MA & PA'S KETTLE

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

Rating

1503

peak 1508 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-24

latest 2014-07-11

Best ToY finish

#1098

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

654.2400 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.40

last 4 Master vs avg 647.40 (+0.00)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0344

Pork · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±6.71

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.43 · weakest Brisket (154.27)

Road miles

229

mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 84 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

647.40 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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.

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-07-05).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKE HUNTERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE SMOKE HUNTERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared 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.

MA & PA'S KETTLE has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 108 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.

Smoke Syndicate

#3093 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1531

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MA & PA'S KETTLE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MA & PA'S KETTLE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-09-06

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Spark BBQ

#3084 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-08-29

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TWISTED PIG

#3071 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after MA & PA'S KETTLE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

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Smoke and Mirrors

#3091 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Level with MA & PA'S KETTLE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-08-04

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FOUR ONE OAK

#3096 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-06-26

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Smoker and The Bandits

#3101 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-02-01

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	1	1	172.5716	163.4172	167.43	top 32%
Pork Ribs	4	1	1	1	168.0000	155.9544	160.55	top 54%
Pork	4	1	0	1	176.0344	161.1426	165.15	top 44%
Brisket	4	0	0	0	162.2628	149.7144	154.27	top 78%

“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
WI	2	0	top 36%
IL	2	0	top 73%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	5	0	top 36%	2014-07-11

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

On the trail 1.1 yrs 2013-05-24 → 2014-07-11

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 4 entries · 1 win · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.43 · weakest Brisket (154.27)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 1 of 4 contests

Master average 647.40 out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 120 68–87 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 229 4 mapped stops · furthest 84 mi

Schedule strength 1540 average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests

Power rating 1503 peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 24 First tracked contest Westmont Red, White & BBQ
Jul 5 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 5 First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 5 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 5 First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4290 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 5 Peak power rating (1508) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 2 Career-best overall score654.2400 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
2014
Jul 11 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0344 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 11 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-07-05
+1.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-07-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2013-08-02
-4.5	Westmont Red, White & BBQ	2013-05-24

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 55%	89.9%	89.9%
2013	3	0	1	2	33%	top 54%	90.9%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-07-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI	16 / 29 (647.3604)	13 (163.4172)	22 (155.9544)	2 (176.0344)	24 (151.9544)
2013-08-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Rockford, IL	24 / 30 (654.2400)	13 (168.5944)	22 (161.1200)	22 (162.2628)	20 (162.2628)
2013-07-05	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI	5 / 30 (651.4290)	1 (172.5716)	1 (168.0000)	11 (161.1430)	28 (149.7144)
2013-05-24	Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL	46 / 70 (636.5714)	26 (165.1430)	44 (157.1430)	41 (161.1426)	49 (153.1428)

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	#1957 (99 pts)	#1960 (114 pts)	#2569 (69 pts)	#1248 (254 pts)	#2729 (59 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1098 (255 pts)	#910 (355 pts)	#892 (355 pts)	#1332 (200 pts)	#1700 (130 pts)