BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Beak Week BBQ Challenge (2016). They are ranked #692 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#692

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1644

peak 1648 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 1, 2014

latest Mar 24, 2017 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#183

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

35% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

694.2512 / 720

Master · Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.53 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 668.42 (-1.89)

Walk rate

81%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival

Consistency

±14.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.72)

Road miles

5,124

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 536 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Master avg

668.42 / 720

31 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Beak Week BBQ Challenge (Sep 9, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Smoke-A-Holics.

On the rise

+51 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 51 points across 14 contests since Apr 15, 2016 — from 1593 up to 1644.

14 contests since Apr 15, 2016
now 1644

Giant slayer

44 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 44-team field at Beak Week BBQ Challenge.

Sep 9, 2016

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 5th
average top 18%

A multi-meat day

1 contest 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 Chillin & Grillin In The Glades (Jul 8, 2016).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

81% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 81% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.2512 career-best overall

96.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.2512 at Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show — 96.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 12, 2016

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The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS has finished one call ahead of BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 2 Grand Championships

2016 was the year it came together: 13 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

13 contests
4 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 35%

A tough matchup

21–1 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 95% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 21 of their 22 shared contests.

A strong matchup

12–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC in 12 of their 16 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

19 of 26 shared chicken entries lost

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM has out-cooked them in 19 of 26 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

5× one call behind them

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 5 times.

A July team

Top 20% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,124 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,124 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 536 miles to Lakeland Pig Festival.

31 mapped stops
furthest 536 mi

The metronome

±2.03% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.03% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.8% of a perfect score
31 contests

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2173 (65 pts)	#1599 (165 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#183 (1,583 pts)	#217 (1,348 pts)	#133 (1,668 pts)	#217 (1,388 pts)	#255 (1,298 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#220 (1,412 pts)	#238 (1,312 pts)	#192 (1,460 pts)	#201 (1,386 pts)	#118 (1,787 pts)

Overall rank by season

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1643

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1644 power rating

Contests: 47
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 26%
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#687 of the rated field

1644 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1662

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#691 of the rated field

1644 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1652

Level with BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 46 contests
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#689 of the rated field

1644 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1658

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 52 contests to 31.

rated over 52 contests
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HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW

#688 of the rated field

1644 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1656

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 54 contests to 31.

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	26	8	18	31%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	25	11	14	44%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	24	5	19	21%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	22	1	21	5%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	21	8	13	38%	⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKE	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	10	2	4	177.7144	154.2284	168.42	top 42%
Pork Ribs	31	13	2	5	177.1544	149.6688	165.72	top 41%
Pork	31	12	1	4	176.5828	151.9884	166.77	top 41%
Brisket	31	13	0	2	177.7028	149.0972	167.51	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 65%
Medium (20–39)	12	1	top 32%
Large (40+)	18	1	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	25	1	top 35%
SC	3	0	top 41%
VA	2	1	top 21%
FL	1	0	top 69%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Pigs & Pedals	3	8	0	top 40%	Aug 5, 2016
Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2	1	1	top 26%	Sep 9, 2016
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2	11	0	top 34%	Sep 16, 2016
Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	2	3	0	top 31%	Aug 12, 2016
Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest	2	5	0	top 18%	Jun 3, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 13 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 7.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 25 of 31 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 25 5 of them more than once

First title Jul 8, 2016 Chillin & Grillin In The Glades

Opponents faced 490 finished ahead 892 times, behind 466

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

20171 milestone

Mar 24 Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back

20167 milestones

Jul 8 First overall podium Chillin & Grillin In The Glades
Jul 8 First Grand Championship Chillin & Grillin In The Glades
Jul 8 First multi-meat day Chillin & Grillin In The Glades
Aug 5 25th tracked contest Pigs & Pedals
Aug 12 Career-best overall score694.2512 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
Sep 9 Biggest field won (44 teams) Beak Week BBQ Challenge
Sep 9 Peak power rating (1648) Beak Week BBQ Challenge

20153 milestones

Jun 5 10th tracked contest Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
Aug 7 First category win (Pork Ribs) Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
Sep 4 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival

20144 milestones

Aug 1 First tracked contest Pigs & Pedals
Aug 1 First call Pigs & Pedals
Aug 29 First overall top-10 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
Aug 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.3200 Beach Boogie and Barbeque

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.6	Chillin & Grillin In The Glades	Jul 8, 2016
+14.5	Beak Week BBQ Challenge	Sep 9, 2016
+14.1	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	May 8, 2015
+12.3	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Aug 12, 2016
+11.2	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)	Apr 10, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.8	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	Oct 10, 2014
-5.2	Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival	Sep 2, 2016
-4.8	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 30, 2015
-4.4	Smoking in the Foothills	Oct 14, 2016
-3.9	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival	May 20, 2016

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	0	100%	top 38%	91.3%	91.3%
2016	13	2	4	3	69%	top 35%	96.4%	93.3%
2015	13	0	6	2	92%	top 33%	95%	93.2%
2014	4	0	1	0	75%	top 48%	93.7%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 24, 2017	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	24 / 64 (657.5884)	7 (173.1200)	29 (163.4056)	41 (161.1200)	30 (159.9428)
Oct 14, 2016	Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC	24 / 41 (669.0744)	21 (170.2744)	25 (163.4400)	28 (162.8000)	10 (172.5600)
Sep 16, 2016	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	33 / 68 (653.5540)	23 (168.5484)	32 (162.8344)	29 (163.9428)	42 (158.2284)
Sep 9, 2016	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	1 / 44 (692.5028)	1 (177.7028)	2 (174.2972)	7 (173.1200)	16 (167.3828)
Sep 2, 2016	Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival Myrtle Beach, SC	11 / 17 (659.9200)	14 (166.2856)	7 (170.2628)	11 (161.7144)	11 (161.6572)
Aug 12, 2016	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	3 / 34 (694.2512)	15 (171.9884)	2 (177.1428)	4 (176)	12 (169.1200)
Aug 5, 2016	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	21 / 47 (662.7540)	18 (168.5372)	21 (166.2628)	36 (157.6912)	11 (170.2628)
Jul 22, 2016	WNC BBQ Festival- Maggie Valley, NC	15 / 49 (678.7888)	22 (169.6800)	32 (163.9772)	17 (169.7144)	7 (175.4172)
Jul 8, 2016	Chillin & Grillin In The Glades Wise, VA	1 / 26 (682.8112)	1 (177.1428)	1 (169.7028)	2 (171.9656)	13 (164)
Jun 3, 2016	Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC	5 / 26 (681.6456)	8 (170.2628)	6 (169.7372)	7 (169.6800)	4 (171.9656)
May 20, 2016	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	17 / 30 (651.3484)	22 (162.2856)	9 (166.2628)	13 (164.5600)	17 (158.2400)
May 6, 2016	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	36 / 76 (657.5312)	63 (155.9312)	22 (169.1200)	25 (167.3828)	32 (165.0972)
Apr 22, 2016	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	13 / 54 (681.6688)	14 (174.2744)	15 (170.8572)	20 (170.2628)	23 (166.2744)
Apr 15, 2016	20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	18 / 41 (666.2056)	36 (154.8228)	8 (170.8572)	10 (169.6800)	13 (170.8456)
Oct 16, 2015	Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC	17 / 37 (670.8000)	35 (154.2284)	3 (176.0116)	24 (165.1428)	7 (175.4172)
Oct 9, 2015	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	7 / 49 (673.0740)	13 (169.1200)	24 (164.5484)	13 (167.4172)	5 (171.9884)
Sep 18, 2015	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	11 / 59 (679.3828)	19 (170.2856)	6 (172.5600)	28 (167.4172)	18 (169.1200)
Sep 11, 2015	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	16 / 32 (662.2740)	24 (159.4284)	27 (151.9772)	1 (176.5828)	2 (174.2856)
Sep 4, 2015	Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival Myrtle Beach, SC	7 / 20 (673.6800)	2 (177.7144)	7 (165.1428)	10 (165.1200)	6 (165.7028)
Aug 7, 2015	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	19 / 36 (676.4684)	27 (163.9656)	1 (177.1544)	29 (163.9428)	15 (171.4056)
Jul 31, 2015	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	8 / 31 (670.8116)	3 (174.2628)	12 (165.7028)	25 (159.4288)	7 (171.4172)
Jun 5, 2015	Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC	6 / 34 (682.7772)	8 (171.9772)	8 (169.6800)	12 (168)	5 (173.1200)
May 8, 2015	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	6 / 74 (683.9772)	24 (169.7372)	8 (172.5600)	3 (175.4400)	33 (166.2400)
Apr 24, 2015	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	24 / 60 (662.7996)	31 (166.3084)	47 (157.7144)	7 (172.5484)	19 (166.2284)
Apr 17, 2015	19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	10 / 41 (667.8972)	11 (170.2628)	31 (154.8116)	8 (170.8228)	4 (172)
Apr 10, 2015	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	11 / 51 (674.8232)	8 (174.2744)	32 (163.9772)	39 (158.8688)	2 (177.7028)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	43 / 62 (643.3028)	49 (162.2400)	50 (155.4056)	25 (166.2744)	35 (159.3828)
Oct 10, 2014	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	41 / 53 (624.4340)	41 (155.9312)	13 (167.4172)	41 (151.9884)	46 (149.0972)
Sep 19, 2014	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally Salisbury, NC	25 / 64 (662.7660)	14 (173.7144)	59 (149.6688)	7 (173.1200)	27 (166.2628)
Aug 29, 2014	Beach Boogie and Barbeque Myrtle Beach, SC	9 / 38 (674.3200)	5 (173.7028)	34 (154.8344)	2 (174.9372)	4 (170.8456)
Aug 1, 2014	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	16 / 32 (647.8632)	6 (173.1084)	16 (159.9660)	25 (153.0744)	10 (161.7144)

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (16 found in their record)

Against the odds

On the rise

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

The metronome

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)