High-water mark
674.2972
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2972 at Sun BBQ Fest — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-06-03
POOR HOUSE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2014-06-13
latest 2018-06-02
Best ToY finish
#1470
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.20 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 622.32 (+2.88)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.84 · weakest Brisket (153.78)
Road miles
787
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 208 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
622.32 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
Pork Butt Paradise ahead in 86% of their meetings
Pork Butt Paradise has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.06 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.
- Brisket avg 153.78
- Chicken avg 158.84
- 0 calls in 7 entries
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.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1465
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after POOR HOUSE BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with POOR HOUSE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 45 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Butt Paradise | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Aces | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| A MAZIE Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ELJEFE SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BOO BOO QUED | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DOWN BELOW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 148.5256 | 158.84 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5944 | 147.9200 | 154.76 | top 71% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 146.8344 | 154.93 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 138.8916 | 153.78 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NH | 4 | 0 | top 84% |
| CT | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| ME | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 60% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun BBQ Fest | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 51% | 2018-06-02 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-06-13 → 2018-06-02
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NH
4 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.84 · weakest Brisket (153.78)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
622.32
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
159
92–188 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
787
7 mapped stops · furthest 208 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #4881 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 call Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1486) Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2972 Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score674.2972 Sun BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5944 Sun BBQ Fest
- 2018
- Most recent contest Sun BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | Sun BBQ Fest | 2017-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship | 2014-06-13 |
| -9.6 | Granite State BBQ Championship | 2016-06-04 |
| -6.9 | Sun BBQ Fest | 2018-06-02 |
| -6.5 | *Great Maine BBQ Challenge | 2017-09-22 |
| -6.4 | Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest | 2015-05-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93.7% | 90.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 86.2% | 84.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-02 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 50 / 59 (600.5144) | 55 (149.6800) | 40 (155.4516) | 45 (155.4400) | 54 (139.9428) |
| 2017-09-22 | *Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME | 17 / 29 (633.0284) | 9 (165.1084) | 25 (149.6800) | 13 (162.2628) | 18 (155.9772) |
| 2017-06-03 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 13 / 73 (674.2972) | 22 (166.8800) | 4 (172.5944) | 39 (162.8456) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2016-06-04 | Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH | 30 / 32 (618.8000) | 32 (148.5256) | 25 (154.2972) | 28 (153.7028) | 13 (162.2744) |
| 2015-06-20 | Rock'N RibFest 2015 Merrimack, NH | 12 / 16 (599.3488) | 9 (154.2628) | 14 (150.2400) | 14 (146.8344) | 13 (148.0116) |
| 2015-05-29 | Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH | 38 / 49 (620.9372) | 30 (159.9656) | 46 (147.9200) | 38 (153.6572) | 26 (159.3944) |
| 2014-06-13 | Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship Merrimack, NH | 25 / 28 (609.2800) | 9 (167.4628) | 22 (153.1428) | 23 (149.7828) | 26 (138.8916) |
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) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #2178 (75 pts) | #1398 (210 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #1741 (130 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2879 (57 pts) | #2890 (57 pts) | #2899 (57 pts) | #2896 (57 pts) | #2001 (117 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1470 (166 pts) | #1454 (186 pts) | #1607 (156 pts) | #1611 (156 pts) | #1553 (161 pts) |