The comeback
4.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2018-10-20).
- last seen 2014-09-13
- back 2018-10-20
Ribbed for Pleasure
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2018-10-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
451.58
last 3 Master vs avg 451.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±203.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 152.38 · weakest Chicken (145.98)
Road miles
1,185
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1120 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
451.58 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Ribbed for Pleasure has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 167 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1512
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Ribbed for Pleasure)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Ribbed for Pleasure has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ribbed for Pleasure on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Ribbed for Pleasure did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2744 | 145.6800 | 145.98 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 144.5600 | 152.38 | top 79% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7144 | 143.9656 | 150.84 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7144 | 150.2512 | 151.98 | top 74% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| MA | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.1 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2018-10-20
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
RI
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 152.38 · weakest Chicken (145.98)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
451.58
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
12–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,185
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,120 mi
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
2014-09-13 → 2018-10-20
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.5944 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1485) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
- 2014
- Career-best overall score605.0860 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- 2018
- Most recent contest Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest | 2013-09-27 |
| -10.3 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2014-09-13 |
| -6.3 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2018-10-20 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84% | 84% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 22.9% | 22.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-20 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES West Kingston, RI | 31 / 37 (585.0512) | 30 (146.2744) | 36 (144.5600) | 34 (143.9656) | 30 (150.2512) |
| 2014-09-13 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 38 / 43 (605.0860) | 39 (145.6800) | 40 (147.9772) | 20 (157.7144) | 29 (153.7144) |
| 2013-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest Jonesboro, AR | 47 / 48 (164.5944) | — | 23 (164.5944) | — | — |