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SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS

SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 47 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 30 at The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff (2016). They are ranked #707 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#707
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1640
peak 1655 · rated over 47 contests

Contests

47
in the data

First seen

Feb 8, 2013
latest May 20, 2022 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#272
Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

3
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

12
26% of 47 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%
overall standings

Best overall

695.3600 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

670.84 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 674.98 (-4.15)

Walk rate

79%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±11.77
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 170.55 · weakest Brisket (165.04)

Road miles

3,949
across 47 mapped stops · furthest 218 mi

Schedule strength

59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)

Purse competed for

$40K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.98 / 720
47 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 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 pork ribs.

  • Pork Ribs ×1

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 37 of 47 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 47 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.3600 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3600 at The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 9, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HOT COLE'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

29–10 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE ON THIS ahead in 74% of their meetings

SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 29 of their 39 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.51 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 51%.

  • Brisket avg 165.04
  • Pork Ribs avg 170.55
  • 9 calls in 47 entries

A strong matchup

21–8 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 72% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Sons of Smoke in 21 of their 29 shared contests.

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Looking over their shoulder

6× one call behind them

RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES has landed one call behind them 6 times.

A March team

Top 27% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 27% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

  • 3 March contests
  • top 40% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,949 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,949 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 218 miles to The River Grill before the Big Chill.

  • 47 mapped stops
  • furthest 218 mi

The metronome

±1.63% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.63% 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
  • 47 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #956 (282 pts) #1357 (172 pts) #809 (397 pts) #910 (332 pts) #1314 (177 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1223 (195 pts) #1089 (265 pts) #1082 (275 pts) #1273 (200 pts) #1330 (180 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #366 (1,015 pts) #506 (780 pts) #281 (1,205 pts) #386 (995 pts) #448 (885 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #272 (1,273 pts) #342 (1,073 pts) #158 (1,558 pts) #217 (1,388 pts) #308 (1,158 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #472 (821 pts) #630 (611 pts) #282 (1,196 pts) #365 (986 pts) #660 (566 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #371 (999 pts) #392 (954 pts) #391 (964 pts) #239 (1,284 pts) #437 (869 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #569 (547 pts) #549 (592 pts) #440 (737 pts) #422 (767 pts) #827 (382 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1640 power rating
Contests
47
GCs
2
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1640

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 47 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 47 contests
  • last seen Aug 28, 2026
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Bleacher Bums BBQ
#710 of the rated field
1640 power rating
Contests
44
GCs
1
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1640

Careers of much the same size, 44 contests to 47, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 41 contests
  • last seen Sep 25, 2026
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Pig Candy Barbeque Co.
#708 of the rated field
1640 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
2
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1641

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 37 contests, alongside a 32% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen Sep 25, 2026
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SMOKIN BAD HABIT
#711 of the rated field
1640 power rating
Contests
64
GCs
2
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1675

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 62 contests
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SWEET BEAVER BBQ
#705 of the rated field
1641 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
1
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1641

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Oct 6, 2017
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Wine Country Q
#706 of the rated field
1641 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
1
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1641

Level with SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 22 contests
  • last seen Aug 16, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SMOKE ON THIS 39 10 29 26% ⚔ compare
Under the Radar 33 5 28 15% ⚔ compare
Sons of Smoke 29 21 8 72% ⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 29 10 19 34% ⚔ compare
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 25 16 9 64% ⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 25 12 13 48% ⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q 24 8 16 33% ⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 23 18 5 78% ⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 23 12 11 52% ⚔ compare
CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 21 21 0 100% ⚔ compare
PARADISE QUE 21 20 1 95% ⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 21 3 18 14% ⚔ compare
Organizer Portal 21 1 20 5% ⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q 101 20 16 4 80% ⚔ compare
Chairman of the Boar 20 12 8 60% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 47 8 0 0 175.4288 153.6456 169.24 top 48%
Pork Ribs 47 24 2 6 180 🔥 158.2858 170.55 top 31%
Pork 47 21 1 4 179.4400 157.0972 170.16 top 36%
Brisket 47 9 0 2 178.8572 143.8972 165.04 top 55%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 41%
Medium (20–39)260top 44%
Large (40+)200top 35%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
TN340top 39%
GA70top 50%
KY30top 37%
NC20top 43%
OH10top 31%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 4 6 0 top 29% May 17, 2019
Blount County BBQ Bash 3 3 0 top 36% Jun 22, 2018
Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) 2 14 0 top 48% Feb 1, 2019
Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2) 2 20 0 top 65% Jul 9, 2017
Bar-B-Cure 2 11 0 top 46% Nov 18, 2016
WNC BBQ Festival- 2 20 0 top 43% Jul 22, 2016
Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 2 13 0 top 32% May 20, 2016
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff 2 7 0 top 21% Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests
Contests a season 5.2 across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in TN 34 of 47 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited 36 8 of them more than once
Opponents faced 591 finished ahead 1,115 times, behind 673
Longest layoff 2.3 yrs Feb 7, 2020 → May 20, 2022

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

20221 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
20191 milestone
  1. First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
20171 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1655) Blount County BBQ Bash
20162 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Big BBQ Bash
  2. Career-best overall score695.3600 The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff
20152 milestones
  1. First overall podium Blount County BBQ Bash
  2. First category win (Pork Ribs) WNC BBQ Festival
20141 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Blount County BBQ Bash
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  2. First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  3. First overall top-10 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2856 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+13.9Blount County BBQ BashJun 26, 2015
+11.9The Tony Stone Cookeville CookoffSep 9, 2016
+11.1Smoke on the ShoresMar 10, 2017
+10.5Bloomin' BBQ & BluegrassMay 17, 2019
+10.2Tony Stone-Cookeville CookoffSep 5, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-7.5Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass FestivalMay 20, 2022
-5.8Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-offSep 8, 2017
-5.8Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL)Feb 6, 2015
-5.7Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass FestivalMay 15, 2015
-5.6Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)Feb 7, 2014

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20221000 100% top 67% 93.2% 93.2%
20201000 100% top 41% 93.2% 93.2%
20192011 50% top 33% 95.1% 94%
20183000 33% top 55% 93.3% 92.1%
20179020 67% top 42% 95.5% 94.2%
201610020 90% top 35% 96.6% 94.9%
20158022 88% top 41% 96.6% 94%
20148040 75% top 36% 95.5% 93.6%
20135010 100% top 43% 94% 91.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 20, 2022 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN 20 / 30 (670.7200) 4 (174.2744) 15 (170.8228) 29 (157.0972) 13 (168.5256)
Feb 7, 2020 Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Young Harris, GA 13 / 32 (670.7428) 16 (169.6800) 3 (173.7144) 22 (163.3828) 21 (163.9656)
May 17, 2019 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 🏅 Sevierville, TN 6 / 43 (684.5256) 28 (165.1200) 1 (180) 4 (173.1200) 15 (166.2856)
Feb 1, 2019 Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Young Harris, GA 14 / 27 (669.5428) 13 (173.1084) 13 (168.5256) 11 (167.3944) 22 (160.5144)
Jun 22, 2018 Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 23 / 36 (658.6512) 26 (163.9312) 13 (167.9772) 21 (165.0972) 25 (161.6456)
May 18, 2018 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 24 / 43 (659.2572) 9 (174.2628) 22 (167.3944) 35 (159.3828) 31 (158.2172)
Mar 9, 2018 Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN 40 / 87 (671.9200) 35 (170.2628) 21 (169.7372) 40 (169.1200) 56 (162.8000)
Sep 8, 2017 Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off Cookeville, TN 21 / 34 (669.0172) 16 (169.7028) 20 (165.6800) 5 (173.1200) 27 (160.5144)
Jul 9, 2017 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2) Jamestown, TN 20 / 30 (679.8856) 25 (167.3712) 5 (174.8572) 27 (164.5372) 10 (173.1200)
Jul 8, 2017 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) Jamestown, TN 23 / 36 (675.2796) 23 (169.6684) 13 (171.4056) 12 (172.5600) 31 (161.6456)
Jun 23, 2017 Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 13 / 35 (679.3028) 20 (169.6684) 8 (173.1200) 30 (162.2516) 5 (174.2628)
Jun 16, 2017 Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY 14 / 31 (669.0172) 13 (170.2512) 19 (165.0972) 14 (167.4288) 14 (166.2400)
May 19, 2017 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 6 / 49 (686.7656) 28 (166.2400) 9 (172.5600) 6 (173.7028) 12 (174.2628)
Apr 21, 2017 High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN 13 / 41 (687.9428) 20 (170.2628) 14 (170.8572) 13 (174.2628) 18 (172.5600)
Mar 10, 2017 Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN 7 / 62 (684.5028) 9 (174.8800) 7 (174.2628) 38 (165.6800) 25 (169.6800)
Feb 3, 2017 Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (Teams & Judges Full) Young Harris, GA 18 / 41 (672.5032) 30 (166.2400) 8 (172.5944) 16 (169.1316) 25 (164.5372)
Nov 18, 2016 Bar-B-Cure Knoxville, TN 11 / 29 (678.1832) 19 (169.6800) 18 (167.3944) 15 (167.9888) 7 (173.1200)
Oct 14, 2016 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cookoff Munfordville, KY 14 / 34 (681.6344) 16 (170.8344) 17 (168.0116) 17 (169.6800) 9 (173.1084)
Sep 9, 2016 The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN 3 / 30 (695.3600) 18 (167.3828) 4 (175.4172) 7 (173.7028) 2 (178.8572)
Aug 12, 2016 Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN 12 / 32 (690.2400) 18 (170.8344) 2 (177.1428) 19 (169.1200) 13 (173.1428)
Jul 22, 2016 WNC BBQ Festival- Maggie Valley, NC 22 / 49 (674.7312) 12 (171.9656) 13 (170.8228) 19 (168.5600) 37 (163.3828)
Jul 8, 2016 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In Jamestown, TN 7 / 22 (686.7660) 9 (171.9656) 2 (177.7144) 7 (170.8460) 10 (166.2400)
Jun 24, 2016 Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 16 / 31 (681.0400) 26 (162.8344) 6 (174.2628) 5 (176.5600) 16 (167.3828)
Jun 3, 2016 Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN 11 / 39 (684.5028) 6 (174.2972) 11 (172.5600) 11 (173.1084) 30 (164.5372)
May 20, 2016 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 17 / 46 (684.4688) 8 (174.2744) 18 (169.6800) 12 (171.9772) 23 (168.5372)
Feb 5, 2016 Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)- TEAMS FULL & JUDGES FULL Young Harris, GA 12 / 35 (673.6572) 25 (166.2628) 9 (168.5600) 2 (175.4172) 23 (163.4172)
Nov 20, 2015 Bar-B-Cure Knoxville, TN 19 / 35 (667.8512) 16 (170.2628) 17 (166.2400) 19 (167.9656) 20 (163.3828)
Oct 9, 2015 The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH 14 / 45 (679.9776) 38 (161.6916) 5 (173.1544) 1 (179.4400) 22 (165.6916)
Sep 11, 2015 Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN 7 / 31 (695.3484) 19 (169.1084) 4 (175.4172) 7 (176.5600) 10 (174.2628)
Jul 24, 2015 WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC 20 / 49 (669.0172) 26 (167.3828) 1 (178.8572) 4 (175.4056) 47 (147.3716)
Jun 26, 2015 Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 3 / 38 (688.5260) 13 (172.5716) 3 (176.5600) 7 (174.2628) 24 (165.1316)
May 29, 2015 The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest Knoxville, TN 11 / 39 (691.4064) 13 (175.4288) 6 (175.4288) 25 (168.5832) 17 (171.9656)
May 15, 2015 Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN 30 / 44 (664.9944) 36 (163.9428) 36 (161.1088) 9 (172.5600) 28 (167.3828)
Feb 6, 2015 Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA 26 / 35 (655.8628) 33 (153.6456) 10 (170.2744) 8 (170.2628) 24 (161.6800)
Sep 12, 2014 Grills Gone Wild BBQ Fest Greeneville, TN 7 / 17 (675.3256) 11 (167.9656) 7 (168.5372) 2 (173.7028) 10 (165.1200)
Sep 5, 2014 Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN 8 / 41 (687.9544) 13 (171.4172) 28 (163.9772) 7 (173.7028) 3 (178.8572)
Jul 25, 2014 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN 14 / 49 (678.7084) 13 (171.9772) 14 (169.6684) 15 (169.6800) 27 (167.3828)
Jun 27, 2014 Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 10 / 39 (680.5484) 11 (171.9884) 16 (167.9772) 9 (171.4400) 12 (169.1428)
May 30, 2014 The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off Knoxville, TN 19 / 48 (668.5140) 18 (170.2628) 18 (168.6172) 20 (167.9656) 33 (161.6684)
May 16, 2014 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 19 / 56 (672.4456) 21 (168.5484) 7 (173.1200) 16 (170.8228) 37 (159.9544)
Mar 28, 2014 Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY 10 / 42 (679.9200) 10 (171.4056) 8 (170.8572) 9 (170.8228) 17 (166.8344)
Feb 7, 2014 Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown (GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA 21 / 28 (648.3656) 15 (167.9656) 23 (162.2400) 3 (174.2628) 26 (143.8972)
Sep 6, 2013 Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN 27 / 42 (663.8860) 11 (171.9772) 8 (172.5600) 7 (175.4172) 42 (143.9316)
May 17, 2013 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 13 / 47 (676.5708) 11 (171.4284) 4 (174.2858) 14 (171.9998) 31 (158.8568)
May 10, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Knoxville, TN 19 / 29 (641.1428) 10 (167.4286) 16 (160) 17 (161.7142) 25 (152)
May 3, 2013 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN 15 / 46 (655.4282) 15 (169.1428) 27 (158.2858) 8 (167.9998) 22 (159.9998)
Feb 8, 2013 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA 9 / 33 (662.2856) 24 (163.4286) 5 (168.5714) 4 (168.5714) 16 (161.7142)

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