BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE

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

Power ranking

#5191

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1458

peak 1458 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-04-17

latest 2018-04-27

Best ToY finish

#1167

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

644.4456 / 720

Master · Peak City Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

620.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 619.41 (+1.51)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1200

Pork · Peak City Pigfest

Consistency

±13.88

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 157.35 · weakest Chicken (151.46)

Road miles

779

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 168 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

619.41 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Smokin it Up BBQ has finished one call ahead of BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.89 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Chicken avg 151.46
Pork Ribs avg 157.35
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLACK DOG BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition (2018-04-27).

last seen 2016-05-13
back 2018-04-27

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

Serial Griller ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Serial Griller has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

JAM'N HAMS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 64% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 64% across 3 contests, versus top 74% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 74% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.93% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.0% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

PRODIGAL REDNECK

#5172 of the rated field

1458 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2019-05-10

⚔ Head-to-head

Foundry BBQ

#5190 of the rated field

1458 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1458

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 2026-08-28

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BRAVA - Q

#5184 of the rated field

1458 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-08-25

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BIG ED'S MSU BBQ

#5202 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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One Love BBQ

#5199 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-04-10

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COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC

#5214 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Level with BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
FIRESIDE ALCHEMY	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
POKE N SMOKE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
NEW REVOLUTION Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	160.5484	135.9656	151.46	top 79%
Pork Ribs	8	0	163.4288	150.2516	157.35	top 63%
Pork	8	2	169.1200	149.0856	157.27	top 63%
Brisket	8	0	160.5372	143.3600	153.34	top 64%

“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
VA	6	top 75%
MD	1	top 76%
NC	1	top 64%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 58%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Jamboree	2	40	0	top 67%	2016-05-13

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

On the trail 3 yrs 2015-04-17 → 2018-04-27

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 6 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 157.35 · weakest Chicken (151.46)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 619.41 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 259 108–315 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 779 8 mapped stops · furthest 168 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2016-05-13 → 2018-04-27

Power rating 1458 peak 1458 · #5191 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Apr 17 First tracked contest 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
Apr 17 Peak power rating (1489) 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
May 15 First call Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
Jun 19 Career-best overall score644.4456 Peak City Pigfest
Jun 19 Career-best single call (Pork)169.1200 Peak City Pigfest
2018
Apr 27 Most recent contest Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition	2015-04-17
-8.9	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition	2018-04-27
-7.7	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ	2015-07-31
-6.2	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin	2016-04-29
-3.9	BBQ Jamboree	2016-05-13

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 91%	85.1%	85.1%
2016	2	0%	top 76%	86.5%	86%
2015	5	40%	top 70%	89.5%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-04-27	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA	41 / 45 (613.0056)	28 (160.5484)	42 (150.2516)	33 (158.8456)	42 (143.3600)
2016-05-13	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	52 / 72 (622.7544)	65 (150.8000)	29 (162.8572)	61 (152.5600)	41 (156.5372)
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	38 / 48 (615.9548)	47 (136.5372)	22 (163.4288)	30 (159.9772)	31 (156.0116)
2015-07-31	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	41 / 54 (608.4348)	41 (155.9544)	40 (151.4288)	49 (149.0856)	35 (151.9660)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	29 / 45 (644.4456)	42 (155.3828)	27 (159.4056)	8 (169.1200)	27 (160.5372)
2015-05-15	Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA	21 / 36 (632.5028)	21 (157.6684)	18 (160.0344)	8 (168.0000)	26 (146.8000)
2015-05-08	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	40 / 65 (622.2284)	35 (158.8228)	38 (158.2628)	43 (150.2628)	33 (154.8800)
2015-04-17	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA	41 / 46 (595.9428)	45 (135.9656)	36 (153.0972)	39 (150.2856)	24 (156.5944)

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	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1790 (135 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1167 (240 pts)	#1254 (240 pts)	#1266 (240 pts)	#1015 (335 pts)	#1198 (245 pts)