GOT PORK? GOT BEER?

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

Power ranking

#4303

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1476 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-16

latest 2019-08-16

Best ToY finish

#2084

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

659.3372 / 720

Master · Hudson Valley Ribfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

634.96

last 5 Master vs avg 634.96 (+0.00)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1200

Brisket · Hudson Valley Ribfest

Consistency

±14.36

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.78 · weakest Brisket (155.05)

Road miles

mi across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

634.96 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB ahead in 100% of their meetings

PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.73 points below their pork, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 60%.

Brisket avg 155.05
Pork avg 164.78
2 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Chain Smokers in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Hudson Valley Ribfest (2016-08-19).

last seen 2014-08-16
back 2016-08-19

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Hudson Valley Ribfest every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 18th

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.

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

Babylon Grillbillies

#4319 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1538

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to GOT PORK? GOT BEER?)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Babylon Grillbillies ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2026-05-02

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Tom Tom Bob A Que

#4302 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1476

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to GOT PORK? GOT BEER?)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 39 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2024-07-13

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Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ

#4293 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Cowabunga BBQ

#4308 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1476

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-08-23

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CARNIVORES GOLD

#4314 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1476

No shared contest yet.

Level with GOT PORK? GOT BEER? on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-10-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Drunken Fog

#4309 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1476

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-09-24

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THREE DOGS BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BIG KEV'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
RIBS WITHIN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
YOURS IN BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	168.5484	145.0972	158.48	top 59%
Pork Ribs	5	0	165.1200	147.9888	156.66	top 63%
Pork	5	3	168.5944	157.6688	164.78	top 29%
Brisket	5	2	169.1200	138.1828	155.05	top 51%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hudson Valley Ribfest	5	18	0	top 55%	2019-08-16

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

On the trail 5 yrs 2014-08-16 → 2019-08-16

Busiest season 2019 1 contest

Contests a season 1 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NY 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.78 · weakest Brisket (155.05)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 5 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 5 contests

Master average 634.96 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 138 73–206 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1554 average field rating faced — tougher than 41% 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 2 yrs 2014-08-16 → 2016-08-19

Power rating 1476 peak 1476 · #4303 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 16 First tracked contest Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 16 First call Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1491) Hudson Valley Ribfest
2016
Aug 19 Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1200 Hudson Valley Ribfest
2019
Aug 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3372 Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 16 Career-best overall score659.3372 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
+2	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2019-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2014-08-16
-6.6	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2017-08-18
-6	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2016-08-19
-3.8	Hudson Valley Ribfest	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)
2019	1	100%	top 34%	91.6%	91.6%
2018	1	100%	top 74%	87%	87%
2017	1	100%	top 51%	87.9%	87.9%
2016	1	100%	top 52%	88.8%	88.8%
2014	1	100%	top 63%	85.6%	85.6%

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	18 / 53 (659.3372)	20 (166.2628)	21 (165.1200)	28 (161.1088)	9 (166.8456)
2018-08-17	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	43 / 58 (626.7432)	55 (145.0972)	35 (160.5372)	9 (167.9888)	42 (153.1200)
2017-08-18	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	30 / 59 (633.0972)	13 (168.5484)	51 (147.9888)	9 (168.5944)	46 (147.9656)
2016-08-19	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	27 / 52 (639.2804)	47 (152.5256)	27 (159.9660)	27 (157.6688)	4 (169.1200)
2014-08-16	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	38 / 60 (616.3424)	31 (159.9656)	45 (149.6684)	5 (168.5256)	48 (138.1828)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#1406 (210 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#1457 (200 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)