EASTERN BEAST BBQ TEAM

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

Power ranking

#1203

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1586

peak 1586 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-09

latest 2018-08-24

Best ToY finish

#682

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

667.9312 / 720

Master · Que for the Troops

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.53 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 644.50 (+10.03)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

173.7372

Pork Ribs · Que for the Troops

Consistency

±19.49

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.35 · weakest Brisket (157.65)

Road miles

1,314

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Master avg

644.50 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

Happy hunting ground

Top 11% average finish here

New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL) is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 6th
average top 11%

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 15 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

667.9312 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.9312 at Que for the Troops — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-03

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 20%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 20%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Rogue Hog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Rogue Hog BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.70 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 27%.

Brisket avg 157.65
Pork Ribs avg 162.35
2 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of QUEGASM in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

6 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

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.

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

GREENWITCH QUE CO.

#1200 of the rated field

1586 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1591

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to EASTERN BEAST BBQ TEAM)

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

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2022-07-23

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Sugba Smokehouse

#1204 of the rated field

1585 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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WOOLEY BULLY BBQ MAFIA

#1198 of the rated field

1586 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1586

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-08-04

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Hot Thang BBQ

#1206 of the rated field

1585 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 21 contests, alongside a 52% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-08-21
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE

#1199 of the rated field

1586 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1599

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2022-05-28

⚔ Head-to-head

MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB

#1207 of the rated field

1585 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1598

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2016-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
DANTE'S INFERNO	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
QUEGASM	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SMOKEN DUDES BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	7	1	5	14%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	0	1	173.1428	150.2056	161.85	top 44%
Pork Ribs	15	4	1	1	173.7372	150.8116	162.35	top 34%
Pork	15	6	1	2	173.7028	149.1084	162.23	top 36%
Brisket	15	2	0	0	168.5256	143.3828	157.65	top 46%

“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
PA	7	top 26%
NY	5	top 36%
NJ	2	top 33%
DE	1	top 62%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 43%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 30%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Que for the Troops	3	17	top 42%	2018-06-01
New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)	2	6	top 11%	2018-08-24
Hudson Valley Ribfest	2	5	top 26%	2016-08-19

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

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-08-09 → 2018-08-24

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 7 of 15 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.35 · weakest Brisket (157.65)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 9 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 40% 6 of 15 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 644.50 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 365 527–254 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,314 15 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi

Schedule strength 1544 average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests

Power rating 1586 peak 1586 · #1203 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 9 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
Jun 5 First call Que for the Troops
Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.0344 Que for the Troops
Aug 1 First overall top-10 8th Annual Smokin at the Maples
2016
Jun 3 First category win (Pork) Que for the Troops
Jun 3 First overall podium Que for the Troops
Jun 3 Career-best overall score667.9312 Que for the Troops
Oct 8 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship
2018
Jun 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7372 Que for the Troops
Aug 24 Peak power rating (1586) 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
+15.7	Que for the Troops	2016-06-03
+12.9	New Holland Summer Fest	2017-08-25
+11.7	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship	2016-10-08
+11.4	New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)	2018-08-24
+11	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2016-08-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.1	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2014-08-16
-4.3	Boo-B-Que	2017-10-20
-1.6	Que for the Troops	2014-06-06

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)
2018	2	1	1	100%	top 21%	91.4%	91.1%
2017	3	1	0	33%	top 37%	92.8%	90.8%
2016	4	3	1	75%	top 20%	92.8%	91.2%
2015	3	1	0	100%	top 37%	92.2%	88.4%
2014	2	0	0	0%	top 51%	87.7%	86.9%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 44%	83.5%	83.5%

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	10 / 71 (658.1484)	10 (170.8572)	33 (159.3828)	4 (170.2628)	33 (157.6456)
2018-06-01	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	17 / 61 (654.2172)	31 (162.7884)	1 (173.7372)	38 (156.5716)	30 (161.1200)
2017-10-20	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	43 / 69 (642.1600)	37 (165.7028)	55 (150.8116)	43 (158.8000)	21 (166.8456)
2017-08-25	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	6 / 69 (667.8740)	11 (167.3712)	19 (164.5372)	2 (173.7028)	28 (162.2628)
2017-06-02	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	25 / 63 (650.2516)	36 (161.6800)	14 (165.6800)	13 (167.4172)	38 (155.4744)
2016-10-08	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	9 / 48 (667.8968)	16 (167.9656)	19 (162.8456)	13 (168.5600)	14 (168.5256)
2016-09-24	Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ	19 / 41 (639.3944)	20 (162.2856)	4 (171.4516)	20 (159.4400)	34 (146.2172)
2016-08-19	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	5 / 52 (650.8344)	30 (161.7832)	9 (165.7144)	24 (161.1316)	21 (162.8000)
2016-06-03	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	3 / 67 (667.9312)	2 (173.1428)	4 (168.5828)	1 (170.8572)	37 (155.3484)
2015-08-01	8th Annual Smokin at the Maples Manorville, NY	10 / 32 (622.2628)	15 (154.2744)	17 (154.8684)	6 (162.2972)	10 (150.8228)
2015-06-27	1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues Peconic, NY	11 / 21 (623.8400)	14 (150.2056)	13 (158.8116)	10 (151.9428)	5 (162.8800)
2015-06-05	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	14 / 54 (664.0344)	45 (156.5828)	14 (166.8344)	7 (173.1544)	14 (167.4628)
2014-08-16	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	26 / 60 (631.3260)	41 (153.7028)	19 (162.2744)	18 (161.0972)	31 (154.2516)
2014-06-06	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	38 / 65 (619.3256)	17 (162.8572)	23 (157.7144)	57 (149.1084)	40 (149.6456)
2013-08-09	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY	12 / 27 (601.0284)	11 (156.5256)	13 (151.9772)	18 (149.1428)	16 (143.3828)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1124 (235 pts)	#1279 (195 pts)	#949 (345 pts)	#1078 (270 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1075 (295 pts)	#1251 (250 pts)	#1221 (265 pts)	#888 (440 pts)	#1409 (200 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#682 (560 pts)	#773 (510 pts)	#623 (655 pts)	#712 (560 pts)	#1072 (315 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#895 (363 pts)	#1159 (268 pts)	#1048 (318 pts)	#806 (458 pts)	#858 (418 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1589 (150 pts)	#1497 (190 pts)	#1481 (190 pts)	#1519 (185 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1750 (117 pts)	#1792 (122 pts)	#1856 (112 pts)	#2022 (87 pts)	#1908 (97 pts)