e2BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2046

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1536

peak 1539 · rated over 26 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-30

latest 2021-03-26

Best ToY finish

#448

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 35 contests

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

682.7656 / 720

Master · Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.13 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.37 (+3.76)

Walk rate

51%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7028

Brisket · 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

Consistency

±15.19

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.92 · weakest Pork (159.99)

Road miles

6,814

mi across 35 mapped stops · furthest 976 mi

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Purse competed for

$29K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.37 / 720

27 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.

High-water mark

682.7656 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.7656 at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-11-10

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 35%

A tough matchup

17–0 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 100% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.93 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 33%.

Pork avg 159.99
Chicken avg 167.92
4 calls in 27 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of House of Smoke NC in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

14 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 17 shared chicken entries.

An August team

Top 30% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 30% across 3 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 53% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,814 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,814 miles across 35 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 976 miles to City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival.

35 mapped stops
furthest 976 mi

The metronome

±2.11% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.11% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
35 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.

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

FOOTHILLS BBQ COMPANY

#2058 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1536

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to e2BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team e2BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke on the Water

#2065 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2025-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

The Pig Lebowski

#2043 of the rated field

1536 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 35, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

DUB TOWN SMOKERS

#2044 of the rated field

1536 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

29 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2019-10-04

⚔ Head-to-head

BOURBON & BONES

#2056 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before e2BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Pork Bombin BBQ

#2051 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after e2BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
3N1 Q	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
DIRTY POSSUM BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
GRATE SMOKE	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	9	1	174.2856	151.9660	167.92	top 39%
Pork Ribs	27	6	1	175.4400	133.5084	161.95	top 54%
Pork	27	4	0	171.4172	149.0856	159.99	top 63%
Brisket	27	6	0	177.7028	146.8000	162.52	top 49%

“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	12	top 53%
NC	12	top 58%
MO	2	top 43%
TX	1	top 18%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 51%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)	3	23	top 55%	2021-03-26
Que & Cruz	2	14	top 61%	2019-10-04
Jiggy With the Piggy	2	30	top 53%	2018-05-04
Hog Happnin'	2	20	top 61%	2016-11-04

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.6 yrs 2014-08-30 → 2021-03-26

Busiest season 2017 10 contests

Contests a season 5 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 16 of 35 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 22 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 27 entries · 0 wins · 9 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.92 · weakest Pork (159.99)

Walk rate 51% a top-10 call in 18 of 35 contests

Overall top-10 rate 9% 3 of 35 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 652.37 out of 720 · 27 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,028 913–958 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,814 35 mapped stops · furthest 976 mi

Schedule strength 1578 average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests

Purse competed for $28,500 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs 2019-10-04 → 2021-03-26

Power rating 1536 peak 1539 · #2046 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 30 First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 30 First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5028 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
2016
Jun 17 10th tracked contest Peak City Pigfest
Aug 26 First overall top-10 Boydton's Big Bad BBQ
2017
Sep 22 25th tracked contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Nov 10 Career-best overall score682.7656 Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL)
2019
Oct 4 Peak power rating (1539) Que & Cruz
2021
Mar 26 Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.4	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL)	2017-11-10
+12.4	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1)	2019-03-22
+11.3	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2014-08-30
+10.6	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ	2016-08-26
+8.1	Hog Happnin'	2016-11-04

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	* Hog Happnin'	2015-11-06
-9.1	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2017-09-08
-7.3	12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship	2016-09-09
-6.7	Peak City Pig Fest	2017-06-16
-4.8	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	2017-09-22

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)
2021	1	0	100%	top 50%	93.2%	93.2%
2019	2	0	100%	top 38%	92.6%	92.3%
2018	5	0	60%	top 56%	92.6%	90.7%
2017	10	2	60%	top 60%	94.8%	89.9%
2016	10	1	50%	top 50%	93%	90.6%
2015	4	0	0%	top 87%	87.3%	87.3%
2014	3	0	33%	top 35%	94.1%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	23 / 46 (671.3484)	14 (173.1200)	7 (173.1200)	42 (155.9884)	21 (169.1200)
2019-10-04	Que & Cruz 🏅 Louisa, VA	14 / 28 (662.1944)	9 (171.4400)	16 (165.1200)	10 (166.8344)	17 (158.8000)
2019-03-22	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	16 / 63 (666.7540)	14 (171.4056)	40 (160.0000)	25 (165.0856)	10 (170.2628)
2018-10-05	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	18 / 25 (627.3252)	10 (165.6912)	19 (154.2056)	23 (152.5600)	19 (154.8684)
2018-09-07	*14th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	20 / 29 (653.0512)	11 (170.8344)	13 (165.1428)	25 (153.0740)	17 (164.0000)
2018-05-18	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	16 / 38 (663.9084)	13 (169.1316)	3 (175.4400)	36 (153.6684)	18 (165.6684)
2018-05-04	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	30 / 70 (666.8460)	29 (169.6916)	44 (160.5600)	12 (170.8572)	39 (165.7372)
2018-03-23	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	39 / 75 (653.6456)	5 (174.2628)	51 (158.2744)	65 (153.0856)	20 (168.0228)
2017-11-10	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) Concord, NC	6 / 47 (682.7656)	5 (174.2856)	13 (167.3828)	9 (167.9772)	4 (173.1200)
2017-10-06	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	10 / 28 (650.7768)	8 (168.0000)	18 (158.8000)	16 (157.6684)	8 (166.3084)
2017-09-22	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	33 / 41 (650.2400)	9 (172.5600)	27 (162.8572)	36 (156.5372)	32 (158.2856)
2017-09-15	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	40 / 63 (655.2796)	14 (171.9656)	54 (157.0856)	48 (161.1084)	21 (165.1200)
2017-09-08	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	35 / 39 (636.4112)	34 (159.9888)	31 (159.9656)	30 (157.6684)	31 (158.7884)
2017-08-18	Big Bad BBQ in Boydton Boydton, VA	14 / 31 (650.7428)	18 (163.3828)	20 (159.9656)	18 (158.2516)	8 (169.1428)
2017-06-16	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	36 / 47 (635.2796)	9 (170.8228)	30 (161.1200)	44 (150.7884)	37 (152.5484)
2017-05-19	*Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA	22 / 34 (622.7776)	25 (151.9660)	6 (168.6288)	20 (155.3828)	24 (146.8000)
2017-05-05	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	47 / 75 (640.4228)	38 (163.9544)	11 (170.8800)	71 (149.0856)	49 (156.5028)
2017-03-24	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	41 / 64 (645.6684)	12 (171.9772)	44 (159.4628)	30 (164.5600)	48 (149.6684)
2016-11-11	*Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC	11 / 25 (660.4800)	10 (170.8344)	10 (165.1200)	14 (162.8228)	17 (161.7028)
2016-11-04	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	20 / 56 (669.6116)	11 (172.0000)	7 (170.8344)	47 (160.5372)	30 (166.2400)
2016-10-14	Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC	—	—	—	—	—
2016-09-23	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	—	—	—	—	—
2016-09-09	12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	20 / 25 (634.1600)	20 (158.2628)	23 (153.1200)	22 (159.3828)	10 (163.3944)
2016-08-26	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ Boydton, VA	7 / 28 (651.4288)	14 (161.1544)	4 (170.3200)	7 (164.5600)	11 (155.3944)
2016-08-19	Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	—	—	—	—	—
2016-06-17	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	29 / 46 (644.4800)	36 (159.9656)	37 (155.9544)	5 (171.4172)	29 (157.1428)
2016-05-13	Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA	—	—	—	—	—
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	—	—	—	—	—
2015-11-20	The National BBQ Cup Cumming, GA	—	—	—	—	—
2015-11-06	* Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	52 / 60 (628.3316)	23 (169.7144)	59 (133.5084)	21 (168.5716)	50 (156.5372)
2015-10-16	Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC	—	—	—	—	—
2015-09-25	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	—	—	—	—	—
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	298 / 552 (651.9888)	288 (164.5600)	320 (161.7144)	395 (158.8572)	166 (166.8572)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	52 / 165 (677.6116)	70 (170.2628)	68 (169.1316)	140 (160.5144)	13 (177.7028)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	14 / 76 (660.5028)	3 (172.5828)	55 (154.8344)	33 (162.8228)	8 (170.2628)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1193 (70 pts)	#1057 (115 pts)	#877 (165 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1170 (80 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1132 (213 pts)	#1062 (253 pts)	#1393 (158 pts)	#1275 (188 pts)	#1148 (228 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#830 (389 pts)	#603 (614 pts)	#671 (549 pts)	#901 (359 pts)	#820 (414 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#448 (848 pts)	#312 (1133 pts)	#439 (893 pts)	#506 (778 pts)	#403 (953 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#750 (498 pts)	#787 (498 pts)	#662 (613 pts)	#699 (573 pts)	#819 (458 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2152 (70 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2116 (80 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)