).
In the top 6% of every rated team in the data
A power rating of 1709 puts them #360 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.
4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at High on the Hog Festival (2015-04-17) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 22-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N.
Took the Grand Championship over a 59-team field at High on the Hog Festival.
High on the Hog Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 4 visits.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at High on the Hog Festival (2015-04-17).
A call in 49 of 61 contests
A top-10 category call in 80% of their 61 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
98.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 708.0116 at High on the Hog Festival — 98.3% of a perfect 720.
South Pork has finished one call ahead of UNCULTURED SWINE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
2015 was the year it came together: 16 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 7 category wins, at an average finish in the top 28%.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 81% of their meetings
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 22 of their 27 shared contests.
Their last Grand Championship came at Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition on 2015-07-24 — 14 contests and 11.1 years ago.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 15 of their 15 shared contests.
SMOKE ON THIS ahead 62% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE ON THIS has out-cooked them in 23 of 37 shared brisket entries.
Finished 5 of 33 at their very first tracked contest, Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier) (2013-02-08).
Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.
SWIGGIN PIG has landed one call behind them 4 times.
Something about April: average finish in the top 24% across 7 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,356 miles across 61 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 577 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship.
Their overall lands within ±1.66% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.
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.
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — Uncle Kenny's Take-Away ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 51 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 43 contests to 61, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 83 contests, alongside a 45% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with UNCULTURED SWINE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE ON THIS | 37 | 18 | 19 | 49% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Under the Radar | 28 | 6 | 22 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | 27 | 5 | 22 | 19% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 25 | 10 | 15 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| OLD PLANTATION BBQ | 22 | 5 | 17 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| South Pork | 21 | 9 | 12 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | 21 | 4 | 17 | 19% | ⚔ compare |
| SWIGGIN PIG | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | 18 | 12 | 6 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | 17 | 13 | 4 | 76% | ⚔ compare |
| TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | 17 | 13 | 4 | 76% | ⚔ compare |
| TENACIOUS Q | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 152.5714 | 168.31 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 61 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 178.2972 | 156.5028 | 168.95 | top 37% |
| Pork | 61 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 178.8572 | 154.2056 | 167.97 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 61 | 32 | 8 | 15 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6456 | 171.59 | top 29% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 24 | 1 | top 35% |
| TN | 20 | 1 | top 26% |
| KY | 6 | 0 | top 33% |
| NC | 3 | 0 | top 24% |
| VA | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 24% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
| Medium (20–39) | 26 | 1 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 33 | 1 | top 32% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High on the Hog Festival | 4 | 1 | 1 | top 19% | 2018-04-20 |
| Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 22% | 2015-08-21 |
| Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 40% | 2017-05-19 |
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 29% | 2016-06-17 |
| Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 11% | 2016-05-20 |
| Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (GBC Qualifier) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 42% | 2015-11-13 |
| The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 51% | 2014-11-21 |
| Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 36% | 2014-10-03 |
| Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 24% | 2014-07-25 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | Smoke on the Falls | 2015-04-10 |
| +14.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-05-10 |
| +13.5 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash | 2013-07-26 |
| +13.1 | Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition | 2015-07-24 |
| +12.8 | High on the Hog Festival | 2015-04-17 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL) | 2015-02-06 |
| -8.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship | 2013-10-18 |
| -7.6 | The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) | 2014-11-21 |
| -7.3 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-10-25 |
| -6.7 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) | 2014-11-14 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 50% | 94.7% | 94.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 96.9% | 96.1% |
| 2015 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 88% | top 28% | 98.3% | 94.7% |
| 2014 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 67% | top 42% | 95.1% | 92.9% |
| 2013 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 85% | top 27% | 96.2% | 94% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-20 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 24 / 42 (674.7080) | 25 (168.5256) | 23 (168.5484) | 23 (167.3712) | 19 (170.2628) |
| 2018-04-13 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 16 / 38 (681.6228) | 29 (166.2400) | 16 (171.4172) | 1 (177.1428) | 27 (166.8228) |
| 2017-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 12 / 49 (680.9940) | 5 (175.4056) | 30 (163.9428) | 4 (175.4172) | 30 (166.2284) |
| 2016-09-09 | The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN | 8 / 30 (686.7656) | 4 (175.4172) | 17 (169.6800) | 9 (173.7028) | 18 (167.9656) |
| 2016-06-17 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN | 13 / 29 (685.0856) | 12 (173.1200) | 23 (164.5944) | 16 (169.6684) | 4 (177.7028) |
| 2016-05-20 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 5 / 46 (697.6456) | 31 (167.3828) | 2 (178.2972) | 5 (175.4056) | 8 (176.5600) |
| 2016-04-15 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 4 / 56 (697.0280) | 16 (173.1084) | 7 (175.4056) | 13 (173.1084) | 6 (175.4056) |
| 2015-11-13 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (GBC Qualifier) Chatsworth, GA | 5 / 48 (689.0972) | 1 (180.0000) | 8 (174.8572) | 23 (168.0000) | 31 (166.2400) |
| 2015-10-23 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 49 / 93 (669.6912) | 5 (177.1772) | 52 (166.8228) | 75 (161.6684) | 58 (164.0228) |
| 2015-10-03 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | 3 / 41 (693.0972) | 1 (176.5600) | 6 (174.8572) | 6 (174.2972) | 24 (167.3828) |
| 2015-10-02 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | 9 / 52 (686.7772) | 16 (173.1200) | 1 (178.2972) | 41 (162.2400) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2015-09-11 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC | 9 / 32 (671.4060) | 16 (165.1200) | 12 (165.1316) | 12 (167.4172) | 4 (173.7372) |
| 2015-08-28 | Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA | 17 / 41 (676.4112) | 18 (170.8228) | 13 (171.9772) | 32 (163.9312) | 12 (169.6800) |
| 2015-08-21 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA | 12 / 41 (673.0516) | 20 (166.2744) | 28 (158.2516) | 4 (175.4056) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2015-07-24 | Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition Carrollton, GA | 1 / 28 (694.2400) | 15 (169.7028) | 7 (170.8344) | 6 (174.8456) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2015-07-10 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA | 8 / 18 (663.8400) | 4 (170.8228) | 6 (168.5372) | 12 (163.9428) | 13 (160.5372) |
| 2015-06-19 | Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival Barbourville, KY | 5 / 25 (687.9888) | 15 (169.6800) | 2 (175.4288) | 14 (168.0000) | 3 (174.8800) |
| 2015-05-29 | The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest Knoxville, TN | 10 / 39 (693.0628) | 20 (171.9656) | 17 (170.2744) | 10 (174.2628) | 9 (176.5600) |
| 2015-05-22 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 22 / 65 (670.7316) | 16 (171.9772) | 43 (163.9544) | 43 (162.8228) | 15 (171.9772) |
| 2015-04-17 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 1 / 59 (708.0116) | 9 (175.4172) | 14 (173.7372) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2015-04-10 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 2 / 34 (699.4056) | 11 (172.0228) | 10 (175.4172) | 4 (175.4056) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2015-03-27 | Smokin' Butts & Tires - Cookoff and Car Show (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA | 15 / 38 (674.7768) | 18 (169.6912) | 13 (169.6800) | 36 (155.4056) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2015-02-06 | Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA | 28 / 35 (654.6744) | 25 (165.0972) | 24 (163.3944) | 10 (168.5372) | 28 (157.6456) |
| 2014-11-21 | The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) Cumming, GA | 60 / 86 (660.3768) | 53 (167.9772) | 69 (159.9428) | 51 (166.2284) | 53 (166.2284) |
| 2014-11-14 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) Chatsworth, GA | 25 / 34 (667.2568) | 27 (167.3828) | 13 (170.8228) | 12 (171.4056) | 31 (157.6456) |
| 2014-10-03 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 17 / 44 (678.7544) | 27 (168.5256) | 17 (170.8572) | 24 (166.2400) | 13 (173.1316) |
| 2014-09-27 | Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA) Marietta, GA | 19 / 34 (660.3996) | 15 (169.6912) | 24 (159.9544) | 27 (159.3484) | 5 (171.4056) |
| 2014-09-12 | Grills Gone Wild BBQ Fest Greeneville, TN | 9 / 17 (671.8740) | 16 (158.2284) | 5 (170.2744) | 6 (171.9656) | 3 (171.4056) |
| 2014-08-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA | 17 / 30 (655.8856) | 29 (161.7028) | 1 (174.2972) | 27 (154.2056) | 8 (165.6800) |
| 2014-08-22 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA | 15 / 45 (671.8512) | 29 (163.9428) | 11 (170.2628) | 31 (162.2400) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2014-07-25 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | 22 / 49 (669.0172) | 5 (176.0116) | 43 (156.5028) | 29 (165.0856) | 11 (171.4172) |
| 2014-07-10 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 33 / 86 (661.0400) | 43 (163.9544) | 20 (167.4172) | 44 (160.5256) | 17 (169.1428) |
| 2014-06-27 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 10 / 26 (658.1948) | 7 (166.2516) | 11 (163.4288) | 19 (158.2516) | 7 (170.2628) |
| 2014-06-20 | Barbourville BBQ Festival Barbourville, KY | 12 / 27 (677.5884) | 24 (162.8000) | 4 (176.0000) | 10 (169.1200) | 9 (169.6684) |
| 2014-06-13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC | 6 / 30 (669.0396) | 5 (170.8456) | 22 (156.5028) | 6 (169.7028) | 4 (171.9884) |
| 2014-05-30 | The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off Knoxville, TN | 13 / 48 (679.3372) | 16 (170.2744) | 26 (166.2744) | 8 (171.9656) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2014-05-23 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA | 20 / 65 (663.8744) | 48 (161.6456) | 16 (169.1200) | 11 (170.2628) | 34 (162.8460) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 31 / 56 (664.4228) | 43 (162.2400) | 27 (164.5372) | 25 (169.6800) | 20 (167.9656) |
| 2014-03-28 | Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY | 12 / 42 (675.3256) | 2 (174.2744) | 24 (162.2400) | 16 (167.4056) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2014-03-14 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 34 / 95 (665.5428) | 79 (155.9200) | 4 (175.4056) | 66 (162.2400) | 16 (171.9772) |
| 2014-02-07 | Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA | 5 / 28 (685.0624) | 12 (169.6684) | 15 (166.8456) | 6 (171.9884) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2013-12-06 | Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA | 37 / 65 (669.0400) | 31 (170.8344) | 38 (165.1200) | 54 (159.3828) | 15 (173.7028) |
| 2013-11-15 | The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA | 26 / 79 (678.7772) | 27 (171.9772) | 47 (166.2400) | 39 (167.9772) | 22 (172.5828) |
| 2013-11-01 | Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 19 / 75 (674.1716) | 40 (167.3944) | 30 (166.2744) | 51 (162.8000) | 7 (177.7028) |
| 2013-10-25 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA | 25 / 41 (653.0056) | 35 (156.5028) | 23 (163.9772) | 34 (158.8228) | 4 (173.7028) |
| 2013-10-18 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR | 37 / 50 (673.0172) | 39 (168.5256) | 29 (169.1316) | 39 (162.2400) | 17 (173.1200) |
| 2013-10-12 | Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic Rome, GA | 3 / 25 (690.7656) | 15 (169.1316) | 3 (175.4056) | 14 (168.5256) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2013-10-04 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 14 / 41 (675.3484) | 20 (169.1084) | 15 (169.1200) | 5 (175.4056) | 25 (161.7144) |
| 2013-09-28 | Whole Hawg Happenin' Marietta, GA | 10 / 30 (676.3996) | 21 (165.0856) | 10 (169.6800) | 19 (163.9312) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2013-09-13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Hendersonville, TN | 4 / 30 (682.1596) | 17 (167.9656) | 6 (174.2628) | 6 (173.1084) | 23 (166.8228) |
| 2013-09-06 | Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY | 10 / 34 (673.0284) | 24 (163.9656) | 16 (165.0972) | 9 (167.3828) | 1 (176.5828) |
| 2013-08-23 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA | 2 / 54 (686.2172) | 6 (173.7144) | 16 (165.6800) | 7 (170.8228) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN | 7 / 37 (681.6228) | 31 (161.6800) | 2 (175.4172) | 27 (165.0856) | 1 (179.4400) |
| 2013-07-26 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | 2 / 54 (692.4800) | 6 (173.1200) | 6 (174.2628) | 30 (166.2400) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin the Valley Blueberry Festival and Bar-B-Que Cook-Off Unicoi, TN | 4 / 20 (683.3368) | 5 (171.9656) | 3 (171.4056) | 8 (167.3828) | 7 (172.5828) |
| 2013-06-07 | Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA | 11 / 39 (673.1422) | 28 (162.8570) | 5 (172.0000) | 12 (169.7140) | 16 (168.5712) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 5 / 47 (690.8568) | 14 (170.2856) | 2 (177.7144) | 13 (171.9998) | 16 (170.8570) |
| 2013-05-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Knoxville, TN | 2 / 29 (677.1426) | 27 (154.8570) | 4 (174.2856) | 6 (168.5714) | 1 (179.4286) |
| 2013-04-19 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 7 / 60 (681.1424) | 1 (180.0000) | 16 (168.5714) | 12 (170.2854) | 33 (162.2856) |
| 2013-04-05 | Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Summerville, GA | 17 / 41 (661.7140) | 34 (159.4284) | 22 (164.0000) | 15 (166.2856) | 10 (172.0000) |
| 2013-02-08 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA | 5 / 33 (667.9998) | 32 (152.5714) | 13 (164.5716) | 3 (175.4284) | 3 (175.4284) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1691 (125 pts) | #1469 (185 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #1376 (210 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #597 (659 pts) | #799 (489 pts) | #691 (584 pts) | #731 (544 pts) | #637 (624 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #108 (1977 pts) | #163 (1552 pts) | #135 (1677 pts) | #131 (1652 pts) | #57 (2079 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #254 (1312 pts) | #209 (1384 pts) | #166 (1586 pts) | #223 (1327 pts) | #129 (1759 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #81 (2085 pts) | #171 (1393 pts) | #65 (1932 pts) | #127 (1574 pts) | #12 (2584 pts) |