They almost always walk
73%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 11 of 15 contests
A top-10 category call in 73% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1549
peak 1553 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ
Contests
15
in the data
First seen
2018-05-18
latest 2019-10-04
Best ToY finish
#356
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 15 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.78 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 643.01 (+7.77)
Walk rate
73%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±15.29
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.46 · weakest Pork (157.80)
Road miles
2,654
mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 331 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
643.01 / 720
15 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (10 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
663.3256
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3256 at 514 BBQ — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-06-15
The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
FAT TIGER BBQ has finished one call ahead of NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
11–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 92% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.7
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.66 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 47%.
- Pork avg 157.80
- Brisket avg 162.46
- 6 calls in 15 entries
A strong matchup
8–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 89% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SHOP BOYS BBQ in 8 of their 9 shared contests.
Brisket nemesis
9 of 13
shared brisket entries lost
WALLY BBQ ahead 69% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, WALLY BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 13 shared brisket entries.
Looking over their shoulder
3×
one call behind them
WALLY BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
A June team
Top 31%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 31% across 4 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 46% the rest of the year
The metronome
±2.12%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.12% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.3% of a perfect score
- 15 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.
58 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1753 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 91%
- Peak
- 1559
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#1751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
Level with NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1750 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1579
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALLY BBQ | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| What the Pork? | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| piratesBBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT TIGER BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SHOP BOYS BBQ | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG RAZ BBQ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| INSANE SWINE BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BOYMEETSGRILL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Q+BREW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DOWN BELOW | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CIDER BOYS BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.2512 | 150.8228 | 161.76 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 173.1772 | 145.6800 | 160.99 | top 44% |
| Pork | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 169.7144 | 141.0396 | 157.80 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 173.1660 | 142.7884 | 162.46 | top 36% |
“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 | 4 | 0 | top 61% |
| ME | 3 | 0 | top 45% |
| VT | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| QC | 2 | 0 | top 16% |
| MA | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 11% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 46% | 2019-09-07 |
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 58% | 2019-07-05 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2018-05-18 → 2019-10-04
Busiest season
2019
8 contests
Contests a season
7.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
4 of 15 contests · 6 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
13
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
15 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.46 · weakest Pork (157.80)
Walk rate
73%
a top-10 call in 11 of 15 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
3 of 15 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
643.01
out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
193
235–194 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,654
15 mapped stops · furthest 331 mi
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$30,100
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1549
peak 1553 · #1754 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Salt City BBQ Festival
- First call *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018
- First overall podium *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018
- First Reserve Championship *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5256 *Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park
- 2019
- 10th tracked contest Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- First category win (Brisket) 514 BBQ
- Career-best overall score663.3256 514 BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1772 Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1553) Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Most recent contest Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 | 2018-06-15 |
| +10 | 514 BBQ | 2019-06-15 |
| +6.6 | Capital BBQ Festival | 2019-05-25 |
| +6.6 | *Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park | 2018-08-11 |
| +6.5 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2018-09-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | *Salt City BBQ Festival | 2018-05-18 |
| -4.4 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2019-07-05 |
| -4 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ | 2019-10-04 |
| -0.1 | *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival | 2018-06-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63% | top 48% | 92.1% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86% | top 45% | 91.2% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-04 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Greenfield, MA | 18 / 26 (651.8632) | 16 (163.9428) | 17 (162.2744) | 15 (163.3944) | 16 (162.2516) |
| 2019-09-07 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT | 17 / 31 (652.5488) | 18 (166.2512) | 20 (158.8228) | 26 (154.3088) | 1 (173.1660) |
| 2019-08-24 | Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME | 14 / 36 (657.1200) | 17 (161.6688) | 3 (173.1772) | 29 (151.3712) | 8 (170.9028) |
| 2019-07-05 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY | 23 / 32 (629.0400) | 26 (158.2628) | 12 (161.1428) | 28 (150.2172) | 18 (159.4172) |
| 2019-06-15 | 514 BBQ Saint-Léonard, QC | 5 / 23 (663.3256) | 14 (160.5256) | 4 (165.1200) | 8 (164.5600) | 1 (173.1200) |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec, G1G 4C7 | 9 / 24 (629.6572) | 19 (154.2284) | 9 (156.5716) | 10 (155.4516) | 4 (163.4056) |
| 2019-05-25 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 14 / 43 (659.4512) | 25 (161.7372) | 9 (168.5828) | 26 (157.7256) | 4 (171.4056) |
| 2019-04-05 | NYC BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Staten Island, NY | 14 / 26 (648.4800) | 11 (164.5600) | 18 (158.8572) | 17 (163.3828) | 13 (161.6800) |
| 2018-09-22 | *Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME | 15 / 27 (643.8512) | 5 (170.2512) | 3 (169.7488) | 25 (148.4800) | 19 (155.3712) |
| 2018-09-08 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Randolph, VT | 12 / 33 (655.9888) | 13 (166.2628) | 23 (158.2860) | 5 (166.8344) | 11 (164.6056) |
| 2018-08-11 | *Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park Saco, ME | 12 / 30 (656.5256) | 4 (166.8572) | 24 (152.5484) | 4 (169.7144) | 8 (167.4056) |
| 2018-07-06 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 17 / 39 (629.6228) | 12 (165.1200) | 35 (145.6800) | 6 (163.4056) | 18 (155.4172) |
| 2018-06-15 | *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 Richmond, QC | 2 / 18 (635.3716) | 5 (157.1544) | 2 (160.5600) | 2 (161.0972) | 4 (156.5600) |
| 2018-06-01 | *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival Quebec City, G1R 4W6 | 12 / 22 (619.3256) | 15 (150.8228) | 2 (169.7260) | 11 (155.9884) | 17 (142.7884) |
| 2018-05-18 | *Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY | 25 / 34 (613.0168) | 16 (158.8228) | 22 (153.7144) | 30 (141.0396) | 16 (159.4400) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #356 (892 pts) | #481 (707 pts) | #260 (1092 pts) | #497 (692 pts) | #159 (1417 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #401 (859 pts) | #343 (994 pts) | #348 (979 pts) | #318 (1034 pts) | #429 (839 pts) |