High-water mark
669.6116
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6116 at Connecticut Barbecue Challenge — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 18, 2026
Hart Attack
Hart Attack is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 31 at The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival (2013), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1956 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1540
peak 1542 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2013
latest Jul 18, 2026 · 13.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
80% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.25
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.20 · weakest Chicken (162.50)
Road miles
516
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 280 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Purse competed for
$4,400
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
660.09 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Hart Attack, each with one reason worth a look.
66 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,959 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1540
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1540
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Hart Attack's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,958 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1540
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#1,961 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1540
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1545
Level with Hart Attack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,949 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1545
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 44% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 156.5144 | 162.50 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 157.7144 | 167.20 | top 25% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 157.7140 | 164.69 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 156.5712 | 165.71 | top 28% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 27% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CT
1 of 5 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 122 times, behind 41
Longest layoff
13.1 yrs
Jun 21, 2013 → Jul 18, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.6116 Connecticut Barbecue Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1428 Connecticut Barbecue Challenge
- Most recent contest Connecticut Barbecue Challenge
20138 milestones
- First tracked contest New York City BBQ Cookoff
- First call New York City BBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 New York City BBQ Cookoff
- First overall podium The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- First Reserve Championship The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9998 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
- First category win (Brisket) Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1542) Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.6 | The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival | May 18, 2013 |
| +10.4 | Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival | Jun 21, 2013 |
| +9 | Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest | Jun 1, 2013 |
| +7.7 | New York City BBQ Cookoff | Apr 19, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.8 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge | Jul 18, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 93% | 93% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 92.8% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2026 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT | 21 / 36 (669.6116) | 33 (156.5144) | 2 (177.1428) | 9 (173.1428) | 27 (162.8116) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME | 5 / 28 (667.4286) | 23 (157.7144) | 14 (164) | 4 (169.7142) | 1 (176) |
| Jun 1, 2013 | Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH | 9 / 43 (655.4282) | 19 (165.7142) | 7 (166.2858) | 25 (157.7140) | 6 (165.7142) |
| May 18, 2013 | The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA | 2 / 31 (667.9998) | 5 (167.4284) | 4 (170.8574) | 12 (162.2854) | 6 (167.4286) |
| Apr 19, 2013 | New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 9 / 33 (639.9996) | 8 (165.1426) | 13 (157.7144) | 7 (160.5714) | 10 (156.5712) |