A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PADDY MCQ'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Tactical Chef BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-07-06
latest 2021-04-23
Best ToY finish
#813
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.18
last 3 Master vs avg 608.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.57 · weakest Brisket (144.50)
Road miles
239
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi
Schedule strength
91%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1629)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
608.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2020-07-30).
- last seen 2018-07-06
- back 2020-07-30
They cook the hard rooms
1629
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 91% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1629 power rating — a tougher draw than 91% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
Tactical Chef BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Tactical Chef BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Tactical Chef BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0232 | 157.1084 | 160.57 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 146.8000 | 151.95 | top 89% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 144.4456 | 151.17 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6344 | 142.7888 | 144.50 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2018-07-06 → 2021-04-23
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.57 · weakest Brisket (144.50)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
608.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
8–100 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
239
3 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi
Schedule strength
1629
average field rating faced — tougher than 91% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2018-07-06 → 2020-07-30
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1491) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- 2020
- Career-best overall score616.4576 "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.0232 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Most recent contest New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2021-04-23 |
| -8.9 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2018-07-06 |
| -7.6 | "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2020-07-30 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 36 / 40 (614.1032) | 26 (164.0232) | 35 (155.9428) | 36 (149.0628) | 39 (145.0744) |
| 2020-07-30 | "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 18 / 18 (616.4576) | 18 (160.5716) | 17 (153.0972) | 14 (160.0000) | 18 (142.7888) |
| 2018-07-06 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 35 / 39 (593.9884) | 25 (157.1084) | 33 (146.8000) | 37 (144.4456) | 32 (145.6344) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #813 (78 pts) | #858 (78 pts) | #856 (83 pts) | #804 (98 pts) | #837 (78 pts) |