A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MAGO POINT BARBECUE CO
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-28
latest 2015-08-29
Best ToY finish
#1521
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.26
last 3 Master vs avg 609.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.69
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.42 · weakest Brisket (146.46)
Road miles
10
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
609.26 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Sun BBQ Fest (2015-06-13).
- last seen 2013-09-28
- back 2015-06-13
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.
MAGO POINT BARBECUE CO has 3 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 150 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after MAGO POINT BARBECUE CO did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Level with MAGO POINT BARBECUE CO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.3084 | 148.5256 | 151.58 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 151.4628 | 159.42 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 142.2628 | 151.80 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9656 | 138.8572 | 146.46 | top 85% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Best BBQ Chef Competition | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 77% | 2015-08-29 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-09-28 → 2015-08-29
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CT
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.42 · weakest Brisket (146.46)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.26
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
70
19–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
10
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2013-09-28 → 2015-06-13
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- First call The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- Career-best overall score622.7196 The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1084 The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- Peak power rating (1496) The Best BBQ Chef Competition
- 2015
- Most recent contest The Best BBQ Chef Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Sun BBQ Fest | 2015-06-13 |
| -8.1 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition | 2015-08-29 |
| -3.9 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition | 2013-09-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.8% | 83.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-29 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT | 15 / 17 (594.2168) | 15 (148.5256) | 15 (151.4628) | 16 (142.2628) | 13 (151.9656) |
| 2015-06-13 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 44 / 52 (610.8340) | 47 (154.3084) | 42 (157.6800) | 43 (150.2856) | 45 (148.5600) |
| 2013-09-28 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT | 17 / 26 (622.7196) | 19 (151.9084) | 4 (169.1084) | 8 (162.8456) | 24 (138.8572) |
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 | #1521 (152 pts) | #1623 (152 pts) | #1637 (152 pts) | #1639 (147 pts) | #1550 (162 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1891 (91 pts) | #2026 (81 pts) | #1363 (201 pts) | #1642 (146 pts) | #2656 (56 pts) |