5-0 BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2670

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1514

peak 1532 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2016-08-26

Best ToY finish

#813

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

663.4286 / 720

Master · Beltway BBQ Showdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

627.01 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 628.77 (-1.76)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

173.1428

Pork Ribs · Beltway BBQ Showdown

Consistency

±15.95

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 161.45 · weakest Pork (152.03)

Road miles

1,053

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 140 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Master avg

628.77 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

663.4286 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.4286 at Beltway BBQ Showdown — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-05-31

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.42 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 58%.

Pork avg 152.03
Pork Ribs avg 161.45
1 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Fire Ants BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

A May team

Top 38% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 38% across 5 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

5 May contests
top 48% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.22% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.22% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.3% of a perfect score
12 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.

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

Outhouse smokers

#2664 of the rated field

1514 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

⚔ Head-to-head

Hot Rods BBQ

#2684 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2020-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin' Pelletheads

#2669 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Level with 5-0 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

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SAUCY DAWG BBQ

#2661 of the rated field

1514 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-06-08

⚔ Head-to-head

GALLOWAY'S HELLFIRE BBQ

#2668 of the rated field

1514 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2018-05-18

⚔ Head-to-head

BAD S. BBQ

#2689 of the rated field

1513 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Badlands BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Fire Ants BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
PEQUEA PULLERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Palm tree smokehouse	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BETTER THAN BACON	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	0	0	165.7028	151.4056	158.46	top 55%
Pork Ribs	12	7	3	173.1428	133.6344	161.45	top 34%
Pork	12	1	0	164.5716	137.6572	152.03	top 69%
Brisket	12	2	0	168.0116	146.7884	156.83	top 47%

“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
PA	7	top 53%
MD	4	top 47%
VA	1	top 24%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 29%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 58%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest	3	31	0	top 67%	2016-08-26
Beltway BBQ Showdown	3	5	0	top 44%	2015-05-29

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2016-08-26

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 7 of 12 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 161.45 · weakest Pork (152.03)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 8 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 2 of 12 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 628.77 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 317 307–324 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,053 12 mapped stops · furthest 140 mi

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests

Power rating 1514 peak 1532 · #2670 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
Apr 19 First call Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 31 First overall top-10 Beltway BBQ Showdown
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4286 Beltway BBQ Showdown
May 31 Career-best overall score663.4286 Beltway BBQ Showdown
May 31 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Beltway BBQ Showdown
2015
May 29 10th tracked contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
May 29 Peak power rating (1532) Beltway BBQ Showdown
2016
Aug 26 Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.1	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2013-05-31
+8.8	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza	2013-07-26
+8.1	Green Lane Fire CO's	2013-05-10
+6.4	Lehigh Valley QueFest	2014-09-26
+4.4	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2015-05-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	New Holland Summer Fest	2016-08-26
-7.2	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2014-06-06
-5.7	New Holland Summer Fest	2015-08-28
-1.1	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	2013-04-19
-0.7	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival	2015-05-08

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0%	top 89%	83.1%	83.1%
2015	3	0	67%	top 54%	89%	87.8%
2014	4	0	50%	top 51%	88.9%	86.9%
2013	4	2	100%	top 31%	92.1%	88.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	59 / 66 (598.1028)	41 (157.7028)	65 (133.6344)	38 (159.9772)	54 (146.7884)
2015-08-28	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	47 / 70 (622.2860)	46 (156.5600)	51 (150.8344)	64 (149.1428)	15 (165.7488)
2015-05-29	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	15 / 39 (640.4572)	17 (160.5600)	5 (168.5256)	25 (154.2744)	18 (157.0972)
2015-05-08	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	32 / 57 (634.2516)	48 (154.2400)	24 (160.5716)	41 (151.4284)	7 (168.0116)
2014-09-26	Lehigh Valley QueFest Allentown, PA	11 / 32 (639.9540)	22 (154.7884)	4 (169.7028)	25 (153.1656)	12 (162.2972)
2014-08-22	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	31 / 70 (628.9484)	18 (165.7028)	42 (155.9772)	48 (152.4912)	36 (154.7772)
2014-06-06	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	31 / 42 (614.0908)	32 (151.4056)	31 (154.2168)	26 (156.5140)	27 (151.9544)
2014-05-09	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition Green Lane, PA	28 / 54 (619.2572)	20 (161.1200)	2 (170.2860)	49 (137.6572)	35 (150.1940)
2013-07-26	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza Bluemont, VA	8 / 33 (639.8860)	12 (162.8344)	5 (163.9772)	18 (158.2744)	19 (154.8000)
2013-05-31	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	5 / 25 (663.4286)	13 (164.5714)	2 (173.1428)	6 (164.5716)	10 (161.1428)
2013-05-10	Green Lane Fire CO's Green Lane, PA	15 / 58 (627.9994)	25 (157.7138)	6 (165.1426)	44 (146.8572)	16 (158.2858)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	57 / 106 (616.5712)	75 (154.2856)	3 (171.4286)	95 (140.0000)	63 (150.8570)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#1978 (110 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#813 (375 pts)	#1134 (260 pts)	#471 (690 pts)	#999 (315 pts)	#956 (320 pts)