HOKIE POKIE Q

HOKIE POKIE Q is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 27 at the Hartford Rib Off (2019). They are ranked #6417 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,417

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1387

peak 1387 · rated over 23 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 13, 2014

latest Apr 11, 2026 · 11.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#674

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

3% 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

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.69 · weakest Brisket (153.27)

Road miles

3,798

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 286 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Purse competed for

$98K

listed at 20 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 19 state-championship entries

Master avg

627.86 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

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
Sep 23, 2023

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-10
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

−7.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.42 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 9%.

Brisket avg 153.27
Chicken avg 160.69
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 (Oct 7, 2016).

last seen Sep 13, 2014
back Oct 7, 2016

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.

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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

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#1374 (54 pts)	#1105 (74 pts)	#1464 (54 pts)	#1030 (89 pts)	#1367 (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)

Overall rank by season

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
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1387 power rating

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Top-10s: 0%
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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
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CRITTER COOKER'S

#6,423 of the rated field

1386 ▼ 1 power rating

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

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 Jun 11, 2021

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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	23	2	170.8228	136.9716	160.69	top 69%
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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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%

Repeat visits (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%	Sep 13, 2025
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2	30	0	top 96%	Jul 5, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MA 12 of 33 contests · 9 states in all

Contests visited 19 2 of them more than once

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

Opponents faced 375 finished ahead 148 times, behind 638

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Sep 13, 2014 → Oct 7, 2016

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

20261 milestone

Apr 11 Most recent contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

20233 milestones

Sep 22 25th tracked contest Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
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)

20193 milestones

Jun 14 First overall top-10 Hartford Rib Off
Jun 14 First overall podium Hartford Rib Off
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.0344 Hartford Rib Off

20181 milestone

Oct 5 10th tracked contest Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival

20143 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	Hartford Rib Off	Jun 14, 2019
+4.6	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	Sep 23, 2023
+0.9	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown	Sep 25, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.6	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 6, 2018
-9.4	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	Sep 13, 2014
-9.2	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	May 18, 2019
-9.2	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 23, 2021
-8.8	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 9, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	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%	91.1%	85.2%
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
Apr 11, 2026	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)
Apr 10, 2026	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 13, 2025	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)
Oct 26, 2024	Weekend of Giving 🏅 Wrentham, MA	22 / 25 (642.8000)	17 (166.2972)	24 (149.0972)	19 (163.4056)	11 (164)
Sep 21, 2024	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)
Apr 13, 2024	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	6 (170.2628)	—	—
Oct 21, 2023	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)
Sep 23, 2023	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)
Sep 22, 2023	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA	—	—	—	—	—
May 6, 2023	HOGS 4 HEROES 🏅 Jamestown, RI	44 / 50 (619.2912)	25 (163.9768)	38 (156.5144)	38 (154.8800)	45 (143.9200)
Oct 1, 2022	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)
Jun 4, 2022	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)
Oct 23, 2021	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)
Sep 25, 2021	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown 🏅 Southwick, MA	17 / 26 (631.9084)	15 (161.6916)	21 (153.6800)	22 (153.1428)	12 (163.3940)
Aug 20, 2021	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)
Apr 24, 2021	New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ	—	—	10 (163.4284)	—	—
Oct 17, 2020	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)
Oct 16, 2020	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 11, 2019	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)
Jul 5, 2019	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	30 / 32 (604.4572)	29 (150.8344)	16 (159.4172)	31 (146.2284)	28 (147.9772)
Jun 14, 2019	Hartford Rib Off 🏅 Hartford, CT	3 / 27 (328.0344)	9 (158.8572)	20 (149.1544)	15 (157.7144)	8 (169.2000)
May 18, 2019	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)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	55 / 73 (622.7660)	47 (160.5488)	46 (155.4172)	59 (152.5256)	54 (154.2744)
Oct 5, 2018	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	26 / 31 (622.3088)	13 (167.4516)	26 (155.4628)	31 (146.2400)	25 (153.1544)
Sep 8, 2018	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)
Jul 6, 2018	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	38 / 39 (579.8744)	36 (146.8572)	38 (135.9316)	14 (158.8456)	37 (138.2400)
Jun 9, 2018	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	37 / 41 (617.0056)	20 (165.1084)	32 (157.6800)	40 (141.6800)	34 (152.5372)
May 5, 2018	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 6, 2017	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 9, 2017	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Randolph, VT	—	—	—	—	—
May 6, 2017	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 7, 2016	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 13, 2014	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	36 / 43 (611.1316)	43 (136.9716)	39 (149.0744)	22 (157.6800)	7 (167.4056)

HOKIE POKIE Q

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)