Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
ADAM'S RIB
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1516 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-02-08
latest 2017-08-18
Best ToY finish
#580
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
576.44 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 607.78 (-31.33)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±122.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 167.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.91)
Road miles
1,472
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 441 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
607.78 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (9 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
63%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 5 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
678.2854
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2854 at West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-03
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.5
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.50 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 43%.
- Pork Ribs avg 157.91
- Brisket avg 167.41
- 1 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Sons of Smoke in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at Big Bad BBQ in Boydton (2017-08-18).
- last seen 2014-05-30
- back 2017-08-18
Boom or bust
±17.06%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±17.06% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 84.4% of a perfect score
- best 94.2%
A May team
Top 30%
average finish in May
Something about May: average finish in the top 30% across 4 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.
- 4 May contests
- top 58% the rest of the year
Record book — 1 held (1 in the KCBS record book)
Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.
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.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1502
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ADAM'S RIB)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ADAM'S RIB has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1509
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ADAM'S RIB)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 18 contests to 8.
⚔ Head-to-head#3716 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with ADAM'S RIB on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3722 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3687 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1489
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-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE ON THIS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7140 | 151.3600 | 162.47 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 135.8972 | 157.91 | top 60% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5714 | 145.7140 | 161.05 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.7772 | 167.41 | top 35% |
“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 | 5 | 0 | top 39% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.5 yrs
2013-02-08 → 2017-08-18
Busiest season
2013
6 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
5 of 8 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 167.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.91)
Walk rate
63%
a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
2 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
607.78
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
215
137–161 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,472
8 mapped stops · furthest 441 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
2014-05-30 → 2017-08-18
Power rating
1489
peak 1516 · #3700 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier)
- First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier)
- First category win (Brisket) West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2854 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score678.2854 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1516) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- 2017
- Most recent contest Big Bad BBQ in Boydton
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | 2013-05-03 |
| +9.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-05-10 |
| +3.3 | The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-05-30 |
| +2.8 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2013-05-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.6 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ | 2013-10-11 |
| -11 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier) | 2013-02-08 |
| -7.8 | Big Bad BBQ in Boydton | 2017-08-18 |
| -7.7 | Cookeville Cookoff | 2013-09-06 |
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)
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 | 0% | top 84% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 56% | 94.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-18 | Big Bad BBQ in Boydton Boydton, VA | 26 / 31 (604.3088) | 27 (151.3600) | 25 (151.3944) | 28 (150.7772) | 21 (150.7772) |
| 2014-05-30 | The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off Knoxville, TN | 22 / 48 (663.9084) | 33 (163.3828) | 4 (173.1200) | 32 (164.0000) | 27 (163.4056) |
| 2013-10-11 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ Clarksburg, MD | 31 / 31 (288.4000) | 24 (152.5028) | 28 (135.8972) | — | — |
| 2013-09-06 | Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN | 32 / 42 (657.6000) | 29 (163.3828) | 31 (161.1200) | 37 (159.9772) | 13 (173.1200) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 20 / 47 (668.0000) | 26 (165.1428) | 27 (164.0002) | 4 (176.5714) | 27 (162.2856) |
| 2013-05-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Knoxville, TN | 7 / 29 (670.2850) | 8 (169.7140) | 11 (165.1428) | 14 (165.1428) | 5 (170.2854) |
| 2013-05-03 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN | 4 / 46 (678.2854) | 17 (168.5712) | 17 (164.5714) | 16 (165.1428) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2013-02-08 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown(GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA | 28 / 33 (631.4280) | 20 (165.7142) | 31 (148.0000) | 32 (145.7140) | 5 (171.9998) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #580 (535 pts) | #787 (415 pts) | #872 (365 pts) | #660 (505 pts) | #433 (730 pts) |