#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headHARDWAY BARBECUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1508 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2016-06-25
latest 2016-07-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.97 · weakest Chicken (158.31)
Road miles
133
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Master avg
651.97 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
HARDWAY BARBECUE has 2 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 109 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.
#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after HARDWAY BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with HARDWAY BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0344 | 156.5828 | 158.31 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 167.3828 | 167.97 | top 26% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 158.8572 | 162.28 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 158.8228 | 163.41 | top 44% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| VT | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2016-06-25 → 2016-07-16
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Cooks most in
ME
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.97 · weakest Chicken (158.31)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
651.97
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
52
33–31 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
133
2 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Power rating
1503
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- First call Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1200 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score661.1200 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5484 *Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest *Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 91.8% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-16 | *Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME | 20 / 26 (642.8112) | 16 (156.5828) | 7 (168.5484) | 17 (158.8572) | 17 (158.8228) |
| 2016-06-25 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT | 13 / 40 (661.1200) | 29 (160.0344) | 10 (167.3828) | 16 (165.7028) | 9 (168.0000) |