Broke Bob's BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4552

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1471

peak 1514 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2018-08-17

Best ToY finish

#1490

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

639.9998 / 720

Master · Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

612.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 617.93 (-5.26)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1428

Pork Ribs · VA BBQ Championships

Consistency

±16.79

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 158.28 · weakest Brisket (150.40)

Road miles

699

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

617.93 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

9–2 behind in the head-to-head

SAUCE THIS BBQ ahead in 82% of their meetings

SAUCE THIS BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.88 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 150.40
Pork avg 158.28
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BANG BANG BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 11 shared pork entries lost

SAUCE THIS BBQ ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SAUCE THIS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 11 shared pork entries.

A May team

Top 56% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 56% across 3 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 65% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.33% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.33% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 85.8% of a perfect score
11 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.

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

C'mon Que

#4544 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1511 at their best, 39 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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DBQ

#4557 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-05-27

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Smokin Critters

#4567 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-03-31

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J & M BAR B Q

#4539 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-06-29

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PIGLET ENEMY

#4540 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1472

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-10-06

⚔ Head-to-head

RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ

#4562 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before Broke Bob's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SAUCE THIS BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Big D's BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Walk The Swine	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
DON'T KNOW JACK BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	0	165.1428	142.7768	154.67	top 65%
Pork Ribs	11	1	169.1428	140.5260	154.58	top 59%
Pork	11	0	166.8572	146.8228	158.28	top 51%
Brisket	11	0	159.9998	136.5144	150.40	top 70%

“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
DE	5	top 67%
MD	4	top 62%
VA	2	top 70%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 64%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.3 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2018-08-17

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in DE 5 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 158.28 · weakest Brisket (150.40)

Walk rate 9% a top-10 call in 1 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 617.93 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 338 249–418 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 699 11 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs 2017-04-07 → 2018-08-17

Power rating 1471 peak 1514 · #4552 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
Apr 19 Career-best overall score639.9998 Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 17 Peak power rating (1514) Middletown BBQ Cook Off
2015
Aug 21 First call VA BBQ Championships
Aug 21 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1428 VA BBQ Championships
2017
Apr 7 10th tracked contest Boss Frogs BBQ
2018
Aug 17 Most recent contest Smokin on The Dock of the Bay

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	2013-04-19
+2.7	Middletown BBQ Cook Off	2013-05-17
+2.7	Boo B Que By the Sea	2015-10-30

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval	2016-04-08
-9.6	Boss Frogs BBQ	2017-04-07
-9.4	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair	2014-04-11
-4.8	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival	2015-04-10
-3.8	Smokin on The Dock of the Bay	2018-08-17

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 78%	84.3%	84.3%
2017	1	0%	top 96%	84.8%	84.8%
2016	2	0%	top 79%	86.8%	84.2%
2015	3	33%	top 64%	88.1%	87.2%
2014	2	0%	top 69%	87.4%	84.7%
2013	2	0%	top 29%	88.9%	87.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-17	Smokin on The Dock of the Bay Crisfield, MD	25 / 32 (607.2688)	22 (158.2400)	20 (155.4288)	28 (146.8228)	24 (146.7772)
2017-04-07	Boss Frogs BBQ Hurlock, MD	43 / 45 (610.6508)	44 (142.7768)	23 (160.5256)	26 (161.1428)	42 (146.2056)
2016-05-20	Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA	16 / 23 (625.0288)	12 (161.6800)	13 (157.0972)	22 (150.8344)	16 (155.4172)
2016-04-08	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	67 / 75 (587.3484)	65 (148.5028)	63 (146.2972)	50 (153.7256)	71 (138.8228)
2015-10-30	Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE	30 / 59 (633.0056)	53 (149.6344)	11 (165.1084)	17 (162.2856)	31 (155.9772)
2015-08-21	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	32 / 46 (634.2052)	40 (151.4284)	8 (169.1428)	41 (155.4056)	31 (158.2284)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	70 / 99 (616.9944)	90 (145.6456)	83 (149.6800)	12 (166.8572)	60 (154.8116)
2014-05-30	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	17 / 30 (629.6112)	11 (162.2856)	20 (154.2400)	12 (160.5716)	21 (152.5140)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	89 / 109 (589.6348)	67 (154.8572)	94 (140.5260)	43 (157.7372)	98 (136.5144)
2013-05-17	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	23 / 56 (623.4286)	17 (161.1428)	31 (151.9998)	13 (161.1430)	39 (149.1430)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	18 / 106 (639.9998)	19 (165.1428)	66 (150.2858)	20 (164.5714)	24 (159.9998)

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	#2516 (57 pts)	#1943 (72 pts)	#1909 (82 pts)	#2520 (57 pts)	#1985 (62 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2244 (70 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1613 (153 pts)	#1624 (173 pts)	#1637 (168 pts)	#1866 (123 pts)	#1674 (153 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1424 (190 pts)	#1357 (225 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1490 (170 pts)	#1453 (200 pts)	#1629 (155 pts)	#1480 (195 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)