High-water mark
682.8344
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.8344 at New Jersey State BBQ Championship — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-07-09
Crescent Moon
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1525
peak 1525 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2017-09-30
latest 2022-07-09
Best ToY finish
#480
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.24
last 4 Master vs avg 654.24 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±33.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.70 · weakest Brisket (160.58)
Road miles
261
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
654.24 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Their season
2021
their best year
2021 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 20%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 20%
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 75% of their meetings
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of POP POP'S RIBS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.6 years, then back at New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest (2021-04-23).
- last seen 2017-09-30
- back 2021-04-23
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.
Crescent Moon has 4 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 84 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.
#2344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before Crescent Moon's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with Crescent Moon on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Crescent Moon's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2341 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before Crescent Moon's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 155.9772 | 168.70 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 148.5488 | 162.61 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 155.4172 | 161.54 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 136.5944 | 160.58 | top 40% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 21% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.8 yrs
2017-09-30 → 2022-07-09
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.70 · weakest Brisket (160.58)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
654.24
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
132–55 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
261
5 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.6 yrs
2017-09-30 → 2021-04-23
Power rating
1525
peak 1525 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Red, White and Que
- 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9428 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- First call New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- First category win (Chicken) New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- First overall podium New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- First Reserve Championship New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score682.8344 New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1525) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.6 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship | 2021-07-09 |
| +9.9 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2022-07-09 |
| +8.9 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2021-04-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | *Red, White and Que | 2017-09-30 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 21% | 93% | 93% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 20% | 94.8% | 93.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-09 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 13 / 61 (669.6572) | 11 (172.0000) | 22 (167.4172) | 31 (162.2400) | 12 (168.0000) |
| 2021-07-09 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 2 / 59 (682.8344) | 1 (179.4400) | 7 (170.2972) | 23 (161.6800) | 6 (171.4172) |
| 2021-04-24 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 15 / 40 (667.9428) | 23 (167.3828) | 17 (167.4400) | 16 (166.8228) | 14 (166.2972) |
| 2021-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ | — | — | 16 (159.3716) | — | — |
| 2017-09-30 | *Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ | 29 / 31 (596.5376) | 24 (155.9772) | 29 (148.5488) | 23 (155.4172) | 29 (136.5944) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1017 (130 pts) | #1346 (75 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1001 (125 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #480 (370 pts) | #520 (355 pts) | #555 (353 pts) | #804 (175 pts) | #603 (290 pts) |