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.
NORTHERN LIGHTS SMOKEHOUSE has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 144 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NORTHERN LIGHTS SMOKEHOUSE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with NORTHERN LIGHTS SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7484 | 156.0116 | 156.88 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8344 | 143.4400 | 147.14 | top 89% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 138.7884 | 150.25 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140.5488 | 131.9428 | 136.25 | top 95% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-11 | Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT | 67 / 69 (579.3140) | 51 (157.7484) | 62 (150.8344) | 66 (138.7884) | 66 (131.9428) |
| 2015-09-05 | Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships Hartford, CT | 15 / 17 (601.7032) | 12 (156.0116) | 15 (143.4400) | 12 (161.7028) | 16 (140.5488) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1965 (92 pts) | #1953 (107 pts) | #2021 (92 pts) | #1977 (107 pts) | #2048 (87 pts) |