THE OUTLAW BBQ NY

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

Power ranking

#5645

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1446

peak 1446 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-06-13

latest 2019-08-16

Best ToY finish

#1229

Master 2017

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

665.0284 / 720

Master · Hudson Valley Ribfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

609.79 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 605.90 (+3.89)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

165.6684

Chicken · Sun BBQ Fest

Consistency

±26.00

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 157.03 · weakest Brisket (143.85)

Road miles

1,385

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 149 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$43K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

605.90 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

665.0284 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.0284 at Hudson Valley Ribfest — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-08-18

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 63%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 63%

A tough matchup

12–2 behind in the head-to-head

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−13.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.18 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 143.85
Chicken avg 157.03
0 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Chain Smokers in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 12 of 14 shared chicken entries.

An August team

Top 39% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 39% across 5 contests, versus top 74% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 74% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Hudson Valley Ribfest every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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.

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

SMOKIN' CATTLE DOG BBQ

#5632 of the rated field

1447 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1447

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to THE OUTLAW BBQ NY)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE OUTLAW BBQ NY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM

#5644 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2018-09-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Half-Inked BBQ

#5636 of the rated field

1447 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1447

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

⚔ Head-to-head

UNCLE BUTCH BBQ

#5654 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-07-26

⚔ Head-to-head

DESPERADO

#5661 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE OUTLAW BBQ NY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2017-06-02

⚔ Head-to-head

KEN'S BURNT ENDS

#5657 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before THE OUTLAW BBQ NY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Handsome Devil	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	12	2	9	17%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	12	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
GREENWITCH QUE CO.	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
JOHN'S TWISTED Q	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	0	165.6684	143.9428	157.03	top 72%
Pork Ribs	15	0	155.3716	125.6112	148.03	top 84%
Pork	15	1	160.5712	135.4056	149.25	top 82%
Brisket	15	0	156.5372	122.2060	143.85	top 87%

“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
CT	8	top 91%
NY	5	top 39%
MA	1	top 97%
VT	1	top 87%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 94%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Hudson Valley Ribfest	5	2	top 39%	2019-08-16
Sun BBQ Fest	4	48	top 90%	2018-06-02
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	3	29	top 96%	2019-05-04

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2015-06-13 → 2019-08-16

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CT 9 of 16 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 157.03 · weakest Brisket (143.85)

Walk rate 6% a top-10 call in 1 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 19% 3 of 16 contests

Master average 605.90 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 267 203–542 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,385 16 mapped stops · furthest 149 mi

Schedule strength 1570 average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests

Purse competed for $43,200 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Power rating 1446 peak 1446 · #5645 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 2 First tracked contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
Jun 13 Peak power rating (1487) Sun BBQ Fest
Aug 14 First call Hudson Valley Ribfest
2016
Aug 19 First overall top-10 Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 19 First overall podium Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 19 First Reserve Championship Hudson Valley Ribfest
Aug 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8456 Hudson Valley Ribfest
2017
Jun 3 Career-best single call (Chicken)165.6684 Sun BBQ Fest
Aug 18 Career-best overall score665.0284 Hudson Valley Ribfest
Oct 14 10th tracked contest Bay State BBQ Championship
2019
Aug 16 Most recent contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.1	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2016-08-19
+15.1	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2017-08-18
+12.6	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2019-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.7	Hudson Valley Ribfest	2015-08-14
-12.7	Sun BBQ Fest	2015-06-13
-10.1	Bay State BBQ Championship	2017-10-14
-9.6	Sun BBQ Fest	2016-06-11
-9.6	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2019-05-04

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	3	1	0%	top 65%	86.4%	83.6%
2018	3	0	0%	top 83%	87.4%	85%
2017	4	1	0%	top 70%	92.4%	85.9%
2016	3	1	0%	top 63%	92.1%	85.2%
2015	3	0	33%	top 96%	80.1%	80%

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	8 / 53 (662.6968)	49 (149.6572)	46 (149.6344)	47 (149.0972)	34 (156.5372)
2019-06-01	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	49 / 61 (622.1600)	28 (165.1200)	50 (151.9544)	54 (152.5256)	53 (152.5600)
2019-05-04	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT	29 / 29 (580.9828)	18 (164.0000)	28 (130.2400)	26 (145.6228)	29 (141.1200)
2018-08-17	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	42 / 58 (628.9828)	27 (165.0972)	48 (154.2284)	47 (153.6456)	37 (156.0116)
2018-06-02	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	48 / 59 (611.8972)	51 (154.2400)	49 (151.4400)	49 (153.0972)	44 (153.1200)
2018-05-05	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	38 / 40 (594.6624)	31 (157.1084)	33 (150.2512)	37 (147.3600)	39 (139.9428)
2017-10-14	Bay State BBQ Championship Monson, MA	29 / 30 (606.7428)	28 (157.0972)	28 (149.0972)	29 (149.6912)	27 (150.8572)
2017-08-18	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	5 / 59 (665.0284)	40 (155.9428)	46 (150.2516)	27 (160.5372)	50 (143.9544)
2017-07-29	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival WINDSOR, VT	26 / 30 (599.8856)	15 (163.4400)	25 (153.0972)	29 (142.2284)	25 (141.1200)
2017-06-03	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	63 / 73 (601.4512)	27 (165.6684)	51 (155.3716)	66 (148.5028)	69 (131.9084)
2016-08-19	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	2 / 52 (662.8456)	48 (150.7884)	45 (149.1200)	45 (142.8000)	51 (137.7256)
2016-06-11	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	65 / 69 (582.7312)	53 (157.1084)	64 (147.9544)	68 (135.4056)	62 (142.2628)
2016-04-30	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	36 / 39 (594.6172)	23 (157.0856)	27 (153.6572)	35 (145.6800)	36 (138.1944)
2015-08-14	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	54 / 57 (575.2572)	50 (143.9428)	44 (148.5372)	10 (160.5712)	57 (122.2060)
2015-06-13	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	51 / 52 (576.9824)	51 (149.1084)	52 (125.6112)	41 (152.0228)	41 (150.2400)
2015-05-02	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	—	—	—	—	—

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	#1284 (174 pts)	#1202 (209 pts)	#1334 (174 pts)	#1347 (174 pts)	#1332 (174 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1229 (230 pts)	#1175 (280 pts)	#1329 (230 pts)	#1320 (230 pts)	#1309 (230 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1454 (180 pts)	#1485 (190 pts)	#1542 (180 pts)	#1564 (180 pts)	#1503 (180 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1458 (195 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)