GRIM REAPER SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#2856

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1509

peak 1510 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-09

latest 2015-08-14

Best ToY finish

#1510

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

655.3940 / 720

Master · Que for the Troops

Perfect 180s

Current form

621.86 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 620.04 (+1.83)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Chicken · 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues

Consistency

±16.84

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.58 · weakest Pork (152.71)

Road miles

594

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)

Master avg

620.04 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 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 tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.87 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Pork avg 152.71
Chicken avg 159.58
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN IRISH in 3 of their 3 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.

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

GARDEN STATE PORKWAY

#2870 of the rated field

1509 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1518

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to GRIM REAPER SMOKERS)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-08-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Just For Fun BBQ

#2850 of the rated field

1509 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

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Pit4aking

#2869 of the rated field

1509 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2021-10-01

⚔ Head-to-head

The Pig's Blanket

#2853 of the rated field

1509 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-10-25

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BELLWOOD BBQ

#2871 of the rated field

1509 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Level with GRIM REAPER SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2014-05-09

⚔ Head-to-head

CLOVER RIDGE SMOKERS

#2845 of the rated field

1509 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-08-12

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
EASTERN BEAST BBQ TEAM	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	1	1	173.1544	146.2284	159.58	top 46%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	1	166.8228	145.6572	156.46	top 52%
Pork	7	0	0	0	160.0228	144.5028	152.71	top 56%
Brisket	7	2	0	0	170.2972	145.1316	153.78	top 45%

“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
NY	5	0	top 49%
PA	2	0	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 44%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hudson Valley Ribfest	2	20	0	top 45%	2015-08-14

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

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-08-09 → 2015-08-14

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NY 5 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 159.58 · weakest Pork (152.71)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 620.04 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 194 160–148 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 594 7 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi

Schedule strength 1528 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Power rating 1509 peak 1510 · #2856 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
Aug 9 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3940 Que for the Troops
Jun 5 Career-best overall score655.3940 Que for the Troops
Jun 27 First category win (Chicken) 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues
Jun 27 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1544 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues
Aug 1 Peak power rating (1510) 8th Annual Smokin at the Maples
Aug 14 Most recent contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.6	Que for the Troops	2014-06-06
+5.7	8th Annual Smokin at the Maples	2015-08-01
+1.5	Que for the Troops	2015-06-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.1	1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues	2015-06-27
-1.4	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2014-08-16
-1.2	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2015-08-14
-0.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-08-09

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	4	1	50%	top 52%	91%	87%
2014	2	0	50%	top 34%	88.2%	86%
2013	1	0	100%	top 56%	83.2%	83.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-08-14	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	32 / 57 (619.3944)	31 (156.5828)	26 (159.4172)	17 (158.2628)	43 (145.1316)
2015-08-01	8th Annual Smokin at the Maples Manorville, NY	12 / 32 (614.8004)	12 (156.5716)	11 (157.6800)	11 (154.8688)	17 (145.6800)
2015-06-27	1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues Peconic, NY	13 / 21 (617.0860)	1 (173.1544)	17 (151.4172)	14 (144.5028)	13 (148.0116)
2015-06-05	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	28 / 54 (655.3940)	10 (170.2856)	28 (163.9656)	48 (150.8456)	7 (170.2972)
2014-08-16	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	20 / 60 (602.6396)	37 (158.2172)	43 (150.2512)	42 (149.0512)	18 (158.8228)
2014-06-06	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	22 / 65 (635.3712)	39 (155.9884)	3 (166.8228)	27 (160.0228)	35 (152.5372)
2013-08-09	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY	15 / 27 (599.2572)	23 (146.2284)	21 (145.6572)	16 (151.4172)	8 (155.9544)

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	#1510 (165 pts)	#1666 (150 pts)	#1031 (325 pts)	#1668 (150 pts)	#1488 (185 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1832 (102 pts)	#2574 (62 pts)	#2423 (72 pts)	#1966 (97 pts)	#1575 (147 pts)