On the rise
+34
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 34 points across 6 contests since 2016-04-15 — from 1497 up to 1530.
- 6 contests since 2016-04-15
- now 1530
PWA BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1530
peak 1530 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2023-05-12
Best ToY finish
#607
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Best overall
687.3484
Competitor Series · The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
676.24 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 674.34 (+1.90)
Walk rate
73%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
178.8800
Consistency
±5.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 173.81 · weakest Brisket (165.52)
Road miles
634
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
674.34 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
They almost always walk
73%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 11 contests
A top-10 category call in 73% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.29 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 64%.
- Brisket avg 165.52
- Pork Ribs avg 173.81
- 1 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG G BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2021-06-11).
- last seen 2018-09-21
- back 2021-06-11
Pork Ribs nemesis
3 of 5
shared pork ribs entries lost
Organizer Portal ahead 60% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared pork ribs entries.
The metronome
±0.82%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±0.82% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 93.7% of a perfect score
- 11 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.
76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1530
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PWA BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PWA BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2202 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before PWA BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2194 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than PWA BBQ has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#2196 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with PWA BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before PWA BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG G BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 177.7028 | 164.5488 | 170.93 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 178.8800 | 169.1200 | 173.81 | top 24% |
| Pork | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 158.1940 | 166.94 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 161.0972 | 165.52 | top 60% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 8 | 0 | top 43% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2023-05-12
Busiest season
2016
6 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
10 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
9
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 173.81 · weakest Brisket (165.52)
Walk rate
73%
a top-10 call in 8 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
27%
3 of 11 contests
Master average
674.34
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
247
192–137 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
634
11 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$9,550
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2018-09-21 → 2021-06-11
Power rating
1530
peak 1530 · #2199 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.5140 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2016
- First overall top-10 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1530) 2nd Annual Brew B-Q
- 2017
- First category win (Pork Ribs) First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8800 *First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL)
- 2021
- First overall podium The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 10th tracked contest The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score687.3484 The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 2023
- Most recent contest Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club | 2016-08-26 |
| +9.2 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2016-05-06 |
| +8.8 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff | 2016-05-27 |
| +5.5 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest | 2016-07-22 |
| +1.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-05-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | High on the Hog Festival | 2016-04-15 |
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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 43% | 94.7% | 93.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 94% | 94% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 16 / 32 (496.4916) | 12 (164.5488) | 11 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 3 / 20 (687.3484) | 2 (174.8456) | 3 (176.5944) | 11 (166.2400) | — |
| 2018-09-21 | *First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 5 (170.8228) | 1 (178.8800) | 3 (171.9772) | — |
| 2017-09-22 | First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL) Columbia, TN | — | 2 (177.7028) | 1 (178.8572) | 14 (169.6684) | — |
| 2016-11-11 | 2nd Annual Brew B-Q Nashville, TN | 15 / 25 (678.7200) | 16 (169.6916) | 11 (173.1200) | 11 (169.6684) | 20 (166.2400) |
| 2016-08-26 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | 7 / 31 (677.6344) | 12 (170.8344) | 5 (173.1428) | 18 (163.3944) | 7 (170.2628) |
| 2016-07-22 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 19 / 47 (670.2288) | 16 (170.2744) | 5 (173.1200) | 32 (162.8572) | 31 (163.9772) |
| 2016-05-27 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN | 9 / 31 (681.6228) | 3 (175.4056) | 18 (169.1200) | 14 (167.9772) | 13 (169.1200) |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 19 / 67 (673.0056) | 24 (170.2628) | 16 (170.8228) | 21 (167.9772) | 34 (163.9428) |
| 2016-04-15 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 42 / 56 (662.6392) | 44 (165.0740) | 8 (175.4056) | 51 (158.1940) | 42 (163.9656) |
| 2015-05-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN | 16 / 29 (676.5140) | 16 (170.8112) | 9 (173.1428) | 9 (171.4628) | 25 (161.0972) |
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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #607 (642 pts) | #599 (677 pts) | #485 (837 pts) | #752 (522 pts) | #733 (532 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1936 (99 pts) | #2006 (99 pts) | #1702 (139 pts) | #1682 (139 pts) | #2814 (54 pts) |