High-water mark
663.8856
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.8856 at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 3, 2023
New England Pitmasters
New England Pitmasters is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 17th of 37 at the Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2022). They finished #796 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 12, 2021
latest Jun 3, 2023 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.26 · weakest Brisket (157.67)
Road miles
177
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.32 / 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to New England Pitmasters, each with one reason worth a look.
New England Pitmasters has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with New England Pitmasters on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,176 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before New England Pitmasters's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,170 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before New England Pitmasters's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 159.9540 | 166.26 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 158.2288 | 163.75 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 161.6800 | 164.26 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 153.1200 | 157.67 | top 71% |
“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
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 | 17 | 0 | top 47% | Jun 3, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NH
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
78
finished ahead 59 times, behind 76
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score663.8856 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Peak power rating (1501) Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Most recent contest Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
20223 milestones
- First call Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7428 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Granite State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jun 4, 2022 |
| +3.2 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jun 3, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | Granite State BBQ Championship | Jun 12, 2021 |
| -0.6 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition | Aug 27, 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 49% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 54% | 92% | 91% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
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 | 19 / 39 (663.8856) | 18 (169.1084) | 19 (167.4172) | 24 (163.9772) | 23 (163.3828) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME | 19 / 31 (647.9200) | 23 (165.1200) | 7 (168) | 21 (161.6800) | 26 (153.1200) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 17 (158.2288) | — | — |
| Jun 4, 2022 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH | 17 / 37 (662.7428) | 10 (170.8572) | 18 (164.5372) | 17 (166.8228) | 21 (160.5256) |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH | 25 / 32 (638.7200) | 22 (159.9540) | 21 (160.5488) | 14 (164.5600) | 27 (153.6572) |