BIG BELLY BEERBQUE

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

Power ranking

#3782

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1487

peak 1508 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-12

latest 2015-10-02

Best ToY finish

#979

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

643.5084 / 720

Master · Que by the Sea

Perfect 180s

Current form

609.41 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 611.14 (-1.73)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.3200

Chicken · Que by the Sea

Consistency

±24.63

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 156.10 · weakest Brisket (149.75)

Road miles

859

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 142 mi

Schedule strength

19%

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

Master avg

611.14 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE BBQ GURU ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE BBQ GURU has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.34 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 149.75
Chicken avg 156.10
0 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BONES & BIBS SWINE TEAM in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

THE BBQ GURU ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE BBQ GURU has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Nice Racks has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 43% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 43% across 3 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

3 July 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.

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

Pits and Giggles

#3768 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG BELLY BEERBQUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG BELLY BEERBQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2021-07-30

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TEAM OLD SCHOOL

#3767 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1488

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to BIG BELLY BEERBQUE)

Fewer contests behind them than BIG BELLY BEERBQUE has cooked, 6 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2021-07-09

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DIGGERS BBQ

#3775 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1488

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 2026-06-26

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CHUBBY'S BBQ

#3791 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-11-18

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Boss Hog BBQ

#3769 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

Level with BIG BELLY BEERBQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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4 WIENERS & A WEBBER

#3787 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SHADY CREW	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Fire Ants BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BEERBEQUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BRISKET BURNERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Hot Rod's BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
WE RIB U LONG TIME	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Palm tree smokehouse	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
RIBS WITHIN	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BIKER BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	0	170.3200	142.2740	156.10	top 52%
Pork Ribs	10	1	0	162.9144	141.1316	151.81	top 60%
Pork	10	2	1	169.7372	127.9428	153.48	top 55%
Brisket	10	0	0	165.1200	136.4800	149.75	top 60%

“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
NJ	6	top 47%
PA	3	top 70%
DE	1	top 96%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Que by the Sea	3	13	0	top 52%	2015-09-19
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	3	22	0	top 43%	2015-07-10

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

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2013-07-12 → 2015-10-02

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NJ 6 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 156.10 · weakest Brisket (149.75)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 4 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 611.14 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 283 233–355 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 859 10 mapped stops · furthest 142 mi

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests

Power rating 1487 peak 1508 · #3782 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 12 First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Sep 21 First call Que by the Sea
2014
Sep 20 Career-best overall score643.5084 Que by the Sea
Sep 20 Career-best single call (Chicken)170.3200 Que by the Sea
Sep 20 Peak power rating (1508) Que by the Sea
2015
Oct 2 10th tracked contest Keystone Classic Barbeque
Oct 2 Most recent contest Keystone Classic Barbeque

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.3	Que by the Sea	2014-09-20
+6.9	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2015-07-10
+2.2	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2013-07-12
+1.1	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2014-07-11
+0.5	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition	2014-05-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival	2015-04-10
-10.3	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival	2015-05-08
-4.7	Que by the Sea	2013-09-21
-3.4	Keystone Classic Barbeque	2015-10-02
-1.1	Que by the Sea	2015-09-19

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	5	20%	top 69%	89.4%	84.6%
2014	3	67%	top 43%	89.4%	86.5%
2013	2	50%	top 56%	84%	83%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-10-02	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	38 / 57 (633.0172)	34 (160.5372)	52 (145.6572)	9 (168.5600)	30 (158.2628)
2015-09-19	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	25 / 41 (621.1884)	21 (158.2972)	34 (149.1200)	30 (153.1656)	15 (160.6056)
2015-07-10	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	22 / 65 (643.3484)	29 (161.1200)	30 (160.5256)	36 (156.5828)	13 (165.1200)
2015-05-08	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	51 / 57 (586.2168)	55 (143.4172)	42 (151.3712)	36 (153.1428)	51 (138.2856)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	95 / 99 (563.2796)	93 (142.2740)	59 (156.5828)	98 (127.9428)	93 (136.4800)
2014-09-20	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	13 / 48 (643.5084)	4 (170.3200)	7 (162.9144)	17 (161.6912)	29 (148.5828)
2014-07-11	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	32 / 65 (610.2172)	21 (159.9656)	47 (146.2744)	24 (156.5600)	41 (147.4172)
2014-05-09	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition Green Lane, PA	29 / 54 (615.3256)	27 (157.1084)	33 (148.5600)	3 (169.7372)	48 (139.9200)
2013-09-21	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	33 / 49 (590.2516)	8 (160.0000)	36 (141.1316)	44 (142.2628)	33 (146.8572)
2013-07-12	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	29 / 65 (605.0860)	42 (147.9428)	19 (156.0116)	51 (145.1200)	16 (156.0116)

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	#979 (315 pts)	#1030 (320 pts)	#1101 (300 pts)	#931 (385 pts)	#869 (410 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1077 (283 pts)	#913 (393 pts)	#1028 (328 pts)	#829 (443 pts)	#1335 (223 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1536 (149 pts)	#1176 (244 pts)	#1447 (179 pts)	#1623 (149 pts)	#1341 (194 pts)