HOKIE POKIE Q

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#6341

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1387

peak 1387 · rated over 23 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-09-13

latest 2026-04-11

Best ToY finish

#674

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 33 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

671.9316 / 720

Master · Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.19 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 627.86 (+23.33)

Walk rate

21%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Brisket · Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

Consistency

±23.36

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.30 · weakest Brisket (153.27)

Road miles

3,798

mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 286 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Purse competed for

$98K

listed at 20 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 19 state-championship entries

Master avg

627.86 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

High-water mark

671.9316 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.9316 at Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-09-23

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 71%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 71%

A tough matchup

17–0 behind in the head-to-head

PADDY MCQ'S ahead in 100% of their meetings

PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.03 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 8%.

Brisket avg 153.27
Chicken avg 160.30
3 calls in 23 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Bandits in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival (2016-10-07).

last seen 2014-09-13
back 2016-10-07

Chicken nemesis

15 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

PADDY MCQ'S ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PADDY MCQ'S has out-cooked them in 15 of 17 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

A SIMPLE PIG has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 64% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 64% across 3 contests, versus top 81% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 81% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,798 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,798 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 286 miles to Boo-B-Que.

33 mapped stops
furthest 286 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 15th

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.

CAUGHT BY THE FIRE

#6339 of the rated field

1387 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1387

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2021-06-25

⚔ Head-to-head

2 GUYS AND A CHICK

#6343 of the rated field

1387 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1387

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before HOKIE POKIE Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

GRILLIN' GANGSTERS

#6340 of the rated field

1387 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1387

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than HOKIE POKIE Q has cooked, 18 to 33, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-05-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke Shack

#6342 of the rated field

1387 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1387

No shared contest yet.

Level with HOKIE POKIE Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-11-22

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN GOOD BBQ

#6344 of the rated field

1387 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 9% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2024-08-09

⚔ Head-to-head

CRITTER COOKER'S

#6346 of the rated field

1386 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1504 at their best, 118 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PADDY MCQ'S	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	12	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Up-2 BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SUWHEE Q	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BIG RAZ BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	2	170.8228	136.9716	160.30	top 68%
Pork Ribs	25	3	173.1200	135.9316	157.09	top 76%
Pork	23	1	173.7028	141.6800	157.66	top 71%
Brisket	23	3	174.2628	111.7372	153.27	top 75%

“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	Avg finish
MA	9	top 82%
NJ	4	top 83%
CT	2	top 52%
NH	2	top 90%
NY	2	top 96%
RI	1	top 88%
ME	1	top 77%
DE	1	top 75%
VT	1	top 82%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 94%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 82%
Large (40+)	6	top 77%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	4	15	0	top 80%	2025-09-13
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2	30	0	top 96%	2019-07-05

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.6 yrs 2014-09-13 → 2026-04-11

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MA 12 of 33 contests · 9 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 19 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 25 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 160.30 · weakest Brisket (153.27)

Walk rate 21% a top-10 call in 7 of 33 contests

Overall top-10 rate 3% 1 of 33 contests

Master average 627.86 out of 720 · 23 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 377 148–638 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,798 33 mapped stops · furthest 286 mi

Schedule strength 1571 average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests

Purse competed for $97,655 listed at 20 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 19 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs 2014-09-13 → 2016-10-07

Power rating 1387 peak 1387 · #6341 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Sep 13 First tracked contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
Sep 13 First call Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1491) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
2018
Oct 5 10th tracked contest Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
2019
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Hartford Rib Off
Jun 14 First overall podium Hartford Rib Off
2023
Sep 22 25th tracked contest Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Sep 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9316 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
Sep 23 Career-best overall score671.9316 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
Sep 23 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
2026
Apr 11 Most recent contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	Hartford Rib Off	2019-06-14
+4.7	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2023-09-23
+0.9	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown	2021-09-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2018-07-06
-9.4	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	2014-09-13
-9.3	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2019-05-18
-9.2	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2021-10-23
-8.8	Granite State BBQ Championship	2018-06-09

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0	0%	top 93%	90.4%	90.4%
2025	1	0	100%	top 94%	90.1%	90.1%
2024	3	0	33%	top 88%	90.9%	90.1%
2023	4	0	25%	top 73%	93.3%	90.3%
2022	2	0	0%	top 87%	87.6%	86.8%
2021	4	0	50%	top 80%	90%	87.9%
2020	2	0	0%	top 70%	88.9%	88.9%
2019	4	1	25%	top 71%	86.6%	83.2%
2018	6	0	0%	top 86%	86.5%	85%
2017	3	0	0%	—	—	—
2016	1	0	0%	—	—	—
2014	1	0	100%	top 84%	84.9%	84.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-04-11	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT	27 / 29 (650.7200)	21 (170.8228)	27 (162.2628)	18 (165.0972)	29 (152.5372)
2026-04-10	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT	—	—	—	—	—
2025-09-13	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	15 / 16 (648.4000)	15 (162.2628)	10 (173.1200)	15 (159.3600)	16 (153.6572)
2024-10-26	Weekend of Giving 🏅 Wrentham, MA	22 / 25 (642.8000)	17 (166.2972)	24 (149.0972)	19 (163.4056)	11 (164.0000)
2024-09-21	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	24 / 27 (654.7200)	23 (166.8228)	19 (165.1200)	14 (169.6800)	25 (153.0972)
2024-04-13	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	6 (170.2628)	—	—
2023-10-21	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	23 / 29 (659.3144)	24 (163.4284)	11 (170.8344)	17 (164.5372)	22 (160.5144)
2023-09-23	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	22 / 42 (671.9316)	28 (167.4172)	34 (159.9772)	20 (170.2744)	8 (174.2628)
2023-09-22	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA	—	—	—	—	—
2023-05-06	HOGS 4 HEROES 🏅 Jamestown, RI	44 / 50 (619.2912)	25 (163.9768)	38 (156.5144)	38 (154.8800)	45 (143.9200)
2022-10-01	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Southwick, MA	28 / 33 (630.6852)	27 (158.8228)	22 (163.9656)	23 (157.1084)	31 (150.7884)
2022-06-04	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH	33 / 37 (619.8972)	25 (159.3828)	35 (149.7144)	28 (159.4400)	30 (151.3600)
2021-10-23	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	30 / 31 (619.7600)	31 (154.2172)	31 (151.3600)	27 (157.6800)	27 (156.5028)
2021-09-25	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown 🏅 Southwick, MA	17 / 26 (631.9084)	15 (161.6916)	21 (153.6800)	22 (153.1428)	12 (163.3940)
2021-08-20	Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	20 / 26 (647.8972)	9 (169.1200)	22 (157.1316)	8 (173.7028)	25 (147.9428)
2021-04-24	New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ	—	—	10 (163.4284)	—	—
2020-10-17	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	28 / 40 (639.8172)	36 (159.9656)	28 (157.0972)	19 (164.5372)	27 (158.2172)
2020-10-16	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	—	—	—	—	—
2019-10-11	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	27 / 32 (623.8740)	12 (169.1084)	22 (155.9772)	27 (148.5484)	27 (150.2400)
2019-07-05	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	30 / 32 (604.4572)	29 (150.8344)	16 (159.4172)	31 (146.2284)	28 (147.9772)
2019-06-14	Hartford Rib Off 🏅 Hartford, CT	3 / 27 (328.0344)	9 (158.8572)	20 (149.1544)	15 (157.7144)	8 (169.2000)
2019-05-18	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	27 / 28 (568.6968)	18 (159.3828)	28 (144.4800)	24 (153.0968)	27 (111.7372)
2018-10-19	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	55 / 73 (622.7660)	47 (160.5488)	46 (155.4172)	59 (152.5256)	54 (154.2744)
2018-10-05	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	26 / 31 (622.3088)	13 (167.4516)	26 (155.4628)	31 (146.2400)	25 (153.1544)
2018-09-08	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Randolph, VT	27 / 33 (618.7084)	22 (156.5600)	22 (161.0856)	29 (150.8116)	26 (150.2512)
2018-07-06	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	38 / 39 (579.8744)	36 (146.8572)	38 (135.9316)	14 (158.8456)	37 (138.2400)
2018-06-09	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	37 / 41 (617.0056)	20 (165.1084)	32 (157.6800)	40 (141.6800)	34 (152.5372)
2018-05-05	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	—	—	—	—	—
2017-10-06	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	—	—	—	—	—
2017-09-09	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Randolph, VT	—	—	—	—	—
2017-05-06	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	—	—	—	—	—
2016-10-07	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	—	—	—	—	—
2014-09-13	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	36 / 43 (611.1316)	43 (136.9716)	39 (149.0744)	22 (157.6800)	7 (167.4056)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#1195 (54 pts)	#977 (74 pts)	#1276 (54 pts)	#902 (89 pts)	#1190 (54 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#1034 (91 pts)	#1104 (91 pts)	#1077 (116 pts)	#1083 (91 pts)	#1085 (86 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#870 (122 pts)	#888 (152 pts)	#665 (291 pts)	#787 (187 pts)	#818 (172 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#737 (199 pts)	#847 (179 pts)	#775 (244 pts)	#688 (239 pts)	#615 (284 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1051 (118 pts)	#1110 (118 pts)	#1069 (133 pts)	#1024 (128 pts)	#1090 (118 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#674 (223 pts)	#586 (293 pts)	#802 (193 pts)	#619 (268 pts)	#717 (223 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#826 (90 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#963 (279 pts)	#813 (404 pts)	#966 (304 pts)	#1021 (274 pts)	#943 (314 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#971 (294 pts)	#846 (394 pts)	#1021 (309 pts)	#926 (349 pts)	#1018 (294 pts)