BANG BANG BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3410

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1495

peak 1507 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2019-06-07

Best ToY finish

#1471

Master 2013

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

675.4172 / 720

Master · Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.38 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 623.60 (+18.78)

Walk rate

31%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition

Consistency

±26.21

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 157.76 · weakest Pork (154.20)

Road miles

2,798

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 1177 mi

Schedule strength

26%

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

Purse competed for

$16K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

623.60 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

675.4172 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.4172 at Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-06-09

A tough matchup

8–2 behind in the head-to-head

FINN'S FINEST BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

FINN'S FINEST BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOG STREET BULLIES in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 9 shared pork ribs entries lost

SAUCE THIS BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SAUCE THIS BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 45% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 45% across 4 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 58% 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.

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

MEATWAGON BBQ

#3423 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1522

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BANG BANG BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BANG BANG BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2016-06-10

⚔ Head-to-head

BOYS IN BLUE BARBECUE

#3416 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

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CUMBIA BBQ TEAM

#3398 of the rated field

1495 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 90%
Peak: 1495

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-08-02
on a 7-contest top-10 run

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Pork Dorks

#3409 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-09-05

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ZWARTE HAND

#3405 of the rated field

1495 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 14% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-09-09

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Cloud Swine BBQ

#3395 of the rated field

1495 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1495

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after BANG BANG BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
SAUCE THIS BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
HOG STREET BULLIES	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SHADY CREW	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BRISKET BURNERS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
GONEHOGGIN.COM	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	2	1	2	178.2972	138.2858	156.98	top 56%
Pork Ribs	11	2	0	0	167.9772	135.4286	157.76	top 48%
Pork	11	0	0	0	161.1428	141.0400	154.20	top 66%
Brisket	11	2	0	1	169.7028	141.6800	154.67	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
DE	8	top 58%
NJ	2	top 45%
MD	1	top 84%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 46%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 61%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	2	2	0	top 44%	2018-06-08
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2	28	0	top 45%	2016-07-08

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.1 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2019-06-07

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in DE 8 of 13 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 157.76 · weakest Pork (154.20)

Walk rate 31% a top-10 call in 4 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 15% 2 of 13 contests

Master average 623.60 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 362 256–448 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,798 13 mapped stops · furthest 1,177 mi

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

Purse competed for $16,100 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1495 peak 1507 · #3410 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
2016
Jun 10 First call The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park
Jun 10 First overall top-10 The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park
Jun 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9200 The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park
2017
Jun 9 First category win (Chicken) Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Jun 9 First overall podium Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Jun 9 First Reserve Championship Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Jun 9 10th tracked contest Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Jun 9 Career-best overall score675.4172 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Jun 9 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Jun 9 Peak power rating (1507) Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
2019
Jun 7 Most recent contest Separation Colonial BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.1	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	2017-06-09
+12.1	The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park	2016-06-10
+3.9	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2016-07-08
+3.1	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2015-07-10
+0.6	Hogs & Hops Dover	2013-09-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	2013-04-19
-10.5	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair	2014-04-11
-7	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	2018-06-08
-5.2	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition	2019-06-07
-4.8	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival	2015-04-10

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	0	0%	top 69%	87.9%	87.9%
2018	1	0	0	100%	top 83%	86.3%	86.3%
2017	1	1	1	100%	top 4%	93.8%	93.8%
2016	2	1	0	100%	top 33%	91.1%	89%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 61%	87.5%	86.3%
2014	1	0	0	0%	top 89%	80.5%	80.5%
2013	4	0	0	0%	top 68%	87.7%	84.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-07	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition 🏅 New Castle, DE	25 / 36 (632.9828)	28 (159.4172)	14 (164.5372)	25 (158.7884)	28 (150.2400)
2019-03-08	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	—	—	—	—	—
2018-06-08	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	35 / 42 (621.4860)	17 (163.4288)	8 (167.9772)	41 (141.0400)	36 (149.0400)
2017-06-09	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	2 / 46 (675.4172)	1 (178.2972)	8 (166.8344)	27 (161.1428)	14 (169.1428)
2016-07-08	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	28 / 65 (626.0916)	24 (159.3716)	38 (153.7028)	51 (147.9316)	9 (165.0856)
2016-06-10	The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park New Castle, DE	9 / 39 (655.9200)	2 (173.1200)	27 (160.0116)	35 (153.0856)	3 (169.7028)
2015-07-10	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	31 / 65 (630.1484)	20 (164.0000)	29 (161.6684)	23 (160.5372)	45 (143.9428)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	74 / 99 (613.1088)	80 (149.7028)	20 (166.3088)	63 (155.4172)	83 (141.6800)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	97 / 109 (579.9200)	103 (139.3940)	64 (151.4172)	96 (144.5488)	86 (144.5600)
2013-09-20	Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE	24 / 45 (631.4176)	31 (154.3088)	21 (157.7144)	21 (161.1200)	19 (158.2744)
2013-09-06	National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2013-05-17	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	37 / 56 (605.1430)	43 (147.4284)	37 (149.7144)	18 (159.4286)	40 (148.5716)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	89 / 106 (587.9998)	104 (138.2858)	98 (135.4286)	71 (153.1426)	18 (161.1428)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#1551 (150 pts)	#1571 (150 pts)	#1392 (185 pts)	#1373 (185 pts)