JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM

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

Power ranking

#4496

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1473

peak 1473 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-01

latest 2017-10-06

Best ToY finish

#658

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

668.5828 / 720

Master · Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.94 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 631.20 (+15.74)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Pork · Sun BBQ Fest

Consistency

±22.40

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.17 · weakest Brisket (155.30)

Road miles

2,778

mi across 21 mapped stops · furthest 308 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Master avg

631.20 / 720

21 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.

High-water mark

668.5828 career-best overall

92.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 668.5828 at Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest — 92.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-05-31

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BONEYARD SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 39%.

7 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

18–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 90% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 18 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.87 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 5%.

Brisket avg 155.30
Chicken avg 160.17
4 calls in 21 entries

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CIDER BOYS BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

17 of 20 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 85% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 17 of 20 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

QUE AND A HALF MEN has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 50% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 50% across 6 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

6 October contests
top 59% the rest of the year

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.

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

FOUNDING FATHERS BBQ

#4500 of the rated field

1473 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1505 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2016-08-26

⚔ Head-to-head

LOS NERDS

#4506 of the rated field

1472 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1472

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2019-08-02

⚔ Head-to-head

FEEL THE BURN BBQ

#4512 of the rated field

1472 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2016-09-30

⚔ Head-to-head

DOUBLE A'S BBQ

#4491 of the rated field

1473 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Level with JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

J&J SWINE & BOVINE

#4490 of the rated field

1473 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

CAROLINA SMOKE

#4508 of the rated field

1472 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1472

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 36 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2019-05-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	17	2	14	12%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	15	3	11	20%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
QUE AND A HALF MEN	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bulldogs	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Pork Butt Paradise	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
MEAT @ SLIMS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	1	0	0	166.3088	138.2628	160.17	top 56%
Pork Ribs	21	1	1	1	174.2628	139.9884	157.15	top 60%
Pork	21	3	0	0	175.4400	137.6344	156.37	top 64%
Brisket	21	4	0	1	173.7028	135.9656	155.30	top 58%

“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
MA	7	top 52%
CT	3	top 75%
RI	3	top 73%
NH	3	top 53%
NJ	2	top 51%
VT	1	top 55%
DE	1	top 87%
NY	1	top 27%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	10	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 54%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	3	12	top 56%	2015-09-12
Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	2	3	top 54%	2017-10-06
Sun BBQ Fest	2	30	top 74%	2016-06-11
Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival	2	6	top 44%	2014-10-10
DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2	18	top 51%	2014-10-03

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

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2013-06-01 → 2017-10-06

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 4.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MA 7 of 21 contests · 8 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 21 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 160.17 · weakest Brisket (155.30)

Walk rate 29% a top-10 call in 6 of 21 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 3 of 21 contests

Master average 631.20 out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 430 352–568 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,778 21 mapped stops · furthest 308 mi

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs 2016-06-25 → 2017-10-06

Power rating 1473 peak 1473 · #4496 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 1 First tracked contest Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
2014
May 31 First overall top-10 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
May 31 First overall podium Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5828 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
May 31 Career-best overall score668.5828 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
Aug 16 First call Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 16 10th tracked contest Hudson Valley Ribfest
Oct 3 First category win (Pork Ribs) DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship
Oct 10 Peak power rating (1494) Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
2016
Jun 11 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 Sun BBQ Fest
2017
Oct 6 Most recent contest Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.4	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest	2014-05-31
+12.2	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	2015-10-09
+10.3	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	2014-09-13
+9.7	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2014-10-03
+6.2	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival	2014-10-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	2013-09-14
-11.3	Sun BBQ Fest	2014-06-20
-10.9	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	2017-10-06
-9.6	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival	2015-04-10
-8.7	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest	2013-06-01

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)
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 96%	86.2%	86.2%
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 55%	90%	90%
2015	5	1	0	40%	top 62%	92.1%	87.7%
2014	7	2	1	43%	top 39%	92.9%	89.7%
2013	6	0	0	0%	top 75%	87.4%	85.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-10-06	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	24 / 25 (620.4572)	19 (160.5828)	22 (156.5256)	21 (153.0972)	24 (150.2516)
2016-06-25	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	22 / 40 (647.3944)	25 (161.6800)	21 (161.7144)	17 (164.6056)	24 (159.3944)
2016-06-11	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	38 / 69 (648.0000)	36 (162.2628)	18 (166.3200)	4 (175.4400)	61 (143.9772)
2015-10-09	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	3 / 25 (662.8572)	14 (163.4400)	22 (153.1200)	5 (169.7028)	2 (169.7372)
2015-09-12	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	18 / 37 (641.6228)	22 (158.8000)	17 (162.2628)	27 (154.8572)	11 (165.7028)
2015-07-17	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	31 / 37 (637.5544)	30 (157.0972)	34 (153.0972)	33 (153.6572)	5 (173.7028)
2015-05-02	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	23 / 30 (618.6968)	25 (153.6572)	20 (158.2628)	27 (152.5484)	22 (154.2284)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	86 / 99 (598.1144)	42 (162.2628)	62 (155.9772)	95 (137.6344)	81 (142.2400)
2014-10-10	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	6 / 27 (655.9540)	12 (165.6912)	25 (147.3944)	15 (160.5372)	13 (160.5716)
2014-10-03	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	18 / 65 (646.7428)	17 (163.4172)	1 (174.2628)	33 (158.2516)	36 (150.8112)
2014-09-13	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	12 / 43 (649.6000)	36 (149.6572)	13 (161.6800)	6 (168.0000)	4 (170.2628)
2014-08-16	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	16 / 60 (643.4860)	6 (166.3088)	11 (165.6800)	48 (144.5828)	6 (166.9144)
2014-07-18	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	23 / 33 (647.8860)	17 (164.5256)	22 (159.4172)	13 (163.9888)	22 (159.9544)
2014-06-20	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	30 / 32 (609.0628)	16 (163.4172)	30 (139.9884)	32 (146.2744)	20 (159.3828)
2014-05-31	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH	3 / 48 (668.5828)	34 (157.7028)	35 (152.5372)	29 (158.2744)	15 (160.5372)
2013-10-11	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	14 / 21 (628.9480)	17 (154.1940)	12 (156.5144)	14 (159.9768)	15 (158.2628)
2013-10-05	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	63 / 85 (597.0400)	19 (165.1428)	45 (153.1200)	72 (142.8116)	75 (135.9656)
2013-09-14	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	39 / 42 (593.6460)	42 (138.2628)	27 (156.5488)	36 (151.4056)	30 (147.4288)
2013-07-20	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	30 / 46 (627.4748)	17 (165.1544)	23 (158.8688)	36 (150.8916)	30 (152.5600)
2013-06-14	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition Merrimack, NH	27 / 35 (624.0000)	16 (164.5714)	20 (160.5714)	23 (158.8570)	33 (140.0002)
2013-06-01	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	33 / 43 (609.7144)	18 (165.7144)	37 (146.2858)	23 (158.2858)	40 (139.4284)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2167 (95 pts)	#1453 (210 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#830 (405 pts)	#959 (355 pts)	#953 (365 pts)	#882 (410 pts)	#539 (695 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#658 (561 pts)	#603 (646 pts)	#599 (648 pts)	#656 (581 pts)	#495 (761 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#973 (296 pts)	#893 (361 pts)	#941 (331 pts)	#995 (316 pts)	#1031 (291 pts)