HAWKEYEBBQ

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

Power ranking

#5443

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1452 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-06-03

latest 2018-09-22

Best ToY finish

#1150

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

616.5032 / 720

Master · Conquer The Grill

Perfect 180s

Current form

599.51 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 603.45 (-3.94)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.9772

Pork · Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues

Consistency

±10.69

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.57 · weakest Brisket (144.94)

Road miles

590

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi

Schedule strength

19%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Master avg

603.45 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

Smoke This!! has finished one call ahead of HAWKEYEBBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BEHIND BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BEHIND BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−14.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.63 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 144.94
Pork avg 159.57
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHUCK AND ANG'S BBQ CREW in 3 of their 3 shared 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.

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

RedJaz BBQ

#5430 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

⚔ Head-to-head

ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE

#5428 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

Level with HAWKEYEBBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

THE CHOCOLATE HOG BBQ AND CATERING CO.

#5429 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-04-29

⚔ Head-to-head

SOPHISTICATED REDNECKS

#5442 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-07-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokey J's BBQ

#5461 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1504 at their best, 53 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-07-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Swine & Steer BBQ

#5436 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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 2019-03-15

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BUTT UP OR SHUT UP	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' WEAD BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BLACK HART BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BEHIND BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Priorville BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
KISS MY BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	157.6800	134.2280	146.91	top 83%
Pork Ribs	7	2	161.1544	139.9084	152.04	top 70%
Pork	7	3	167.9772	148.5260	159.57	top 45%
Brisket	7	0	151.3944	134.2748	144.94	top 75%

“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
NY	5	0	top 78%
PA	2	0	top 82%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 76%
Large (40+)	3	top 79%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Oinktoberfest	2	41	top 80%	2018-09-22
Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	2	16	top 76%	2018-07-21
*Conquer The Grill	2	11	top 82%	2017-06-02

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.3 yrs 2016-06-03 → 2018-09-22

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NY 5 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 4 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 159.57 · weakest Brisket (144.94)

Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 603.45 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 125 52–185 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 590 7 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests

Power rating 1452 peak 1452 · #5443 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Jun 3 First tracked contest Conquer The Grill
Jun 3 First call Conquer The Grill
Jun 3 Career-best overall score616.5032 Conquer The Grill
Jun 3 Peak power rating (1493) Conquer The Grill
2018
Jul 21 Career-best single call (Pork)167.9772 Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues
Sep 22 Most recent contest Oinktoberfest

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	*Conquer The Grill	2017-06-02
-7.7	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	2018-07-21
-7.5	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff	2016-09-23
-6.9	Oinktoberfest	2017-09-22
-6.7	Conquer The Grill	2016-06-03

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	2	50%	top 84%	82.4%	81.8%
2017	3	67%	top 78%	85.1%	84.2%
2016	2	100%	top 75%	85.6%	85.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-22	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	41 / 51 (592.9372)	42 (146.8344)	47 (139.9316)	20 (159.9656)	37 (146.2056)
2018-07-21	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	27 / 31 (584.9604)	29 (142.8000)	29 (139.9084)	7 (167.9772)	27 (134.2748)
2017-09-22	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	42 / 53 (612.9720)	38 (157.6800)	35 (155.4060)	28 (156.5144)	44 (143.3716)
2017-07-15	*Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	16 / 25 (607.9192)	21 (134.2280)	12 (160.5828)	7 (162.2972)	13 (150.8112)
2017-06-02	*Conquer The Grill Coudersport, PA	11 / 12 (598.7660)	10 (152.0228)	7 (158.2400)	11 (148.5260)	11 (139.9772)
2016-09-23	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY	42 / 54 (610.1256)	49 (145.6684)	43 (149.0628)	8 (166.8800)	41 (148.5144)
2016-06-03	Conquer The Grill Coudersport, PA	13 / 18 (616.5032)	14 (149.1316)	9 (161.1544)	12 (154.8228)	11 (151.3944)

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	#1693 (116 pts)	#1736 (116 pts)	#1741 (116 pts)	#1138 (246 pts)	#1721 (116 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1150 (262 pts)	#1284 (242 pts)	#1095 (317 pts)	#1090 (322 pts)	#1154 (277 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1573 (163 pts)	#1680 (158 pts)	#1503 (188 pts)	#1240 (263 pts)	#1578 (173 pts)