A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Pork Butt Paradise ahead in 75% of their meetings
Pork Butt Paradise has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
RIVERSIDE BARBEQUE COMPANY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1504 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-06-13
latest 2015-08-14
Best ToY finish
#1448
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.56
last 5 Master vs avg 611.56 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.13)
Road miles
237
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
611.56 / 720
4 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.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
PIT FIENDS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
RIVERSIDE BARBEQUE COMPANY has 4 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 126 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.
#4070 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1517
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RIVERSIDE BARBEQUE COMPANY)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RIVERSIDE BARBEQUE COMPANY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after RIVERSIDE BARBEQUE COMPANY did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with RIVERSIDE BARBEQUE COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8684 | 146.2856 | 153.41 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4400 | 145.6572 | 149.13 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4056 | 149.0512 | 154.24 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5488 | 125.6800 | 150.41 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| NH | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 91% | 2015-08-14 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2014-06-13 → 2015-08-14
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ME
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.13)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
611.56
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
61
27–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
237
4 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1481
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score629.0740 Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1504) Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship
- 2015
- First call Rock'N RibFest 2015
- Career-best single call (Brisket)164.5488 Rock'N RibFest 2015
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.9 | Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship | 2014-06-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-08-08 |
| -9.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-08-14 |
| -2.7 | Rock'N RibFest 2015 | 2015-06-20 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 87% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 87.4% | 83.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME | 24 / 26 (615.8516) | 25 (154.2516) | 25 (145.6572) | 20 (159.4056) | 18 (156.5372) |
| 2015-06-20 | Rock'N RibFest 2015 Merrimack, NH | 10 / 16 (626.7544) | 11 (154.2400) | 13 (151.4400) | 10 (156.5256) | 7 (164.5488) |
| 2014-08-08 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME | 25 / 28 (571.9200) | 27 (146.2856) | 24 (147.9772) | 24 (151.9772) | 28 (125.6800) |
| 2014-06-13 | Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship Merrimack, NH | 6 / 28 (629.0740) | 18 (158.8684) | 25 (151.4400) | 25 (149.0512) | 20 (154.8572) |
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 | #1448 (172 pts) | #1584 (162 pts) | #1637 (152 pts) | #1468 (192 pts) | #1266 (232 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1861 (116 pts) | #1778 (141 pts) | #1964 (111 pts) | #1984 (111 pts) | #1832 (131 pts) |