CHEMICALLY ENHANCED BBQ

CHEMICALLY ENHANCED BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 13th of 14 at the Tunes, Brews & BBQ's (2018). They are ranked #4496 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,496

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1473

peak 1501 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 28, 2017

latest Aug 16, 2019 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1005

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

667.3260 / 720

Master · Boo-B-Que

Perfect 180s

Current form

618.71

last 5 Master vs avg 618.92 (-0.21)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4516

Pork · Boo-B-Que

Consistency

±33.48

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 158.32 · weakest Brisket (149.89)

Road miles

1,463

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 265 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$9,500

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

618.92 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

667.3260 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.3260 at Boo-B-Que — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 20, 2017

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings

Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.43 points below their pork, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 149.89
Pork avg 158.32
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of UP IN SMOKERS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork entries lost

Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork entries.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018 ↗	Master	#1005 (279 pts)	#1069 (274 pts)	#1087 (274 pts)	#1064 (279 pts)	#1018 (294 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CHEMICALLY ENHANCED BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

J & M BAR B Q

#4,488 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CHEMICALLY ENHANCED BBQ)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 29, 2018

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Broken Hinge BBQ

#4,502 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1473

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 Jul 16, 2021

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Dusty Rusty's BBQ

#4,485 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1473

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 26, 2019

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Q Fanatic BBQ

#4,483 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 10, 2019

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ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ

#4,484 of the rated field

1473 power rating

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

They've been 1504 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2018

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POT BELLY BBQ

#4,478 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before CHEMICALLY ENHANCED BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	165.6800	139.3484	155.67	top 74%
Pork Ribs	8	1	174.2744	135.4172	155.04	top 63%
Pork	8	1	175.4516	146.2744	158.32	top 59%
Brisket	8	2	173.1544	137.6456	149.89	top 71%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 93%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 87%
Large (40+)	6	top 63%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NY	4	top 85%
DE	2	top 29%
PA	2	top 81%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hudson Valley Ribfest	2	41	0	top 80%	Aug 16, 2019
Boo-B-Que	2	20	0	top 29%	Oct 19, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 4 of 8 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 265 finished ahead 145 times, behind 266

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

20191 milestone

Aug 16 Most recent contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

20181 milestone

Oct 19 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4516 Boo-B-Que

20175 milestones

Jul 28 First tracked contest The Great Adirondack BBQ
Oct 20 First call Boo-B-Que
Oct 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3260 Boo-B-Que
Oct 20 Career-best overall score667.3260 Boo-B-Que
Oct 20 Peak power rating (1501) Boo-B-Que

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.5	Boo-B-Que	Oct 19, 2018
+10	Boo-B-Que	Oct 20, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.7	Tunes, Brews & BBQ's	Sep 14, 2018
-9.3	The Great Adirondack BBQ	Jul 28, 2017
-8.5	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 16, 2019
-8.4	Que for the Troops	Jun 1, 2018
-7	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 17, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 77%	85.9%	85.9%
2018	5	40%	top 73%	92.2%	85.8%
2017	2	50%	top 58%	92.7%	86.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 16, 2019	Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY	41 / 53 (618.7208)	33 (161.6916)	33 (158.8116)	39 (155.9544)	49 (142.2632)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	21 / 73 (663.8856)	68 (147.9084)	18 (167.3712)	4 (175.4516)	6 (173.1544)
Sep 14, 2018	Tunes, Brews & BBQ's Penn Yan, NY	13 / 14 (567.3372)	14 (139.3484)	14 (135.4172)	13 (146.2744)	10 (146.2972)
Aug 17, 2018	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	48 / 58 (622.6864)	36 (162.2400)	40 (157.1204)	35 (158.2744)	52 (145.0516)
Jun 1, 2018	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	52 / 61 (620.9368)	39 (159.4056)	57 (149.6572)	31 (159.3600)	53 (152.5140)
Apr 6, 2018	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	46 / 60 (615.2800)	42 (158.2628)	30 (161.1544)	41 (157.6456)	55 (138.2172)
Oct 20, 2017	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	20 / 69 (667.3260)	39 (165.6800)	4 (174.2744)	26 (163.3944)	31 (163.9772)
Jul 28, 2017	The Great Adirondack BBQ Old Forge, NY	26 / 30 (575.2228)	26 (150.8228)	29 (136.5144)	26 (150.2400)	26 (137.6456)

CHEMICALLY ENHANCED BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)