A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
MEN OF ERIN BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1519 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2017-09-01
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.52 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 636.68 (+0.84)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.47 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.25)
Road miles
17
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.68 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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 weak link
−12.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.22 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 152.25
- Pork avg 164.47
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of KC Rib doctor in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Griswold Grillers has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A June team
Top 33%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 33% across 4 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 48% 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.
112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2880 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MEN OF ERIN BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MEN OF ERIN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2883 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MEN OF ERIN BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2872 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MEN OF ERIN BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 11 contests to 6.
⚔ Head-to-head#2873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1558
0–5 in 5 shared contests (0% to MEN OF ERIN BBQ)
36 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after MEN OF ERIN BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2895 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Level with MEN OF ERIN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC Rib doctor | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK 'N MINDY | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEY JOKERS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Fork BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| PARK AVENUE PORK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin on Cloud 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Dead Last BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 3 GUYS WITH WOOD | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| FUNNY FARM BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BROWNIES BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 158.2400 | 164.06 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 141.6572 | 152.25 | top 71% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 155.4284 | 164.47 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 150.2284 | 155.89 | top 58% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 3 | 43 | 0 | top 35% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2017-09-01
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.47 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.25)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
636.68
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
735
572–677 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
17
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1508
peak 1519 · #2884 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6456 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score649.6456 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5484 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1519) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| +6.9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| +4.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| +2.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| -3.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2013-09-27 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.8% | 87.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 23% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 369 / 407 (613.0512) | 319 (158.2400) | 398 (141.6572) | 349 (155.4284) | 295 (157.7256) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 52 / 184 (646.2056) | 75 (160.5372) | 106 (158.8228) | 12 (172.5484) | 107 (154.2972) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 80 / 183 (637.6228) | 29 (168.5256) | 142 (151.9772) | 57 (164.5828) | 123 (152.5372) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 69 / 183 (641.0740) | 107 (158.8228) | 127 (154.2400) | 58 (164.0228) | 47 (163.9884) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 43 / 184 (649.6456) | 16 (170.8456) | 49 (164.0116) | 47 (164.5600) | 124 (150.2284) |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 70 / 114 (632.4572) | 24 (167.3944) | 108 (142.7884) | 35 (165.7028) | 62 (156.5716) |
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 | #1970 (75 pts) | #2030 (80 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |