A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
GOOD SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
B & B BBQ COMPANY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1505 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-03
latest 2017-07-28
Best ToY finish
#1585
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.45
last 4 Master vs avg 630.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.12 · weakest Brisket (154.10)
Road miles
280
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 97 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
630.45 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE 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.
B & B BBQ COMPANY has 4 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 112 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.
#3184 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1500
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to B & B BBQ COMPANY)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team B & B BBQ COMPANY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3170 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to B & B BBQ COMPANY)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3197 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1543
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to B & B BBQ COMPANY)
15 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where B & B BBQ COMPANY's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after B & B BBQ COMPANY did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with B & B BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 145.1200 | 157.25 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.7260 | 147.9772 | 158.98 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 155.9772 | 160.12 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 145.6344 | 154.10 | top 59% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2016-09-03 → 2017-07-28
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.12 · weakest Brisket (154.10)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
630.45
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
73–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
280
4 mapped stops · furthest 97 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Power rating
1500
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke
- First call Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke
- Career-best overall score637.6344 Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1316 Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1505) Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
- 2017
- Most recent contest *The Great Adirondack BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
| +1 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | 2016-09-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | *Salt City BBQ Festival | 2017-05-19 |
| -1.8 | *The Great Adirondack BBQ | 2017-07-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 88.2% | 86.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 88.6% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-28 | *The Great Adirondack BBQ Old Forge, NY | 19 / 30 (635.3028) | 6 (167.4056) | 22 (147.9772) | 7 (163.9772) | 17 (155.9428) |
| 2017-05-19 | *Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY | 26 / 41 (614.6860) | 37 (147.3484) | 6 (165.7260) | 20 (155.9772) | 30 (145.6344) |
| 2016-09-23 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY | 23 / 54 (637.6344) | 8 (169.1316) | 21 (158.2400) | 18 (163.4172) | 45 (146.8456) |
| 2016-09-03 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | 19 / 35 (634.1948) | 35 (145.1200) | 9 (163.9888) | 20 (157.1088) | 8 (167.9772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1602 (145 pts) | #1323 (230 pts) | #1275 (245 pts) | #1267 (245 pts) | #1623 (155 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1585 (160 pts) | #1388 (215 pts) | #1366 (225 pts) | #1564 (180 pts) | #1396 (215 pts) |