A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PADDY MCQ'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BEN'S BIG RED BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-12
latest 2016-07-22
Best ToY finish
#1932
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.04
last 3 Master vs avg 617.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.11 · weakest Pork (151.80)
Road miles
232
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 129 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Master avg
617.04 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BEN'S BIG RED BBQ has 3 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.
#4161 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 26%
- Peak
- 1512
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BEN'S BIG RED BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BEN'S BIG RED BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with BEN'S BIG RED BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 143.3828 | 154.63 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2632 | 155.3716 | 157.11 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 148.5600 | 151.80 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4288 | 146.2516 | 153.50 | top 68% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2015-09-12 → 2016-07-22
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
RI
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 157.11 · weakest Pork (151.80)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
617.04
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
20–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
232
3 mapped stops · furthest 129 mi
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1487) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- 2016
- Career-best overall score635.9316 Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8456 Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island
- Most recent contest Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2015-09-12 |
| -5.1 | Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island | 2016-07-22 |
| -3.1 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2016-04-30 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.3% | 86.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 84% | 84% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-22 | Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island Kingston, RI | 27 / 34 (635.9316) | 22 (162.8456) | 28 (155.3716) | 24 (158.2856) | 20 (159.4288) |
| 2016-04-30 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | 28 / 39 (610.1716) | 22 (157.6684) | 22 (157.6916) | 34 (148.5600) | 32 (146.2516) |
| 2015-09-12 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 31 / 37 (605.0288) | 36 (143.3828) | 21 (158.2632) | 33 (148.5600) | 23 (154.8228) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1932 (119 pts) | #1729 (149 pts) | #1805 (134 pts) | #1863 (124 pts) | #1719 (144 pts) |