A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GEORGE'S SMOKE PIT
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-04-11
latest 2014-09-05
Best ToY finish
#1161
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
594.39
last 3 Master vs avg 594.39 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.58)
Road miles
158
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
594.39 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
GEORGE'S SMOKE PIT 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 143 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.
#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with GEORGE'S SMOKE PIT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after GEORGE'S SMOKE PIT did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8684 | 122.2512 | 146.46 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2632 | 138.8000 | 143.58 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 145.0856 | 157.69 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4056 | 141.0860 | 146.65 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2014-04-11 → 2014-09-05
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Cooks most in
VA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.58)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
594.39
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
167
37–159 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
158
3 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair
- Peak power rating (1486) Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair
- First call Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8112 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score620.5372 10th Annual Recovery Fest
- Most recent contest 10th Annual Recovery Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.2 | 10th Annual Recovery Fest | 2014-09-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | 2014-04-11 |
| -3.8 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2014-05-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 72% | 86.2% | 82.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-05 | 10th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA | 16 / 32 (620.5372) | 11 (158.2744) | 25 (145.6916) | 13 (161.1656) | 18 (155.4056) |
| 2014-05-02 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 40 / 59 (613.0288) | 28 (158.8684) | 54 (146.2632) | 8 (166.8112) | 55 (141.0860) |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | 107 / 109 (549.6000) | 108 (122.2512) | 98 (138.8000) | 93 (145.0856) | 89 (143.4632) |
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 | #1161 (252 pts) | #1167 (277 pts) | #1405 (207 pts) | #977 (362 pts) | #1249 (242 pts) |