A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Tender Beast Bar-B-Que
Tender Beast Bar-B-Que is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 17th of 18 at the Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) (2022). They finished #780 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1455
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 4, 2022
latest Jun 3, 2023 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±135.81
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.41 · weakest Pork (153.10)
Road miles
416
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
542.33 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 154.2284 | 155.80 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 142.7772 | 156.41 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 149.6228 | 153.10 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 150.8344 | 154.62 | top 82% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 96% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 96% | Jun 3, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NH
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
68
finished ahead 5 times, behind 110
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score629.0512 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5600 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Most recent contest Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Peak power rating (1486) Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jun 4, 2022 |
| -11.7 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff | Jun 25, 2022 |
| -9.7 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jun 3, 2023 |
| -9.2 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Sep 16, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.3% | 71.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2023 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH | 36 / 39 (629.0512) | 35 (155.4628) | 16 (168.5600) | 36 (151.9656) | 34 (153.0628) |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Braintree, VT | 17 / 18 (621.0172) | 15 (157.7028) | 18 (142.7772) | 16 (160.5600) | 13 (159.9772) |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Skowhegan, ME | 24 / 25 (611.8972) | 24 (154.2284) | 22 (156.5716) | 23 (150.2628) | 22 (150.8344) |
| Jun 4, 2022 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH | 37 / 37 (307.3372) | — | 29 (157.7144) | 34 (149.6228) | — |