SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY

SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY is a competition barbecue team with 41 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 100 at the Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel (2013). They are ranked #1801 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings and hold 1 all-time KCBS record.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

1 🥇

highest pork ribs score

Power ranking

#1,801

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1548

peak 1584 · rated over 39 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest Oct 7, 2022 · 9.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#271

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

24% of 41 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

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

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Smokelawn

Consistency

±25.08

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.61 · weakest Brisket (160.11)

Road miles

7,372

across 41 mapped stops · furthest 517 mi

Schedule strength

46%

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

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

659.89 / 720

41 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

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
Mar 15, 2013

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-10
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

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The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Go Hog Wild BBQ (Oct 7, 2022).

last seen Oct 5, 2018
back Oct 7, 2022

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 (Mar 15, 2013).

Mar 15, 2013
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

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

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

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	#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 (1,058 pts)	#275 (1,223 pts)	#250 (1,268 pts)	#349 (1,008 pts)	#357 (1,018 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#271 (1,260 pts)	#269 (1,205 pts)	#388 (970 pts)	#124 (1,695 pts)	#345 (1,060 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#639 (488 pts)	#944 (338 pts)	#420 (758 pts)	#1299 (208 pts)	#756 (428 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Big Pig Inc

#1,790 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1559

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

One contest 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 11 contests
last seen Feb 22, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

Chairman of the Boar

#1,793 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1608

They've been 1608 at their best, 60 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 38 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM

#1,795 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1563

Careers of much the same size, 35 contests to 41, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Handsome Devil

#1,807 of the rated field

1547 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1589

33 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 12% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2024

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SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ

#1,796 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1577

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

rated over 51 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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COOL GRILLING

#1,802 of the rated field

1548 power rating

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

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

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

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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 🔥	152.5028	167.61	top 45%
Pork Ribs	41	16	2	5	180 🔥	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	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	4	4	top 36%	Oct 5, 2018
Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	3	4	top 48%	Sep 29, 2017
Hammond BBQ	2	20	top 55%	Mar 24, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	11	top 52%	Mar 3, 2017
Biggest Buck and Best Rack	2	11	top 60%	Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 11 contests

Contests a season 5.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 19 of 41 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 33 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,309 finished ahead 1,292 times, behind 1,012

Longest layoff 4 yrs Oct 5, 2018 → Oct 7, 2022

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

20221 milestone

Oct 7 Most recent contest Go Hog Wild BBQ

20152 milestones

Mar 27 Peak power rating (1584) Smokin Blues & BBQ
Sep 11 25th tracked contest Biggest Buck and Best Rack

20141 milestone

Apr 4 10th tracked contest Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff

20138 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.4	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	Mar 15, 2013
+11.9	Smokelawn	May 2, 2014
+11.3	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	Apr 4, 2014
+10.2	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	Oct 2, 2015
+10.1	13th Annual Bordertown Bash	Jul 11, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.2	Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off	Apr 29, 2016
-10.7	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1	Aug 21, 2015
-8.3	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 2	Aug 22, 2015
-6.9	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	Mar 19, 2016
-6.7	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff	May 22, 2015

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	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
Oct 7, 2022	Go Hog Wild BBQ 🏅 Sheridan, AR	14 / 26 (632.3772)	21 (152.5028)	7 (170.8344)	18 (156.5028)	16 (152.5372)
Oct 5, 2018	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	16 / 26 (634.8116)	19 (158.8572)	20 (147.3944)	10 (165.7028)	11 (162.8572)
Oct 6, 2017	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	7 / 25 (670.3088)	15 (162.3200)	9 (166.8688)	4 (169.7144)	4 (171.4056)
Sep 29, 2017	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	13 / 19 (647.9084)	8 (165.7028)	13 (159.9772)	17 (156)	7 (166.2284)
Mar 24, 2017	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	20 / 55 (676.4688)	10 (176)	7 (173.1200)	48 (160.5144)	25 (166.8344)
Mar 3, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	19 / 29 (652.4684)	16 (165.6800)	2 (173.7028)	25 (156.5256)	22 (156.5600)
Sep 23, 2016	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	13 / 25 (637.0972)	9 (165.1428)	20 (155.9656)	10 (164)	18 (151.9888)
Sep 16, 2016	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)
May 20, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Southhaven, MS	23 / 29 (663.8400)	19 (169.6800)	10 (173.1200)	13 (168.5372)	29 (152.5028)
Apr 29, 2016	Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off Stuttgart, AR	25 / 26 (527.3944)	3 (175.4516)	8 (166.8344)	12 (165.1084)	25 (20)
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	43 / 58 (661.0628)	18 (171.4400)	42 (163.3944)	12 (171.9884)	54 (154.2400)
Mar 19, 2016	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	49 / 61 (653.6344)	53 (162.2972)	32 (166.8688)	45 (161.6456)	43 (162.8228)
Mar 18, 2016	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	50 / 95 (659.3372)	15 (174.2628)	64 (159.9772)	76 (159.4172)	48 (165.6800)
Oct 2, 2015	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	4 / 25 (677.0628)	2 (173.1200)	4 (172)	9 (167.3828)	10 (164.5600)
Sep 25, 2015	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	4 / 16 (676.6060)	5 (170.3200)	2 (173.1772)	11 (163.3944)	4 (169.7144)
Sep 19, 2015	Hot Springs Blues & BBQ Hot Springs, AR	19 / 29 (660.4804)	16 (166.3088)	18 (166.2516)	7 (169.1200)	25 (158.8000)
Sep 11, 2015	Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR	20 / 25 (649.6916)	16 (168.5944)	22 (159.4172)	19 (161.7028)	20 (159.9772)
Aug 22, 2015	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)
Aug 21, 2015	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1 Hot Springs, AR	17 / 19 (651.2800)	16 (164)	13 (166.2400)	14 (163.3828)	18 (157.6572)
May 22, 2015	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)
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	23 / 56 (668.9944)	40 (163.9428)	6 (172.5716)	25 (168.5256)	30 (163.9544)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	45 / 94 (660.4684)	22 (171.4172)	18 (171.4056)	85 (153.6456)	44 (164)
Mar 6, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	11 / 29 (669.0056)	5 (171.4172)	8 (170.2628)	13 (168.5256)	19 (158.8000)
Oct 3, 2014	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	10 / 25 (672.4684)	13 (166.2744)	21 (158.7884)	3 (174.8456)	7 (172.5600)
Sep 12, 2014	Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR	11 / 27 (659.3488)	15 (166.2628)	16 (160.5488)	6 (173.7028)	17 (158.8344)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	30 / 76 (647.3024)	53 (156.5484)	38 (161.1200)	4 (173.1428)	38 (156.4912)
Jul 18, 2014	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR	12 / 26 (681.6916)	10 (173.7028)	7 (174.8916)	17 (168)	18 (165.0972)
Jul 11, 2014	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	7 / 35 (674.2288)	12 (170.8228)	7 (170.8572)	16 (165.7144)	11 (166.8344)
Jul 4, 2014	Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR	7 / 33 (673.0624)	16 (167.4056)	21 (162.8456)	3 (173.1084)	9 (169.7028)
Jun 20, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	19 / 28 (648.4344)	14 (167.4172)	25 (154.2744)	4 (171.9656)	23 (154.7772)
May 2, 2014	Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR	5 / 39 (685.0396)	2 (180)	20 (165.7028)	6 (173.1084)	15 (166.2284)
Apr 4, 2014	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	4 / 22 (678.3084)	7 (168.5256)	15 (164)	2 (177.1428)	8 (168.6400)
Mar 21, 2014	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	45 / 61 (649.5656)	27 (168.5256)	56 (149.1200)	56 (157.0628)	12 (174.8572)
Mar 14, 2014	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)
Oct 25, 2013	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)
Oct 3, 2013	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)
Oct 3, 2013	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)
Sep 20, 2013	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS	12 / 53 (683.8624)	22 (168.5256)	20 (168.5256)	26 (167.3712)	1 (179.4400)
Jun 14, 2013	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)
May 31, 2013	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	16 / 43 (674.2854)	10 (170.8572)	1 (180)	36 (159.4284)	21 (163.9998)
Mar 15, 2013	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	3 / 100 (687.4284)	21 (170.2856)	2 (176.5714)	40 (164)	6 (176.5714)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY

At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

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)