Happy hunting ground
1×
Grand Championships here
Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 14%
SWEET BREATHE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1539
peak 1539 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2016-06-25
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.32 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 656.28 (+4.04)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±17.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.23 · weakest Brisket (156.21)
Road miles
369
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
656.28 / 720
5 Master contests · 2 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
High-water mark
683.4056
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.4056 at Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-10
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
INSANE SWINE BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
INSANE SWINE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−13.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.02 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 80%.
- Brisket avg 156.21
- Chicken avg 169.23
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 21 at their very first tracked contest, Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival (2013-10-11).
- 2013-10-11
- 21-team field
An October team
Top 11%
average finish in October
Something about October: average finish in the top 11% across 3 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.
- 3 October contests
- top 30% the rest of the year
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.
72 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1963 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1973 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SWEET BREATHE BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#1977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWEET BREATHE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1957 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 57% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176.0000 | 160.5256 | 169.23 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175.4628 | 150.2400 | 160.58 | top 51% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 155.4400 | 160.34 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5832 | 137.6572 | 156.21 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 3 | 2 | top 11% |
| VT | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 2 | top 27% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 14% | 2014-10-10 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2016-06-25
Busiest season
2015
3 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VT
3 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.23 · weakest Brisket (156.21)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
3 of 6 contests
Wins it all
33%
2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve
First title
2014-10-10
Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
656.28
out of 720 · 5 contests · 2 GCs
Opponents faced
94
97–45 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
369
6 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1539
peak 1539 · #1965 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
- First call Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9544 Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2014
- First overall podium Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
- First Grand Championship Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score683.4056 Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1539) Green Mountain BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.3 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-10-10 |
| +14.9 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival | 2015-10-09 |
| +10.2 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-10-11 |
| +4.3 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship | 2016-06-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.4 | Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ | 2015-07-25 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 40% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 41% | 94.3% | 91.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 4% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-25 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT | 16 / 40 (658.8800) | 1 (176.0000) | 18 (162.9028) | 22 (161.1200) | 25 (158.8572) |
| 2015-10-09 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA | 1 / 25 (678.8228) | 7 (170.8456) | 1 (175.4628) | 19 (158.8344) | 22 (137.6572) |
| 2015-07-25 | Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT | 27 / 35 (637.6916) | 27 (160.5256) | 26 (157.1428) | 32 (155.4400) | 17 (164.5832) |
| 2015-06-27 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-10-10 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA | 1 / 27 (683.4056) | 5 (170.8228) | 23 (150.2400) | 10 (161.6916) | 15 (157.6800) |
| 2013-10-11 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA | 5 / 21 (651.9544) | 4 (167.9656) | 10 (157.1316) | 8 (164.5944) | 9 (162.2628) |