RGDBBQ PA

Power ranking

#2824

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1431

peak 1506

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-17

latest 2022-10-07

Best ToY finish

#201

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 36 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0748

Currituck Bulls & BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.37 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 644.19 (+18.18)

Walk rate

47%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Currituck Bulls & BBQ

Consistency

±59.90

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.50 · weakest Brisket (161.75)

Road miles

9558

mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 1032 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE has finished one call ahead of RGDBBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

BOGGS HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 22 of their 23 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of HARCO LOCO BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	36	6	0	1	179.4400	146.8000	165.50	top 60%
Pork Ribs	35	7	1	2	176.5600	150.2744	162.48	top 64%
Pork	34	4	0	0	173.1200	142.8228	163.64	top 61%
Brisket	34	4	1	1	176.0000	139.3716	161.75	top 61%

“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	10	top 63%
NJ	7	top 66%
NC	5	top 65%
GA	2	top 57%
VA	2	top 90%
FL	2	top 53%
MD	2	top 62%
TN	1	top 57%
KS	1	top 84%
AL	1	top 74%
NY	1	top 53%
OH	1	top 90%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 70%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 62%
Large (40+)	18	top 68%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2022 (14 contests)
Cooks mostly in PA (10 of 36 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (36 entries)
All-time average overall score: 644.19

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2022	14	0	682.1600	661.63
2021	14	1	685.0748	663.99
2020	5	0	626.1716	617.60
2019	3	1	626.1716	520.52

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-10-07	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	21 / 27 (659.8628)	21 (165.0856)	22 (161.6916)	11 (171.9772)	20 (161.1084)
2022-09-23	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC	28 / 32 (637.5428)	31 (159.3828)	31 (155.3716)	27 (161.6800)	24 (161.1084)
2022-08-19	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival Kennesaw, GA	19 / 30 (673.6112)	11 (173.1428)	22 (166.2400)	20 (166.8228)	18 (167.4056)
2022-08-05	Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA	25 / 49 (682.1600)	4 (177.7028)	40 (167.3828)	23 (170.8344)	34 (166.2400)
2022-07-30	Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Spring Grove, PA	37 / 42 (658.6968)	28 (169.1428)	34 (163.9544)	34 (163.3712)	36 (162.2284)
2022-07-29	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA	43 / 54 (649.5884)	48 (157.1200)	43 (158.8000)	16 (169.1428)	25 (164.5256)
2022-07-09	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	21 / 61 (664.4108)	19 (169.6684)	30 (162.8456)	20 (167.3828)	23 (164.5140)
2022-06-03	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	16 / 28 (671.3140)	16 (166.2284)	4 (176.5600)	19 (165.1200)	17 (163.4056)
2022-04-08	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	79 / 94 (643.8740)	78 (161.6568)	84 (156.5716)	91 (150.2400)	8 (175.4056)
2022-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	46 / 50 (654.7772)	49 (158.2516)	42 (164.5944)	48 (160.5256)	19 (171.4056)
2022-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	47 / 53 (658.2060)	27 (170.2972)	51 (155.3716)	38 (166.8344)	39 (165.7028)
2022-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	23 (161.0972)	—	—	—
2022-03-18	Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	11 / 33 (681.5884)	19 (168.5256)	9 (174.2628)	12 (170.8228)	14 (167.9772)
2022-01-07	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest Lake Wales, FL	23 / 29 (665.6112)	5 (176.0000)	26 (166.2400)	28 (160.5484)	23 (162.8228)
2021-12-11	River Bar Smoke Out Goldsboro, NC	14 / 17 (663.8744)	8 (172.0000)	15 (164.5372)	13 (167.3944)	14 (159.9428)
2021-12-02	Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship Demopolis, AL	14 / 19 (677.6116)	11 (170.8228)	8 (171.4172)	12 (166.8344)	10 (168.5372)
2021-11-19	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	10 / 37 (679.3144)	9 (173.1200)	12 (168.5488)	16 (169.6684)	15 (167.9772)
2021-11-05	Currituck Bulls & BBQ Powells Point, NC	11 / 26 (685.0748)	2 (179.4400)	19 (167.4060)	21 (167.3944)	11 (170.8344)
2021-10-15	Maryland State BBQ Bash Belair, MD	9 / 25 (672.4572)	12 (169.1084)	2 (174.8688)	6 (169.6916)	18 (158.7884)
2021-10-08	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA	10 / 27 (657.0056)	20 (160.5372)	5 (169.1200)	5 (170.8228)	18 (156.5256)
2021-09-24	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	14 / 31 (665.0172)	11 (169.1316)	25 (158.8344)	11 (168.5256)	11 (168.5256)
2021-09-03	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	8 / 15 (667.3488)	11 (165.1200)	12 (160.5372)	7 (165.6916)	1 (176.0000)
2021-07-30	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	23 / 54 (663.8628)	27 (167.9772)	46 (157.0856)	8 (173.1200)	20 (165.6800)
2021-07-09	New Jersey State BBQ Championship North Wildwood, NJ	15 / 59 (658.7540)	23 (162.8456)	31 (157.6800)	16 (166.2628)	5 (171.9656)
2021-06-18	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	31 / 41 (646.8000)	31 (162.2400)	21 (164.5256)	33 (160.0000)	30 (160.0344)
2021-05-14	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	24 / 46 (643.9200)	22 (163.4172)	17 (164.5600)	21 (161.7028)	36 (154.2400)
2021-04-24	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	20 / 40 (663.9428)	26 (165.7028)	9 (169.1428)	17 (166.2972)	20 (162.8000)
2021-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	27 / 40 (650.8804)	24 (164.5716)	34 (157.1772)	24 (162.8344)	15 (166.2972)
2020-10-17	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	37 / 40 (617.0632)	37 (156.5372)	37 (150.2972)	30 (157.1316)	33 (153.0972)
2020-10-16	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	34 / 37 (619.2916)	23 (166.8228)	33 (150.2744)	34 (151.3716)	32 (150.8228)
2020-09-18	Smokin in the Hills Hillsboro, OH	37 / 41 (626.1716)	33 (161.7028)	34 (158.8344)	31 (158.8344)	40 (146.8000)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	34 / 35 (619.9088)	28 (162.8112)	27 (159.4288)	33 (152.5600)	35 (145.1088)
2020-06-26	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	51 / 53 (605.5888)	49 (146.8000)	49 (153.6684)	48 (154.8116)	48 (150.3088)
2019-09-27	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	39 / 40 (618.8000)	22 (162.8456)	35 (152.0228)	22 (164.5600)	40 (139.3716)
2019-08-16	Smokin on the Dock of the Bay Chrisfield, MD	22 / 25 (626.1716)	22 (156.5140)	1 (174.8572)	23 (142.8228)	21 (151.9776)
2019-05-17	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	9 / 44 (316.5828)	5 (164.5828)	11 (152.0000)	—	—

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
2022 ↗	Master	#223 (979 pts)	#106 (1437 pts)	#231 (1040 pts)	#224 (985 pts)	#204 (1065 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#201 (958 pts)	#248 (818 pts)	#176 (1093 pts)	#149 (1178 pts)	#145 (1148 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#364 (300 pts)	#381 (310 pts)	#401 (300 pts)	#385 (300 pts)	#394 (300 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1449 (125 pts)	#1489 (140 pts)	#923 (335 pts)	#1502 (135 pts)	#1488 (130 pts)