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The Specialists AL

Power ranking

#567
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1584
peak 1600 · rated over 19 contests

Best runs

5
straight top-10s

Contests

19
in the data

First seen

2019-02-08
latest 2022-05-05

Best ToY finish

#61
Master 2018

Grand champs

2
1 reserve

Category wins

2
13 podiums

Overall top-10s

10
of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 32%
overall standings

Best overall

701.0972 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

673.39 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 680.27 (-6.89)

Walk rate

79%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

5
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±10.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.76 · weakest Pork (168.22)

Road miles

3053
mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 341 mi

Schedule strength

25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)

Purse competed for

$349K
listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅
GCs in 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

680.27 / 720
19 Master contests · 2 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BEER PRESSURE has finished one call ahead of The Specialists 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Organizer Portal has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

CONTAGIOUS Q has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BUSH LEAGUE BBQ in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Poosa Q (2022-05-05).

Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 16 8 8 50% ⚔ compare
Organizer Portal 16 6 10 38% ⚔ compare
South Pork 15 8 7 53% ⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM 13 9 4 69% ⚔ compare
BUSH LEAGUE BBQ 12 11 1 92% ⚔ compare
REDBONES BBQ 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
LEE LA Q 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
RIBLIFE 9 4 3 44% ⚔ compare
PERFECTLY BLENDED 9 3 5 33% ⚔ compare
Sheats Smoked Meats 8 5 3 63% ⚔ compare
Sweet Cheeks BBQ 8 5 3 63% ⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 8 2 5 25% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 19 9 1 7 180.0000 🔥 163.9656 171.76 top 32%
Pork Ribs 19 8 1 3 178.8572 159.9544 169.54 top 41%
Pork 19 9 0 1 176.5600 157.0856 168.22 top 43%
Brisket 19 11 0 2 176.0228 157.6684 170.75 top 33%

“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
AL101top 31%
TN40top 49%
MS21top 12%
GA10top 11%
FL10top 6%
AR10top 63%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 40%
Medium (20–39)122top 26%
Large (40+)60top 43%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Poosa Q 2 3 0 top 46% 2022-05-05

The story so far

Milestones

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.2Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off2019-02-22
+14.5Smokin In the Square2019-03-15
+13.9Downtown BBQ Showdown2019-07-19
+13Poosa-Q2019-06-14
+12.1Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival2019-05-24

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-15.5Poosa Q2022-05-05
-6.1High on the Hog Festival2019-04-19
-5.831st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES)2019-10-25
-3.9KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship2019-02-08

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 0% top 86% 90.9% 90.9%
20201010 100% top 24% 94.5% 94.5%
201917292 82% top 29% 97.4% 94.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2022-05-05 Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 62 / 72 (654.6852) 55 (163.9656) 33 (169.6800) 57 (163.3712) 67 (157.6684)
2020-02-21 Capital City Cook Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL 6 / 25 (680.5256) 3 (174.2628) 15 (165.7028) 8 (170.8572) 9 (169.7028)
2019-12-06 COTR BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL 10 / 25 (673.0056) 3 (169.6912) 9 (168.5372) 11 (165.0972) 10 (169.6800)
2019-10-25 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN 62 / 97 (667.9196) 45 (170.8228) 73 (165.1084) 82 (160.5256) 25 (171.4628)
2019-10-04 Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 5 / 25 (690.8000) 7 (173.1200) 9 (172.0116) 9 (170.8228) 4 (174.8456)
2019-09-13 RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL 12 / 37 (673.5540) 22 (164.5256) 14 (168.5256) 6 (171.9772) 14 (168.5256)
2019-08-23 Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN 11 / 39 (679.9312) 16 (169.6684) 16 (169.1428) 8 (170.2972) 9 (170.8228)
2019-08-02 Hometown BBQ Bash 🏅 Hoover, AL 6 / 15 (681.0284) 3 (171.9656) 6 (172.5484) 9 (166.2400) 7 (170.2744)
2019-07-26 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL 5 / 27 (679.3712) 16 (167.3712) 3 (170.8572) 13 (165.7028) 4 (175.4400)
2019-07-19 Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Hattiesburg, MS 1 / 28 (699.9656) 3 (177.7028) 1 (178.8572) 2 (174.8572) 12 (168.5484)
2019-06-14 Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 3 / 48 (691.3944) 2 (179.4400) 18 (169.7144) 30 (166.8228) 3 (175.4172)
2019-05-24 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA 8 / 72 (688.4684) 18 (173.1084) 44 (166.8228) 4 (176.5600) 19 (171.9772)
2019-05-03 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL 14 / 54 (678.1484) 18 (169.6800) 17 (169.6800) 23 (167.3828) 13 (171.4056)
2019-04-19 High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN 21 / 39 (674.7428) 24 (169.6684) 13 (171.4172) 32 (162.2516) 12 (171.4056)
2019-04-12 Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL 11 / 30 (674.7656) 4 (174.2628) 6 (171.9772) 26 (157.0856) 8 (171.4400)
2019-03-29 TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest 🏅 Savannah, TN 14 / 29 (679.3600) 15 (170.2628) 25 (161.6456) 11 (171.4288) 5 (176.0228)
2019-03-15 Smokin In the Square 🏅 Pensacola, FL 2 / 35 (685.6800) 17 (168.5372) 5 (171.4172) 7 (171.4400) 3 (174.2856)
2019-02-22 Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL 1 / 27 (701.0972) 2 (175.4056) 3 (177.7144) 7 (172.5600) 6 (175.4172)
2019-02-08 KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 Little Rock, AR 58 / 92 (670.7772) 1 (180.0000) 90 (159.9544) 25 (170.8572) 86 (159.9656)

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
2020 ↗ Master #377 (290 pts) #273 (450 pts) #490 (235 pts) #435 (265 pts) #447 (260 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #80 (1967 pts) #74 (1849 pts) #94 (1747 pts) #116 (1619 pts) #88 (1783 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #61 (2136 pts) #31 (2234 pts) #168 (1474 pts) #115 (1641 pts) #101 (1798 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #119 (1841 pts) #129 (1640 pts) #161 (1577 pts) #163 (1530 pts) #53 (2094 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #76 (2122 pts) #47 (2138 pts) #145 (1623 pts) #143 (1605 pts) #114 (1803 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #66 (2181 pts) #43 (2099 pts) #145 (1639 pts) #86 (1834 pts) #159 (1671 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #173 (1626 pts) #305 (1126 pts) #95 (1891 pts) #181 (1461 pts) #165 (1606 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #321 (955 pts) #541 (600 pts) #338 (895 pts) #437 (735 pts) #236 (1195 pts)

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