A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HUMPHREY'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HUMPHREY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Nor'Easter Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-27
latest 2017-09-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.79
last 4 Master vs avg 636.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.33 · weakest Pork (155.02)
Road miles
253
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 126 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
636.79 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Green Mountain BBQ Championship (2017-09-09).
- last seen 2015-09-12
- back 2017-09-09
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.
Nor'Easter Smoke 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 149 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Nor'Easter Smoke did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Nor'Easter Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 154.2628 | 158.28 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 157.6800 | 161.33 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 151.9772 | 155.02 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 150.8228 | 155.59 | top 72% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2015-06-27 → 2017-09-09
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VT
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.33 · weakest Pork (155.02)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.79
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
30–61 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
253
3 mapped stops · furthest 126 mi
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-12 → 2017-09-09
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- First call Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4800 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score656.4800 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1544 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1497) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- 2017
- Most recent contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.2 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2015-09-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship | 2017-09-09 |
| -5.5 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship | 2015-06-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 52% | 91.2% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-09 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship Randolph, VT | 28 / 32 (622.2744) | 26 (158.3088) | 20 (161.1656) | 31 (151.9772) | 30 (150.8228) |
| 2015-09-12 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 11 / 37 (656.4800) | 16 (162.2744) | 14 (165.1544) | 24 (155.9544) | 29 (151.4172) |
| 2015-06-27 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT | 17 / 23 (633.6000) | 19 (154.2628) | 17 (157.6800) | 20 (157.1200) | 10 (164.5372) |