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BEER TIME BBQ PA

Power ranking

#421
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1611
peak 1614

Contests

85
in the data

First seen

2019-04-05
latest 2026-06-26

Best ToY finish

#32
Master 2026

Grand champs

2
4 reserve

Category wins

13
35 podiums

Overall top-10s

28
of 85 contests

Avg finish

top 51%
overall standings

Best overall

702.8228

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

687.80 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 673.34 (+14.46)

Walk rate

71%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

8
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±18.28
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 169.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.58)

Road miles

11688
mi across 85 mapped stops · furthest 574 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Sailor Nicks BBQ has finished one call ahead of BEER TIME BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

DEAD ON Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

CHUNKY BBQ has come out ahead in 35 of their 41 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of 4 BOXERS Q in 23 of their 30 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) is their spot: an average finish in the top 8% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.1660 points of the Grand Championship at Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (2025-06-13).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at Grizzly BBQ Brawl.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 33% across 12 contests, versus top 51% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Grizzly BBQ Brawl (2025-09-05) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS.

Teams like this (closest power rating, PA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 77 38 4 10 178.8572 154.7768 169.53 top 50%
Pork Ribs 78 32 2 6 177.7144 148.5372 167.58 top 53%
Pork 70 28 4 8 179.4400 147.3828 168.56 top 49%
Brisket 70 30 3 11 180.0000 🔥 150.8000 167.61 top 48%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
PA330top 51%
OH112top 35%
WV90top 58%
VA60top 71%
NY40top 38%
TN30top 66%
MI10top 56%
NC10top 44%
DC10top 58%
MD10top 42%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)161top 52%
Medium (20–39)330top 46%
Large (40+)211top 57%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
20262316 696.5716 684.16
20251716 702.8228 686.70
20242101 690.7884 676.91
2023700 670.2060 653.10
2022700 671.3256 657.60
2021500 676.0456 654.23
2020200 654.2056 646.49
2019300 655.3600 648.47

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-26 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH 8 / 39 (690.8000) 7 (175.4056) 6 (174.2744) 4 (176.5600) 24 (164.5600)
2026-06-19 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) Buckhannon, WV 17 / 29 (681.5996) 21 (168.5256) 18 (168.5256) 2 (177.7028) 25 (166.8456)
2026-06-13 York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) Delta, PA 6 / 13 (690.2284) 4 (175.4172) 8 (170.8228) 1 (177.7028) 10 (166.2856)
2026-06-12 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) Delta, PA 9 / 25 (688.4684) 1 (177.7028) 3 (177.1428) 15 (169.6800) 16 (163.9428)
2026-05-24 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN 58 / 82 (687.9084) 27 (176.0000) 72 (167.3828) 58 (171.9656) 46 (172.5600)
2026-05-23 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN 74 / 117 (681.5884) 73 (171.4056) 91 (167.3828) 48 (173.1200) 66 (169.6800)
2026-05-22 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN 17 (176.5600)
2026-05-22 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN 63 (169.6800)
2026-05-16 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA 14 / 17 (672.4344) 9 (173.1316) 15 (162.7884) 12 (165.6800) 7 (170.8344)
2026-05-15 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA 2 / 25 (690.8120) 1 (176.5716) 6 (171.9888) 1 (175.4172) 11 (166.8344)
2026-05-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) New Paltz, NY 20 / 59 (683.8972) 19 (173.1316) 36 (169.1200) 24 (171.9772) 27 (169.6684)
2026-05-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) New Paltz, NY 22 / 43 (685.0400) 41 (161.0972) 12 (174.2628) 22 (171.9772) 5 (177.7028)
2026-05-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) New Paltz, NY 13 (166.2516)
2026-05-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) New Paltz, NY 12 (169.6684)
2026-04-24 Marietta River City BBQ (OPEN FORMAT) Marietta, OH 1 / 15 (696.5716) 1 (175.4288) 5 (171.4400) 3 (176.0000) 2 (173.7028)
2026-04-24 Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Marietta, OH 2 (174.2628)
2026-04-17 GLBBQA Spring Fling Coldwater, MI 27 / 48 (678.8000) 23 (173.1084) 31 (168.0116) 22 (171.4172) 31 (166.2628)
2026-04-03 Rekindled Ironman Seven Valleys, PA 5 / 14 (680.4688) 7 (170.8344) 10 (164.5372) 1 (178.8572) 7 (166.2400)
2026-03-28 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA 24 / 36 (681.6000) 31 (166.8228) 24 (169.6800) 2 (178.8572) 30 (166.2400)
2026-03-27 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA 24 / 40 (678.1944) 26 (169.6800) 32 (164.5716) 4 (176.5600) 23 (167.3828)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 80 / 125 (678.1600) 41 (174.2744) 75 (168.5372) 76 (169.6800) 90 (165.6684)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN 56 (166.2400)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 68 (164.5256)
2025-10-24 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown Rocky Mount, NC 20 / 45 (678.7200) 34 (163.9544) 16 (173.1200) 34 (165.0856) 3 (176.5600)
2025-10-03 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 10 / 30 (680.4572) 8 (173.1200) 5 (171.4172) 9 (171.9772) 22 (163.9428)
2025-09-06 Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout Saxonburg, PA 7 / 14 (685.5884) 1 (176.5600) 10 (158.2056) 7 (170.8228) 1 (180.0000)
2025-09-05 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH 1 / 42 (702.8228) 7 (177.7028) 5 (173.7144) 1 (179.4400) 8 (171.9656)
2025-08-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) Port Jervis, NY 21 / 47 (689.0628) 37 (169.1200) 4 (177.7144) 20 (172.5600) 26 (169.6684)
2025-08-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) Port Jervis, NY 8 / 34 (698.2632) 7 (176.5716) 32 (167.3828) 6 (177.1544) 3 (177.1544)
2025-07-26 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA 17 / 27 (667.3260) 10 (171.9772) 24 (158.8344) 14 (169.1316) 11 (167.3828)
2025-07-25 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA 18 / 30 (676.4456) 19 (170.8228) 19 (166.2628) 20 (167.3828) 16 (171.9772)
2025-07-18 Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH 22 / 40 (676.4572) 9 (174.2628) 24 (167.9772) 30 (163.3828) 14 (170.8344)
2025-06-21 Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC 15 / 26 (684.4800) 20 (166.8228) 17 (169.1200) 12 (173.1200) 6 (175.4172)
2025-06-21 Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington, DC 18 (159.3828)
2025-06-13 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV 2 / 30 (697.0856) 2 (178.8572) 6 (171.9884) 12 (170.8228) 2 (175.4172)
2025-05-23 Big Knob BBQ Fest Rochester, PA 4 / 12 (691.3828) 7 (169.1200) 1 (176.5828) 4 (173.7144) 5 (171.9656)
2025-05-17 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA 10 / 21 (674.2060) 20 (160.5372) 3 (170.8572) 9 (169.6916) 4 (173.1200)
2025-05-16 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA 2 / 28 (693.0744) 4 (176.0000) 1 (176.5600) 14 (167.3944) 4 (173.1200)
2025-04-25 Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH 3 / 10 (690.2284) 7 (169.1084) 3 (174.2972) 5 (169.1200) 1 (177.7028)
2025-04-04 Rekindled Ironman Seven Valleys, PA 2 / 23 (701.6572) 4 (177.7144) 6 (175.4056) 6 (171.9772) 3 (176.5600)
2024-10-26 Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Roseland, VA 8 / 11 (684.5256) 9 (171.4172) 7 (170.2856) 6 (171.9656) 7 (170.8572)
2024-10-25 Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Roseland, VA 8 / 13 (681.0628) 10 (169.1200) 6 (172.0116) 9 (165.0740) 5 (174.8572)
2024-10-25 Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Roseland, VA 8 (167.9772)
2024-10-25 Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT RIBS) Roseland, VA 6 (166.2400)
2024-10-04 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 14 / 25 (666.7084) 14 (167.3828) 13 (165.1084) 14 (167.3828) 12 (166.8344)
2024-09-06 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wadsworth, OH 12 / 30 (679.9432) 14 (169.7144) 4 (177.1544) 24 (163.3944) 15 (169.6800)
2024-08-23 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 13 / 38 (677.6344) 7 (174.2628) 5 (173.1316) 25 (163.3828) 18 (166.8572)
2024-07-27 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA 26 / 32 (662.7200) 28 (163.9544) 21 (167.9656) 9 (174.2744) 29 (156.5256)
2024-07-26 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA 11 / 35 (675.3372) 2 (177.7372) 22 (166.2400) 22 (165.6800) 16 (165.6800)
2024-06-29 York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) Delta, PA 9 / 19 (687.3716) 2 (178.8572) 12 (167.4172) 15 (167.9772) 7 (173.1200)
2024-06-28 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) Delta, PA 14 / 29 (677.6572) 9 (171.9656) 23 (163.4516) 7 (174.8572) 17 (167.3828)
2024-06-14 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV 10 / 30 (679.4060) 20 (165.1316) 22 (162.2400) 8 (172.0344) 1 (180.0000)
2024-06-01 The Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD 8 / 19 (682.2288) 8 (172.5600) 16 (163.9772) 8 (170.2744) 3 (175.4172)
2024-05-24 Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest Rochester, PA 5 / 23 (690.7884) 12 (169.1200) 11 (168.5600) 2 (177.7028) 3 (175.4056)
2024-04-26 Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH 4 / 13 (690.7656) 3 (173.1200) 3 (174.2744) 4 (173.7028) 6 (169.6684)
2024-04-26 Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Marietta, OH 3 (169.1544)
2024-04-05 The Ironman Seven Valleys, PA 4 / 21 (677.0628) 12 (161.0972) 4 (173.7028) 6 (169.7028) 2 (172.5600)
2024-03-23 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA 40 / 42 (650.6516) 32 (167.3944) 40 (154.7656) 24 (170.2744) 39 (158.2172)
2024-03-22 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA 32 / 45 (666.6740) 10 (174.2628) 34 (163.3828) 28 (166.2284) 37 (162.8000)
2024-03-22 BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA 19 (165.0972)
2024-03-22 BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA 7 (170.2628)
2023-10-13 BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport Wadsworth, OH 16 / 20 (658.1488) 11 (169.6800) 17 (162.2516) 19 (154.2400) 9 (171.9772)
2023-10-06 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 23 / 28 (633.5768) 24 (156.5140) 22 (158.8344) 26 (154.2056) 16 (164.0228)
2023-09-09 Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) Mannington, WV 10 / 11 (670.2060) 7 (173.1200) 7 (168.5716) 6 (173.7144) 10 (154.8000)
2023-09-08 Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) Mannington, WV 11 / 12 (620.4456) 10 (166.2628) 12 (148.5372) 12 (150.8228) 9 (154.8228)
2023-06-16 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV 21 / 28 (656.9940) 12 (170.8228) 20 (163.3828) 27 (154.7884) 16 (168.0000)
2023-04-28 Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH 14 / 42 (669.6456) 24 (164.5484) 9 (170.2972) 16 (166.8344) 15 (167.9656)
2023-04-07 The Ironman Greencastle, PA 13 / 30 (662.6968) 10 (171.9656) 12 (167.9656) 12 (169.1200) 21 (153.6456)
2022-10-07 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 23 / 26 (631.8972) 20 (157.7256) 20 (158.8344) 17 (164.5372) 25 (150.8000)
2022-07-30 Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Spring Grove, PA 28 / 42 (668.9940) 25 (170.8456) 35 (162.2400) 27 (167.3712) 24 (168.5372)
2022-07-29 Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA 47 / 54 (644.9940) 43 (162.8456) 32 (163.9772) 43 (158.2284) 38 (159.9428)
2022-06-17 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV 10 / 20 (670.7884) 5 (172.5600) 11 (169.6684) 13 (168.5484) 13 (160.0116)
2022-04-29 Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH 12 / 25 (671.3256) 13 (165.1316) 10 (169.7028) 9 (170.2628) 13 (166.2284)
2022-04-01 Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest B Buckhannon, WV 4 (171.4056)
2022-04-01 Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest A Buckhannon, WV 8 (166.2400)
2021-10-08 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 21 / 27 (639.3256) 21 (157.1200) 18 (158.2856) 21 (158.2400) 6 (165.6800)
2021-08-27 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 29 / 44 (631.2684) 33 (154.7768) 36 (150.8116) 14 (165.6800) 23 (160.0000)
2021-05-15 Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV 10 / 15 (656.5256) 10 (163.3828) 11 (160.0000) 9 (167.4284) 10 (165.7144)
2021-05-14 Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 Mannington, WV 9 / 18 (667.9884) 7 (171.4400) 10 (164.0228) 14 (160.5256) 6 (172.0000)
2021-04-23 Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH 11 / 29 (676.0456) 7 (172.5828) 9 (171.4400) 11 (168.0000) 20 (164.0228)
2020-07-24 Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA 46 / 59 (638.7768) 41 (159.4172) 14 (168.5600) 50 (159.9884) 52 (150.8112)
2020-06-26 York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA 36 / 53 (654.2056) 43 (158.8340) 4 (176.0116) 25 (167.3712) 45 (151.9888)
2019-10-04 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 29 / 36 (634.7428) 21 (159.9772) 13 (165.7028) 33 (147.3828) 23 (161.6800)
2019-08-23 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 30 / 65 (655.3028) 39 (161.6572) 26 (166.8344) 25 (164.5256) 30 (162.2856)
2019-04-05 The Ironman Greencastle, PA 17 / 42 (655.3600) 8 (169.1200) 18 (164.0000) 33 (157.6800) 14 (164.5600)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #32 (1458 pts) #6 (1880 pts) #45 (1341 pts) #3 (2168 pts) #54 (1118 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #52 (1934 pts) #60 (1789 pts) #42 (1993 pts) #95 (1554 pts) #21 (2119 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #96 (1469 pts) #54 (1752 pts) #75 (1626 pts) #74 (1566 pts) #39 (1794 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #314 (674 pts) #308 (739 pts) #344 (739 pts) #322 (659 pts) #300 (744 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #493 (416 pts) #471 (476 pts) #342 (751 pts) #496 (451 pts) #541 (391 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #387 (499 pts) #366 (554 pts) #399 (514 pts) #375 (534 pts) #347 (589 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #655 (120 pts) #696 (120 pts) #379 (325 pts) #706 (120 pts) #681 (120 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1118 (220 pts) #970 (295 pts) #1035 (275 pts) #1307 (180 pts) #1109 (245 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1954 (60 pts) #1418 (165 pts) #1996 (60 pts) #2030 (60 pts) #1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #2212 (60 pts) #2286 (60 pts) #2304 (60 pts) #2260 (60 pts) #2136 (80 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1096 (285 pts) #875 (425 pts) #1156 (290 pts) #1225 (270 pts) #1063 (320 pts)

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