Peckerwood Country Club

Peckerwood Country Club is a competition barbecue team with 47 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 27 at the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2023). They are ranked #5937 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,937

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1437

peak 1515 · rated over 44 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 2, 2019

latest May 29, 2026 · 6.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#484

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 47 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9200 / 720

Master · Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

679.31 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.51 (+12.80)

Walk rate

51%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival

Consistency

±29.15

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.79 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.33)

Road miles

4,683

across 47 mapped stops · furthest 199 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)

Purse competed for

$434K

listed at 43 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 42 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.51 / 720

42 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

475.92 / 540

2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

High-water mark

691.9200 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9200 at Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 18, 2023

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

Kings BBQ Team has finished one call ahead of Peckerwood Country Club 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 49%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

36–4 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS ahead in 90% of their meetings

SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS has come out ahead in 36 of their 40 shared contests.

A strong matchup

21–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 81% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Wiggle Butts BBQ in 21 of their 26 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

26 of 38 shared brisket entries lost

SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS ahead 68% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS has out-cooked them in 26 of 38 shared brisket entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

CLAUDE'S Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 48% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 48% across 6 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

6 August contests
top 63% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,683 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,683 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 199 miles to Swine At the Shrine.

47 mapped stops
furthest 199 mi

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sip & Swine BBQ Festival every year from 2020 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 10th

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#484 (385 pts)	#449 (480 pts)	#450 (530 pts)	#566 (340 pts)	#452 (485 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1093 (113 pts)	#1007 (133 pts)	#1085 (128 pts)	#797 (208 pts)	#855 (178 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#995 (116 pts)	#861 (161 pts)	#1084 (116 pts)	#1032 (116 pts)	#1027 (116 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Peckerwood Country Club, each with one reason worth a look.

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

ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM

#5,932 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1535

They've been 1535 at their best, 98 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 43 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2022

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50 Shades of Pork

#5,947 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 2%
Peak: 1437

Careers of much the same size, 42 contests to 47, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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Blue Line BBQ

#5,934 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Feb 27, 2026

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BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE

#5,949 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1437

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Peckerwood Country Club's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 27 contests

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BIG RACK SMOKERS

#5,942 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1437

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Peckerwood Country Club's first contest.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2023

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RAMSHACKLE BBQ

#5,939 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

Level with Peckerwood Country Club on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	40	4	36	10%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	35	7	28	20%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	34	6	28	18%	⚔ compare
COOL HAND QUE	34	6	28	18%	⚔ compare
ZIPS BBQ	32	1	31	3%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN KOLBZ	28	7	21	25%	⚔ compare
Quenut BBQ	27	13	14	48%	⚔ compare
Stewbabys BBQ	27	6	21	22%	⚔ compare
Wiggle Butts BBQ	26	21	5	81%	⚔ compare
Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me	26	16	10	62%	⚔ compare
BAD ROOSTER BBQ	26	2	24	8%	⚔ compare
Willingham's	25	12	13	48%	⚔ compare
SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	25	5	20	20%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	25	2	23	8%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	45	5	1	1	178.8572	147.9884	167.40	top 60%
Pork Ribs	45	6	0	0	175.4400	151.9428	166.33	top 62%
Pork	44	9	0	4	176.5600	150.8456	167.51	top 57%
Brisket	42	10	2	4	180 🔥	151.3372	167.79	top 53%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 84%
Medium (20–39)	24	top 61%
Large (40+)	19	top 64%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
GA	43	0	top 63%
AL	1	0	top 58%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	7	10	top 66%	Mar 6, 2026
Honeybee BBQ Competition	5	10	top 60%	May 29, 2026
Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	4	32	top 67%	Nov 14, 2025
BBQ, Boogie & Blues	4	13	top 65%	Apr 26, 2024
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	3	14	top 59%	Oct 3, 2025
Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival	3	7	top 52%	Aug 16, 2024
Smoketember Fest	2	11	top 40%	Sep 15, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 13 contests

Contests a season 5.9 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 46 of 47 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 23 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 707 finished ahead 705 times, behind 1,730

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

20261 milestone

May 29 Most recent contest Honeybee BBQ Competition

20232 milestones

Aug 18 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Aug 18 Career-best overall score691.9200 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival

20222 milestones

Sep 16 First category win (Chicken) Smoketember Fest
Nov 18 25th tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

20211 milestone

Mar 5 10th tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20201 milestone

Mar 6 Peak power rating (1515) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20194 milestones

Aug 2 First tracked contest Hawgin On Lanier
Aug 23 First call Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score495.9088 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	May 12, 2023
+12.7	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 6, 2020
+11	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival	Aug 18, 2023
+10.5	Smoketember Fest	Sep 16, 2022
+7.8	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival	Aug 23, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	Hawgin On Lanier	Jul 31, 2020
-12.3	BBQ Boogie & Blues	Sep 24, 2021
-10.7	Swampfest	Mar 31, 2023
-10.1	GBC Throwdown	Nov 19, 2021
-9.9	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown	Nov 20, 2020

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	0	0	67%	top 69%	95.5%	94.5%
2025	4	0	0	50%	top 70%	94.7%	93.9%
2024	6	1	0	50%	top 68%	94.6%	92.8%
2023	9	2	2	78%	top 54%	96.1%	91.7%
2022	13	0	1	54%	top 54%	95.9%	93.9%
2021	4	0	0	0%	top 93%	90.7%	89%
2020	5	1	0	40%	top 67%	95.4%	91.9%
2019	3	1	0	33%	top 49%	92.1%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 29, 2026	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	16 / 19 (675.3144)	18 (165.0856)	19 (163.9660)	6 (176.5600)	13 (169.7028)
Apr 3, 2026	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	21 / 36 (687.3484)	20 (173.1200)	5 (175.4400)	33 (165.6800)	17 (173.1084)
Mar 6, 2026	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	29 / 44 (679.2912)	28 (169.6800)	20 (171.9772)	14 (173.7028)	37 (163.9312)
Nov 14, 2025	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	44 / 56 (675.8744)	17 (174.2628)	54 (160.5144)	25 (171.9772)	36 (169.1200)
Oct 3, 2025	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	22 / 32 (678.7200)	17 (170.8228)	24 (168.5372)	29 (165.0972)	11 (174.2628)
May 30, 2025	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	13 / 26 (682.1944)	12 (172)	14 (168.5488)	25 (163.9428)	3 (177.7028)
Mar 7, 2025	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	37 / 45 (666.1716)	44 (158.2516)	38 (162.8000)	22 (171.9772)	10 (173.1428)
Nov 15, 2024	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA	46 / 58 (663.2456)	53 (162.8000)	54 (158.8000)	12 (174.2628)	40 (167.3828)
Aug 16, 2024	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	20 / 26 (666.1376)	24 (153.6344)	15 (169.6916)	20 (168.5372)	6 (174.2744)
May 31, 2024	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	10 / 25 (681.0400)	5 (172.5600)	6 (171.9888)	19 (166.2400)	12 (170.2512)
May 10, 2024	18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	24 / 42 (673.5772)	22 (169.6800)	9 (173.1200)	24 (166.8228)	32 (163.9544)
Apr 26, 2024	BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	26 / 34 (668.9944)	14 (171.9772)	27 (162.2516)	28 (166.2400)	20 (168.5256)
Mar 1, 2024	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	46 / 59 (658.0912)	47 (165.6800)	50 (159.9544)	47 (162.7884)	28 (169.6684)
Nov 17, 2023	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	32 / 60 (682.7660)	30 (170.8344)	43 (168.5372)	48 (164.5372)	2 (178.8572)
Oct 6, 2023	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	18 / 29 (673.5772)	27 (157.0744)	14 (169.6800)	14 (171.9656)	9 (174.8572)
Sep 15, 2023	Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA	11 / 25 (686.7428)	18 (169.6800)	8 (173.1084)	9 (171.9772)	7 (171.9772)
Aug 18, 2023	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	7 / 27 (691.9200)	14 (171.9772)	15 (170.8228)	13 (169.1200)	1 (180)
Jun 2, 2023	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	16 / 27 (675.2796)	14 (169.1084)	14 (167.9656)	8 (171.9656)	21 (166.2400)
May 12, 2023	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	8 / 40 (688.4800)	4 (176.5600)	12 (173.1200)	3 (176.5600)	29 (162.2400)
Apr 28, 2023	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	15 / 32 (682.7772)	17 (169.6800)	15 (170.8228)	26 (162.8344)	1 (179.4400)
Mar 31, 2023	Swampfest 🏅 Waycross, GA	28 / 28 (506.1944)	12 (171.9772)	—	12 (172.5600)	19 (161.6572)
Mar 3, 2023	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	48 / 65 (653.5316)	43 (166.8228)	56 (160.5144)	27 (169.6800)	57 (156.5144)
Nov 18, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	33 / 57 (658.7200)	44 (163.9428)	31 (166.2400)	41 (162.8572)	36 (165.6800)
Nov 17, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA	—	—	29 (163.9544)	—	—
Oct 14, 2022	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival 🏅 Grovetown, GA	31 / 51 (677.5656)	21 (173.1200)	30 (169.6800)	34 (168.5256)	32 (166.2400)
Oct 14, 2022	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA	—	36 (156.4912)	—	—	—
Oct 7, 2022	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	14 / 30 (680.4456)	17 (169.6800)	21 (165.6800)	12 (173.1200)	14 (171.9656)
Sep 16, 2022	Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA	11 / 30 (690.8000)	1 (178.8572)	14 (170.2856)	13 (171.9888)	14 (169.6684)
Sep 16, 2022	Smoketember Fest (One Meat Ribs) Baxley, GA	—	—	9 (169.6800)	—	—
Aug 19, 2022	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	16 / 30 (682.7544)	17 (171.9656)	9 (174.2744)	22 (165.1088)	12 (171.4056)
Aug 5, 2022	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	29 / 49 (680.4684)	42 (165.0856)	28 (170.8572)	25 (170.2628)	14 (174.2628)
Jun 3, 2022	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	17 / 25 (663.2456)	13 (170.8228)	21 (161.6456)	3 (176)	22 (154.7772)
May 13, 2022	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	26 / 42 (671.8856)	30 (166.2400)	36 (159.9428)	11 (172.5828)	10 (173.1200)
Apr 29, 2022	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	13 / 37 (685.0512)	10 (173.7028)	25 (166.2628)	8 (174.2628)	13 (170.8228)
Mar 4, 2022	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	46 / 73 (668.9944)	63 (157.0744)	43 (167.9772)	8 (176.5600)	41 (167.3828)
Nov 19, 2021	GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	26 / 28 (652.9948)	21 (165.6916)	22 (165.1200)	28 (151.3372)	12 (170.8460)
Sep 24, 2021	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	27 / 27 (635.7716)	21 (164.5600)	22 (165.0856)	27 (154.7888)	26 (151.3372)
Mar 5, 2021	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	69 / 81 (632.3656)	69 (158.7884)	77 (151.9428)	42 (166.8344)	73 (154.8000)
Feb 5, 2021	Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	29 / 31 (643.1996)	16 (171.9656)	30 (163.3828)	30 (156.4912)	30 (151.3600)
Nov 20, 2020	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	34 / 40 (655.8512)	36 (164.5372)	30 (166.8456)	36 (161.0856)	31 (163.3828)
Jul 31, 2020	Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA	51 / 55 (636.3656)	47 (163.3828)	47 (156.5144)	52 (158.2168)	49 (158.2516)
Jun 19, 2020	The June Contest Cumming, GA	20 / 25 (666.7544)	23 (166.2628)	18 (165.6800)	18 (166.2400)	12 (168.5716)
Mar 6, 2020	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	10 / 61 (686.8112)	18 (171.4400)	11 (173.7028)	38 (166.2284)	5 (175.4400)
Feb 7, 2020	Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Young Harris, GA	19 / 32 (662.7316)	15 (169.6800)	15 (165.6916)	3 (173.7028)	28 (153.6572)
Nov 15, 2019	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA	26 / 35 (663.2912)	12 (171.4400)	22 (166.8228)	35 (157.6456)	22 (167.3828)
Aug 23, 2019	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	8 / 32 (495.9088)	10 (166.8228)	12 (158.2516)	3 (170.8344)	—
Aug 2, 2019	Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Gainesville, GA	21 / 45 (455.9312)	20 (147.9884)	16 (157.0972)	21 (150.8456)	—

Peckerwood Country Club

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

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