BIKER BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1455

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1568

peak 1585 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-20

latest 2018-09-22

Best ToY finish

#299

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2400 / 720

Master · Flames on the Flint

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.69 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 645.85 (-5.16)

Walk rate

59%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival

Consistency

±15.16

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.63)

Road miles

7,484

mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 929 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

645.85 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

High-water mark

682.2400 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2400 at Flames on the Flint — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-03-13

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SHADY CREW has finished one call ahead of BIKER BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

12–0 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 37%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.63
Chicken avg 165.02
2 calls in 27 entries

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WEEKEND SMOKERS in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

PIGHEADED BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PIGHEADED BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 11 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SWAMP BOYS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 27% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 27% across 4 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 43% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,484 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,484 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 929 miles to Lakeland Pig Festival.

27 mapped stops
furthest 929 mi

The metronome

±2.11% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.11% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.7% of a perfect score
27 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.

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

SHADY CREW

#1457 of the rated field

1567 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1612

2–7 in 9 shared contests (22% to BIKER BBQ)

These two have cooked 9 of the same contests — SHADY CREW ahead 7–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2020-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

KUDZU Q

#1456 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2017-08-04

⚔ Head-to-head

Dirty Little Pigs BBQ

#1459 of the rated field

1567 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1571

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 32 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 32 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS

#1448 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1597

No shared contest yet.

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-05-15

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Bearded Boar BBQ

#1454 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1580

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after BIKER BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-07-03

⚔ Head-to-head

CAMMO'S BBQ

#1447 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2017-11-10

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BRISKET BURNERS	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	10	1	3	178.2972	146.7656	165.02	top 40%
Pork Ribs	27	2	1	1	177.7028	142.2628	158.63	top 55%
Pork	27	6	0	1	174.2972	147.3828	162.26	top 44%
Brisket	27	6	0	1	172.5828	146.8228	159.94	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	Avg finish
NJ	7	top 36%
PA	5	top 45%
DE	4	top 52%
GA	4	top 55%
MD	3	top 26%
VA	2	top 57%
FL	2	top 26%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	20	0	top 39%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Que by the Sea	4	6	top 38%	2018-09-22
Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	3	15	top 46%	2016-03-11
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2	16	top 35%	2015-07-10

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-09-20 → 2018-09-22

Busiest season 2014 10 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NJ 7 of 27 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 21 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 27 entries · 1 win · 10 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.63)

Walk rate 59% a top-10 call in 16 of 27 contests

Overall top-10 rate 15% 4 of 27 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 645.85 out of 720 · 27 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 679 822–584 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 7,484 27 mapped stops · furthest 929 mi

Schedule strength 1545 average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1568 peak 1585 · #1455 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 20 First tracked contest Hogs & Hops Dover
2014
Jan 23 First call The Tiger Town Pig Festival
Jan 23 First category win (Pork Ribs) The Tiger Town Pig Festival
Jan 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1140 The Tiger Town Pig Festival
May 9 First overall top-10 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
May 30 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival
Sep 6 10th tracked contest Red, White and Que
2015
Mar 13 Career-best overall score682.2400 Flames on the Flint
2016
Sep 17 Peak power rating (1585) * Que by the Sea
2017
Sep 22 25th tracked contest *Que by the Sea
2018
Sep 22 Most recent contest *Que by the Sea

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival	2014-05-09
+11.4	* Que by the Sea	2016-09-17
+10.7	The Tiger Town Pig Festival	2014-01-23
+8	Que by the Sea	2014-09-20
+7.8	Flames on the Flint	2015-03-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	Keystone Classic BBQ	2017-10-06
-9	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)	2014-03-28
-7	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	2016-03-11
-6.4	*Que by the Sea	2017-09-22
-5.8	Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!	2016-09-23

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	1	0	0	100%	top 47%	89.1%	89.1%
2017	2	0	0	0%	top 75%	87.8%	87.5%
2016	6	1	0	67%	top 46%	91.4%	90%
2015	7	1	0	57%	top 36%	94.8%	90.8%
2014	10	2	2	70%	top 37%	92.4%	89.6%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	86%	86%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-22	*Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	20 / 43 (641.7028)	14 (165.1084)	29 (154.9144)	8 (166.8572)	28 (154.8228)
2017-10-06	Keystone Classic BBQ Harrisburg, PA	33 / 39 (627.9196)	27 (160.5256)	36 (149.7372)	27 (161.1428)	26 (156.5140)
2017-09-22	*Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	28 / 43 (631.8052)	42 (146.7656)	15 (165.1084)	14 (165.1084)	25 (154.8228)
2016-10-21	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	24 / 67 (649.0052)	30 (163.9656)	20 (163.9656)	33 (158.7884)	22 (162.2856)
2016-10-07	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	21 / 47 (653.0288)	10 (170.2744)	23 (162.8344)	39 (156.5028)	16 (163.4172)
2016-09-23	Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! Cape Charles, VA	14 / 22 (630.1372)	10 (160.0000)	18 (149.6572)	14 (160.5028)	11 (159.9772)
2016-09-17	* Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	6 / 44 (657.7256)	7 (170.2512)	22 (158.3316)	14 (162.2628)	7 (166.8800)
2016-04-01	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	23 / 54 (646.3888)	9 (170.3316)	8 (166.9144)	24 (162.3200)	47 (146.8228)
2016-03-11	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	66 / 89 (649.5772)	45 (166.2512)	66 (161.7260)	71 (159.9428)	57 (161.6572)
2015-10-02	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	13 / 57 (661.1088)	25 (164.5372)	28 (162.2744)	2 (174.2972)	29 (160.0000)
2015-07-10	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	29 / 65 (632.4800)	46 (155.9428)	13 (166.8572)	29 (157.6800)	30 (152.0000)
2015-05-29	Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	10 / 32 (659.9884)	14 (167.4056)	17 (165.1772)	26 (156.5600)	2 (170.8456)
2015-05-08	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	17 / 57 (648.4800)	9 (168.5600)	26 (159.3944)	5 (170.2628)	40 (150.2628)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	63 / 99 (623.9544)	87 (147.4284)	77 (151.9772)	20 (164.5716)	47 (159.9772)
2015-03-13	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	21 / 72 (682.2400)	27 (172.0000)	24 (170.8572)	49 (166.8228)	17 (172.5600)
2015-01-30	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	19 / 62 (668.5140)	41 (165.7144)	39 (161.6684)	16 (168.5484)	10 (172.5828)
2014-09-20	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	12 / 48 (644.0116)	2 (170.8572)	24 (156.0344)	24 (157.0972)	13 (160.0228)
2014-09-06	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	11 / 31 (633.6796)	5 (168.0228)	28 (142.2628)	10 (158.8456)	6 (164.5484)
2014-07-11	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	16 / 65 (630.8000)	11 (163.4172)	46 (147.4172)	20 (158.2856)	11 (161.6800)
2014-06-27	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	13 / 26 (650.7656)	18 (161.1084)	16 (158.8572)	5 (169.1200)	14 (161.6800)
2014-05-30	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	10 / 30 (650.2172)	1 (178.2972)	27 (144.5144)	9 (163.4056)	10 (164.0000)
2014-05-09	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD	6 / 43 (643.9544)	6 (168.0000)	19 (153.6800)	13 (159.9772)	10 (162.2972)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	50 / 109 (623.8396)	15 (166.2284)	38 (158.2628)	87 (147.3828)	60 (151.9656)
2014-03-28	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) Ashburn, GA	29 / 35 (650.1712)	17 (169.1084)	28 (160.5256)	21 (165.1316)	28 (155.4056)
2014-03-14	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	15 / 43 (665.0512)	2 (175.4172)	21 (166.8456)	29 (159.9656)	25 (162.8228)
2014-01-23	The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	15 / 69 (662.1140)	43 (159.9428)	1 (177.7028)	21 (165.6800)	40 (158.7884)
2013-09-20	Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE	29 / 45 (619.2224)	26 (159.9656)	39 (145.6228)	14 (163.9656)	25 (149.6684)

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	#1827 (85 pts)	#1742 (115 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1454 (155 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1583 (170 pts)	#1536 (175 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#691 (552 pts)	#589 (687 pts)	#757 (527 pts)	#854 (462 pts)	#687 (582 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#626 (582 pts)	#744 (497 pts)	#886 (402 pts)	#516 (752 pts)	#555 (672 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#299 (1186 pts)	#129 (1716 pts)	#383 (981 pts)	#335 (1071 pts)	#321 (1106 pts)