Zombie Barbecue

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

Power ranking

#2196

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1530

peak 1530 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-03-08

latest 2019-10-04

Best ToY finish

#485

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9316 / 720

Master · New Holland Summer Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.19 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 655.31 (+6.88)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Chicken · Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

Consistency

±18.51

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.82)

Road miles

181

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 124 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$50K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

655.31 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

On the rise

+36 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 36 points across 6 contests since 2019-03-08 — from 1494 up to 1530.

6 contests since 2019-03-08
now 1530

High-water mark

675.9316 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9316 at New Holland Summer Fest — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-08-23

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 83% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.07 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.82
Chicken avg 165.89
1 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Sasquatch BBQ in 4 of their 4 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.

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

Willy Mo's

#2189 of the rated field

1531 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Kooky Kampers Barbecue

#2194 of the rated field

1531 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

smokin in the dark!

#2193 of the rated field

1531 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Zombie Barbecue's first contest.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2023-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

QUES YOUR DADDY BBQ

#2192 of the rated field

1531 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before Zombie Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Grease Monkey BBQ

#2190 of the rated field

1531 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-01-24

⚔ Head-to-head

PWA BBQ

#2199 of the rated field

1530 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 6.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2023-05-12

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	1	1	177.7372	150.2168	165.89	top 40%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	0	174.2628	152.4912	160.82	top 53%
Pork	6	2	0	0	171.4172	147.9084	164.06	top 45%
Brisket	6	0	0	0	170.8344	158.2400	164.54	top 44%

“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	Avg finish
PA	4	top 27%
DE	1	top 61%
NJ	1	top 80%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 43%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.6 yrs 2019-03-08 → 2019-10-04

Busiest season 2019 6 contests

Cooks most in PA 4 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.82)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 33% 2 of 6 contests

Master average 655.31 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 182 168–137 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 181 6 mapped stops · furthest 124 mi

Schedule strength 1577 average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests

Purse competed for $49,725 listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Power rating 1530 peak 1530 · #2196 of 6,413 rated

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

2019
Mar 8 First tracked contest Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo
Jun 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3948 York County BBQ Festival
Aug 23 First call New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 23 First overall top-10 New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 23 Career-best overall score675.9316 New Holland Summer Fest
Oct 4 First category win (Chicken) Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
Oct 4 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7372 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
Oct 4 Peak power rating (1530) Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
Oct 4 Most recent contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.3	New Holland Summer Fest	2019-08-23
+14.7	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	2019-10-04
+4.9	Smoke in the Park	2019-09-27
+4.2	York County BBQ Festival	2019-06-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.9	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo	2019-03-08
-2.8	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition	2019-06-07

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)
2019	6	0	2	1	50%	top 41%	93.9%	91%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-04	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	5 / 36 (665.0284)	1 (177.7372)	32 (152.4912)	12 (169.1200)	16 (165.6800)
2019-09-27	Smoke in the Park 🏅 Lemoyne, PA	18 / 40 (652.4800)	15 (167.3828)	22 (158.2972)	9 (168.5600)	28 (158.2400)
2019-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	7 / 65 (675.9316)	9 (171.4172)	5 (174.2628)	7 (171.4172)	37 (158.8344)
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	18 / 48 (671.3948)	25 (164.5716)	11 (170.2744)	27 (165.7144)	11 (170.8344)
2019-06-07	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition 🏅 New Castle, DE	22 / 36 (646.1256)	19 (164.0000)	28 (152.5144)	20 (161.6340)	13 (167.9772)
2019-03-08	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	53 / 66 (620.8908)	53 (150.2168)	44 (157.0628)	60 (147.9084)	22 (165.7028)

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	#485 (675 pts)	#452 (750 pts)	#610 (570 pts)	#537 (640 pts)	#614 (550 pts)