SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

KCBS records held

1 🥇

highest pork ribs score

Power ranking

#1796

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1547

peak 1584 · rated over 39 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2022-10-07

Best ToY finish

#271

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 41 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

687.4284 / 720

Master · Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

652.37 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 659.89 (-7.52)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Smokelawn

Consistency

±25.08

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.61 · weakest Brisket (160.11)

Road miles

7,372

mi across 41 mapped stops · furthest 517 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.89 / 720

41 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (14 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.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork Ribs ×1

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 31 of 41 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 41 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

687.4284 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.4284 at Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-03-15

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CAVEMAN CUISINE has finished one call ahead of SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 32%.

7 contests
1 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 32%

A tough matchup

24–7 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 77% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 24 of their 31 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.50 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 160.11
Chicken avg 167.61
11 calls in 41 entries

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Go Hog Wild BBQ (2022-10-07).

last seen 2018-10-05
back 2022-10-07

Chicken nemesis

26 of 31 shared chicken entries lost

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead 84% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE DANCER BBQ has out-cooked them in 26 of 31 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 100 at their very first tracked contest, Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel (2013-03-15).

2013-03-15
100-team field

Built for the big stage

Top 43% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 43% finish in large fields against top 67% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 43% (16)
Small (<20 teams): top 67% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

5× one call behind them

ROYAL SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 5 times.

A July team

Top 29% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 29% across 3 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 48% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,372 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,372 miles across 41 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 517 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

41 mapped stops
furthest 517 mi

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.

🥇 🍖 Highest pork ribs score 180.0000 one meat, out of 180 · won the category with it · 31 May 2013 · shared with at least 9 others

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.

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

ALL QUED UP

#1801 of the rated field

1547 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1568

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

MOO COW

#1790 of the rated field

1547 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1566

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SHAKIN NOT STIRRED

#1803 of the rated field

1547 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1547

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2015-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

B&R SMOKE

#1788 of the rated field

1547 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1564

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 50 contests to 41, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 48 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

COOL GRILLING

#1784 of the rated field

1547 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 65
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

65 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 9% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 62 contests
last seen 2023-10-20
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

OMERTA BBQ

#1800 of the rated field

1547 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Level with SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2019-09-07

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FIRE DANCER BBQ	31	7	24	23%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	26	8	18	31%	⚔ compare
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	22	7	15	32%	⚔ compare
BLIND HOG BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
LOTTA BULL BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
GIVE IT TO GOD	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
ROYAL SMOKERS	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
501 BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	41	12	1	4	180.0000 🔥	152.5028	167.61	top 45%
Pork Ribs	41	16	2	5	180.0000 🔥	147.3944	166.22	top 44%
Pork	41	14	0	3	177.1428	153.6456	165.95	top 48%
Brisket	41	11	1	1	179.4400	20.0000	160.11	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AR	19	top 49%
MS	8	top 43%
LA	6	top 55%
MO	4	top 44%
TN	2	top 36%
TX	1	top 39%
KY	1	top 68%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 48%
Large (40+)	16	top 43%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	4	4	top 36%	2018-10-05
*Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	3	4	top 48%	2017-09-29
Hammond BBQ	2	20	top 55%	2017-03-24
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	11	top 52%	2017-03-03
Biggest Buck and Best Rack	2	11	top 60%	2015-09-11

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.6 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2022-10-07

Busiest season 2014 11 contests

Contests a season 5.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AR 19 of 41 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 33 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 41 entries · 1 win · 12 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.61 · weakest Brisket (160.11)

Walk rate 76% a top-10 call in 31 of 41 contests

Overall top-10 rate 24% 10 of 41 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 659.89 out of 720 · 41 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,314 1,292–1,012 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 7,372 41 mapped stops · furthest 517 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4 yrs 2018-10-05 → 2022-10-07

Power rating 1547 peak 1584 · #1796 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First call Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall top-10 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall podium Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.4284 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 Career-best overall score687.4284 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
May 31 First category win (Pork Ribs) Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
May 31 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
2014
Apr 4 10th tracked contest Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
2015
Mar 27 Peak power rating (1584) Smokin Blues & BBQ
Sep 11 25th tracked contest Biggest Buck and Best Rack
2022
Oct 7 Most recent contest Go Hog Wild BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.4	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2013-03-15
+11.7	Smokelawn	2014-05-02
+11.2	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	2014-04-04
+10.3	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	2015-10-02
+10.1	13th Annual Bordertown Bash	2014-07-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.2	*Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off	2016-04-29
-10.7	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1	2015-08-21
-8.3	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 2	2015-08-22
-7	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2016-03-19
-6.7	Biggest Buck and Best Rack	2015-09-11

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 54%	87.8%	87.8%
2018	1	0	0	100%	top 62%	88.2%	88.2%
2017	4	1	0	100%	top 50%	94%	91.9%
2016	7	1	1	57%	top 67%	93.8%	88.8%
2015	10	2	0	60%	top 55%	94%	92.2%
2014	11	5	0	91%	top 37%	95.1%	92.7%
2013	7	1	3	71%	top 32%	95.5%	93%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-10-07	Go Hog Wild BBQ 🏅 Sheridan, AR	14 / 26 (632.3772)	21 (152.5028)	7 (170.8344)	18 (156.5028)	16 (152.5372)
2018-10-05	*Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	16 / 26 (634.8116)	19 (158.8572)	20 (147.3944)	10 (165.7028)	11 (162.8572)
2017-10-06	*Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	7 / 25 (670.3088)	15 (162.3200)	9 (166.8688)	4 (169.7144)	4 (171.4056)
2017-09-29	*Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	13 / 19 (647.9084)	8 (165.7028)	13 (159.9772)	17 (156.0000)	7 (166.2284)
2017-03-24	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	20 / 55 (676.4688)	10 (176.0000)	7 (173.1200)	48 (160.5144)	25 (166.8344)
2017-03-03	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	19 / 29 (652.4684)	16 (165.6800)	2 (173.7028)	25 (156.5256)	22 (156.5600)
2016-09-23	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	13 / 25 (637.0972)	9 (165.1428)	20 (155.9656)	10 (164.0000)	18 (151.9888)
2016-09-16	Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship Pine Bluff, AR	7 / 21 (675.3596)	1 (177.1428)	11 (166.8800)	5 (171.4056)	17 (159.9312)
2016-05-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Southhaven, MS	23 / 29 (663.8400)	19 (169.6800)	10 (173.1200)	13 (168.5372)	29 (152.5028)
2016-04-29	*Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off Stuttgart, AR	25 / 26 (527.3944)	3 (175.4516)	8 (166.8344)	12 (165.1084)	25 (20.0000)
2016-03-25	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	43 / 58 (661.0628)	18 (171.4400)	42 (163.3944)	12 (171.9884)	54 (154.2400)
2016-03-19	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	49 / 61 (653.6344)	53 (162.2972)	32 (166.8688)	45 (161.6456)	43 (162.8228)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	50 / 95 (659.3372)	15 (174.2628)	64 (159.9772)	76 (159.4172)	48 (165.6800)
2015-10-02	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	4 / 25 (677.0628)	2 (173.1200)	4 (172.0000)	9 (167.3828)	10 (164.5600)
2015-09-25	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	4 / 16 (676.6060)	5 (170.3200)	2 (173.1772)	11 (163.3944)	4 (169.7144)
2015-09-19	Hot Springs Blues & BBQ Hot Springs, AR	19 / 29 (660.4804)	16 (166.3088)	18 (166.2516)	7 (169.1200)	25 (158.8000)
2015-09-11	Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR	20 / 25 (649.6916)	16 (168.5944)	22 (159.4172)	19 (161.7028)	20 (159.9772)
2015-08-22	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 2 Hot Springs, AR	15 / 18 (662.7544)	15 (166.2628)	17 (156.5372)	13 (165.0972)	4 (174.8572)
2015-08-21	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1 Hot Springs, AR	17 / 19 (651.2800)	16 (164.0000)	13 (166.2400)	14 (163.3828)	18 (157.6572)
2015-05-22	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO	21 / 32 (659.9084)	13 (169.1200)	23 (159.9772)	19 (165.6684)	17 (165.1428)
2015-03-27	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	23 / 56 (668.9944)	40 (163.9428)	6 (172.5716)	25 (168.5256)	30 (163.9544)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	45 / 94 (660.4684)	22 (171.4172)	18 (171.4056)	85 (153.6456)	44 (164.0000)
2015-03-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	11 / 29 (669.0056)	5 (171.4172)	8 (170.2628)	13 (168.5256)	19 (158.8000)
2014-10-03	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	10 / 25 (672.4684)	13 (166.2744)	21 (158.7884)	3 (174.8456)	7 (172.5600)
2014-09-12	Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR	11 / 27 (659.3488)	15 (166.2628)	16 (160.5488)	6 (173.7028)	17 (158.8344)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	30 / 76 (647.3024)	53 (156.5484)	38 (161.1200)	4 (173.1428)	38 (156.4912)
2014-07-18	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR	12 / 26 (681.6916)	10 (173.7028)	7 (174.8916)	17 (168.0000)	18 (165.0972)
2014-07-11	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	7 / 35 (674.2288)	12 (170.8228)	7 (170.8572)	16 (165.7144)	11 (166.8344)
2014-07-04	Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR	7 / 33 (673.0624)	16 (167.4056)	21 (162.8456)	3 (173.1084)	9 (169.7028)
2014-06-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	19 / 28 (648.4344)	14 (167.4172)	25 (154.2744)	4 (171.9656)	23 (154.7772)
2014-05-02	Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR	5 / 39 (685.0396)	2 (180.0000)	20 (165.7028)	6 (173.1084)	15 (166.2284)
2014-04-04	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	4 / 22 (678.3084)	7 (168.5256)	15 (164.0000)	2 (177.1428)	8 (168.6400)
2014-03-21	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	45 / 61 (649.5656)	27 (168.5256)	56 (149.1200)	56 (157.0628)	12 (174.8572)
2014-03-14	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	26 / 95 (670.1828)	50 (164.5256)	23 (168.5600)	8 (172.5600)	41 (164.5372)
2013-10-25	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	34 / 97 (666.2400)	68 (159.9772)	1 (178.2972)	35 (166.8456)	59 (161.1200)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	243 / 535 (641.5996)	359 (156.5600)	205 (162.2400)	106 (167.9656)	319 (154.8340)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	78 / 174 (665.0744)	66 (167.9772)	18 (172.5600)	76 (166.2628)	126 (158.2744)
2013-09-20	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS	12 / 53 (683.8624)	22 (168.5256)	20 (168.5256)	26 (167.3712)	1 (179.4400)
2013-06-14	The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando, MS	13 / 40 (669.1420)	18 (166.8570)	5 (173.1426)	33 (158.2854)	9 (170.8570)
2013-05-31	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	16 / 43 (674.2854)	10 (170.8572)	1 (180.0000)	36 (159.4284)	21 (163.9998)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	3 / 100 (687.4284)	21 (170.2856)	2 (176.5714)	40 (164.0000)	6 (176.5714)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#857 (428 pts)	#829 (473 pts)	#617 (658 pts)	#941 (398 pts)	#808 (478 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#685 (556 pts)	#395 (981 pts)	#632 (646 pts)	#532 (771 pts)	#824 (456 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#350 (1058 pts)	#275 (1223 pts)	#250 (1268 pts)	#349 (1008 pts)	#357 (1018 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#271 (1260 pts)	#269 (1205 pts)	#388 (970 pts)	#124 (1695 pts)	#345 (1060 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#639 (488 pts)	#944 (338 pts)	#420 (758 pts)	#1299 (208 pts)	#756 (428 pts)