YOURS IN BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2568

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1517

peak 1517 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-07-12

latest 2019-08-16

Best ToY finish

#1808

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

658.3200 / 720

Master · Hudson Valley Ribfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.43 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 641.21 (-0.78)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4400

Chicken · Pork in the Park

Consistency

±12.11

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.78 · weakest Pork (156.47)

Road miles

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.21 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

Chicken Chokers ahead in 86% of their meetings

Chicken Chokers has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.31 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Pork avg 156.47
Pork Ribs avg 162.78
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GOT PORK? GOT BEER? in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Hudson Valley Ribfest every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 16th

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.

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

SMOKIN' WEAD BBQ

#2576 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1535

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to YOURS IN BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team YOURS IN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

⚔ Head-to-head

MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ

#2579 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-08-17

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Gen U Wine Swine

#2555 of the rated field

1518 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before YOURS IN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Ribs in Peace

#2572 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-17

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PO BACON BBQ

#2570 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

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CAPTAIN PJ'S BBQ

#2566 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-05-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ACK-QUE	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BIG KEV'S BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
RIBS WITHIN	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	6	1	4	17%	⚔ compare
GOT PORK? GOT BEER?	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
KING COAL AND THE SOUL SMOKERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
A-SALTED BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Handsome Devil	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
3 Muskabeers	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	1	1	171.4400	153.1316	161.62	top 50%
Pork Ribs	7	2	0	1	170.8916	153.6800	162.78	top 37%
Pork	7	1	0	0	169.7600	143.9656	156.47	top 57%
Brisket	7	2	0	0	165.1656	150.8572	160.34	top 38%

“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
NY	6	0	top 35%
CT	1	0	top 40%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 35%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hudson Valley Ribfest	6	16	0	top 35%	2019-08-16

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.1 yrs 2014-07-12 → 2019-08-16

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NY 6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 2 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.78 · weakest Pork (156.47)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 641.21 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 168 181–170 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 58 7 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi

Schedule strength 1548 average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests

Purse competed for $9,500 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2015-08-14 → 2016-08-19

Power rating 1517 peak 1517 · #2568 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jul 12 First tracked contest Pork in the Park
Jul 12 First call Pork in the Park
Jul 12 First category win (Chicken) Pork in the Park
Jul 12 First overall top-10 Pork in the Park
Jul 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4400 Pork in the Park
2016
Aug 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0740 Hudson Valley Ribfest
2018
Aug 17 Career-best overall score658.3200 Hudson Valley Ribfest
2019
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1517) Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 16 Most recent contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.4	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2018-08-17
+6.2	Pork in the Park	2014-07-12
+5.8	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2015-08-14
+1.5	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2019-08-16
+1.3	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2014-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.5	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2017-08-18
-1.4	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2016-08-19

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)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 30%	—	—
2018	1	0	0	100%	top 33%	91.4%	91.4%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 41%	89.2%	89.2%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 40%	90.1%	90.1%
2015	1	0	0	0%	top 35%	88.3%	88.3%
2014	2	1	1	100%	top 35%	89.8%	89.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-08-16	Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY	16 / 53 (479.9768)	43 (156.5372)	39 (154.2860)	40 (154.8572)	43 (150.8572)
2018-08-17	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	19 / 58 (658.3200)	26 (165.1200)	27 (162.8800)	6 (169.7600)	23 (160.5600)
2017-08-18	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	24 / 59 (642.2400)	10 (170.2856)	39 (153.6800)	41 (154.2516)	18 (164.0228)
2016-08-19	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	21 / 52 (649.0740)	44 (154.7884)	14 (164.5944)	18 (165.7028)	16 (163.9884)
2015-08-14	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	20 / 57 (635.9888)	26 (160.0116)	13 (166.8572)	29 (154.8000)	28 (154.3200)
2014-08-16	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	18 / 60 (639.4632)	42 (153.1316)	4 (170.8916)	37 (151.9772)	10 (163.4628)
2014-07-12	Pork in the Park Stamford, CT	8 / 20 (646.8340)	1 (171.4400)	3 (166.2628)	19 (143.9656)	4 (165.1656)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1808 (90 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1380 (175 pts)	#1939 (70 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2173 (65 pts)	#1722 (135 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2055 (95 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2140 (80 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2042 (115 pts)	#2141 (95 pts)	#2086 (105 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2000 (85 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1892 (110 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#1327 (225 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)