WHO ARE THOSE GUYS?

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

Power ranking

#1950

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1540

peak 1540 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2018-08-24

Best ToY finish

#854

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

671.9544 / 720

Master · 14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.46 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.64 (+5.82)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.3200

Brisket · New Holland Summer Fest

Consistency

±15.35

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.46 · weakest Chicken (158.75)

Road miles

545

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

642.64 / 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

671.9544 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.9544 at 14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-08-14

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

8–2 behind in the head-to-head

FLYING PORKERS ahead in 80% of their meetings

FLYING PORKERS has come out ahead in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.72 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 42%.

Chicken avg 158.75
Pork avg 163.46
0 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Moshpit BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

6 of 8 shared pork entries lost

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

FAT MAXINE'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.13% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.13% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.3% 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.

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

BEER MEETS GRILL

#1954 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1546

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WHO ARE THOSE GUYS?)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-06-09

⚔ Head-to-head

MUSIC CITY SMOKE

#1956 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1551

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2023-03-17

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FARM TO FIRE

#1953 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2020-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Blitzkrieg BBQ

#1949 of the rated field

1540 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 38% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-03-21

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BLUE ISLAND BBQ

#1946 of the rated field

1540 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

Level with WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG CITY BBQ

#1947 of the rated field

1540 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before WHO ARE THOSE GUYS?'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FLYING PORKERS	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
QUEGASM	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Moshpit BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
PEQUEA PULLERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
DIZZY PIG	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	0	0	164.5944	149.0972	158.75	top 59%
Pork Ribs	12	2	0	174.2744	141.1428	159.44	top 49%
Pork	12	5	2	174.2856	148.5256	163.46	top 35%
Brisket	12	4	1	174.3200	148.5716	160.99	top 38%

“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
MD	8	0	top 43%
PA	4	0	top 41%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 24%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 44%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)	4	17	0	top 41%	2018-08-24

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.3 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2018-08-24

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MD 8 of 12 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 163.46 · weakest Chicken (158.75)

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

Overall top-10 rate 8% 1 of 12 contests

Master average 642.64 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 390 422–313 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 545 12 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi

Schedule strength 1533 average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests

Power rating 1540 peak 1540 · #1950 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 score656.0000 Beltway BBQ Showdown
2015
Aug 14 Career-best overall score671.9544 14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash
2017
Aug 11 10th tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Aug 25 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.3200 New Holland Summer Fest
2018
Aug 24 Peak power rating (1540) New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)
Aug 24 Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10	New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)	2018-08-24
+9.9	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2013-05-31
+9.4	14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash	2015-08-14
+6.9	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash	2013-08-09
+5.3	New Holland Summer Fest	2017-08-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.9	New Holland Summer Fest	2014-08-22
-3.5	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2017-08-11
-1.1	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2016-08-12
-0.4	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival	2014-05-09

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)
2018	1	0	0%	top 24%	90.6%	90.6%
2017	2	0	50%	top 50%	90.5%	89.7%
2016	1	0	100%	top 60%	90.9%	90.9%
2015	2	0	100%	top 32%	93.3%	91.3%
2014	3	0	33%	top 57%	88.3%	86.7%
2013	3	1	100%	top 31%	91.1%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-24	New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	17 / 71 (652.4684)	49 (153.0972)	12 (167.9656)	19 (162.2628)	12 (169.1428)
2017-08-25	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	25 / 69 (651.3600)	62 (149.0972)	11 (168.5372)	42 (159.4056)	2 (174.3200)
2017-08-11	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	30 / 47 (640.4112)	33 (163.4172)	40 (150.2056)	13 (166.8456)	26 (159.9428)
2016-08-12	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	25 / 42 (654.7544)	28 (162.8456)	29 (162.2516)	31 (159.3944)	6 (170.2628)
2015-08-28	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	26 / 70 (643.3028)	45 (156.5600)	32 (161.6572)	2 (174.2856)	46 (150.8000)
2015-08-14	14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	12 / 46 (671.9544)	23 (164.5944)	8 (174.2744)	6 (172.5600)	22 (160.5256)
2014-08-22	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	48 / 70 (616.4800)	34 (158.8800)	26 (160.5028)	59 (148.5256)	49 (148.5716)
2014-08-08	MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD	27 / 54 (635.8972)	23 (161.6800)	28 (158.8460)	10 (166.2284)	35 (149.1428)
2014-05-09	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD	22 / 43 (621.0284)	17 (159.9772)	32 (146.2056)	17 (158.2856)	22 (156.5600)
2013-08-09	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	18 / 60 (641.7260)	26 (158.2400)	29 (158.2744)	30 (155.4744)	6 (169.7372)
2013-05-31	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	6 / 25 (656.0000)	16 (160.0002)	9 (163.4286)	4 (167.4286)	6 (165.1426)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	40 / 106 (626.2854)	58 (156.5712)	90 (141.1428)	3 (170.8570)	36 (157.7144)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1636 (125 pts)	#2152 (70 pts)	#1612 (155 pts)	#1537 (175 pts)	#2111 (75 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1225 (233 pts)	#1199 (268 pts)	#1363 (218 pts)	#1021 (333 pts)	#1275 (233 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#854 (350 pts)	#1173 (245 pts)	#1075 (285 pts)	#629 (525 pts)	#753 (430 pts)