Sasquatch BBQ

Sasquatch BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) (2024). They are ranked #2989 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SASQUATCH BBQ - PA”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,989

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1506

peak 1514 · rated over 33 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 27, 2019

latest Oct 10, 2025 · 6.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#540

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 36 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

695.9200 / 720

Master · York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

669.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.05 (+15.87)

Walk rate

53%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

Consistency

±21.08

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.64 · weakest Brisket (160.73)

Road miles

8,377

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 1,508 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Purse competed for

$280K

listed at 33 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 33 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.05 / 720

33 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

High-water mark

695.9200 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9200 at York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 28, 2024

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

HARCO LOCO BBQ has finished one call ahead of Sasquatch BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 34%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 34%

A tough matchup

28–1 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 97% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 28 of their 29 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.91 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 21%.

Brisket avg 160.73
Chicken avg 166.64
7 calls in 33 entries

A strong matchup

13–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 76% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE in 13 of their 17 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

22 of 29 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 22 of 29 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 49% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 49% across 7 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

7 July contests
top 58% the rest of the year

The long haul

8,377 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,377 miles across 36 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,508 miles to Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS).

36 mapped stops
furthest 1,508 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#1157 (65 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#699 (235 pts)	#1185 (65 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#540 (612 pts)	#304 (1,002 pts)	#459 (747 pts)	#477 (722 pts)	#501 (667 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Sasquatch BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SMOKIN TIME

#2,976 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Sasquatch BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Sasquatch BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

DAT'S BBQ

#3,001 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1506

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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FatHeads bbq

#3,002 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1600

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 51 contests to 36.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2023

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RED BROTHERS BBQ

#2,991 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1519

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Sasquatch BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

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THE FLYING BURRITOS

#3,005 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1531

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 12% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Smokin' Bones Barbecue

#3,006 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1506

Level with Sasquatch BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2023

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	29	1	28	3%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
HARCO LOCO BBQ	21	10	11	48%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	17	13	4	76%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
4 BOXERS Q	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	7	0	0	175.4056	150.2744	166.64	top 51%
Pork Ribs	34	6	0	0	174.2744	150.1944	163.09	top 57%
Pork	33	9	2	3	180 🔥	142.7888	163.67	top 54%
Brisket	33	7	0	0	175.4056	137.6344	160.73	top 55%

“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)	17	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 53%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	19	top 59%
NJ	5	top 52%
MD	4	top 53%
DE	3	top 75%
CO	1	top 67%
VA	1	top 54%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	5	4	top 54%	Jun 28, 2024
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)	4	18	top 58%	May 17, 2024
New Holland Summer Fest	3	9	top 44%	Aug 26, 2022
Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)	3	19	top 64%	Jul 29, 2022
MD State BBQ Bash	2	13	top 47%	Oct 10, 2025
Maryland State BBQ Bash	2	7	top 59%	Oct 13, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 10 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 19 of 36 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 20 6 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 34 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Opponents faced 646 finished ahead 756 times, behind 1,118

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

Oct 10 Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash

20243 milestones

Jun 28 Career-best overall score695.9200 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jun 28 Peak power rating (1514) York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Sep 6 First perfect 180 (Pork) Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

20221 milestone

Aug 26 25th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest

20212 milestones

Aug 27 First category win (Pork) New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 27 First overall top-10 New Holland Summer Fest

20193 milestones

May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5768 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
May 25 First call Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2
Aug 23 10th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest

20181 milestone

Jun 8 First tracked contest Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.6	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 9, 2022
+15.6	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	Jun 28, 2024
+13.5	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 27, 2021
+10.9	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 13, 2023
+9.9	New Jersey State BBQ Championship	Jul 9, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Smoke in the Grove	Jul 24, 2020
-9.5	Rekindled Ironman	Apr 4, 2025
-8.4	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition	Jun 7, 2019
-8.3	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 17, 2022
-7.4	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 14, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	0	0	100%	top 64%	94.4%	92.8%
2024	5	1	0	80%	top 50%	96.7%	93.8%
2023	4	1	1	100%	top 34%	94.8%	94.2%
2022	5	1	0	40%	top 48%	95.9%	92.1%
2021	4	1	1	75%	top 46%	93.2%	90.4%
2020	4	0	0	25%	top 76%	90.9%	89.4%
2019	10	0	0	30%	top 73%	90.2%	88.1%
2018	2	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 10, 2025	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	13 / 29 (679.8628)	6 (175.4056)	19 (165.0972)	21 (163.9544)	4 (175.4056)
Apr 4, 2025	Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA	19 / 23 (656.3540)	12 (171.9656)	21 (151.9084)	18 (162.8116)	9 (169.6684)
Oct 11, 2024	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	13 / 26 (675.8512)	18 (166.2284)	7 (173.1200)	6 (173.1200)	15 (163.3828)
Sep 27, 2024	"The First State" BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	18 / 26 (670.7196)	16 (169.6684)	11 (170.8456)	16 (170.8344)	22 (159.3712)
Sep 6, 2024	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	24 / 36 (666.8116)	33 (158.8000)	28 (162.2628)	3 (180)	24 (165.7488)
Jun 28, 2024	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	4 / 29 (695.9200)	12 (170.8228)	4 (174.2628)	4 (176.5716)	4 (174.2628)
May 17, 2024	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	18 / 37 (666.1828)	9 (173.1084)	30 (160.5144)	15 (167.4172)	16 (165.1428)
Oct 13, 2023	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	7 / 23 (680.4684)	6 (174.2628)	17 (162.8228)	1 (175.4172)	10 (167.9656)
Jul 29, 2023	Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO	—	—	8 (165.6916)	—	—
Jul 28, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	15 / 51 (682.2400)	33 (168.5712)	17 (171.4172)	7 (172.5600)	15 (169.6916)
Jun 16, 2023	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	12 / 29 (673.0856)	23 (164.5484)	16 (163.9544)	10 (171.9656)	6 (172.6172)
Aug 26, 2022	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	28 / 49 (654.0912)	22 (168.5372)	33 (163.9428)	39 (158.8112)	27 (162.8000)
Jul 29, 2022	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	19 / 54 (667.8516)	36 (165.0972)	5 (173.1316)	41 (159.3600)	11 (170.2628)
Jul 9, 2022	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	6 / 61 (690.8112)	7 (173.7028)	17 (168.5600)	6 (174.2628)	4 (174.2856)
Jun 17, 2022	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	27 / 34 (637.0856)	26 (162.2628)	24 (161.1200)	12 (166.2856)	30 (147.4172)
May 13, 2022	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	22 / 39 (664.4684)	30 (164.5372)	14 (167.4056)	21 (165.6800)	14 (166.8456)
Aug 27, 2021	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	9 / 44 (670.7888)	7 (173.7028)	19 (161.7144)	1 (177.7028)	30 (157.6688)
Jul 9, 2021	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	19 / 59 (646.1372)	25 (161.1200)	10 (167.9772)	45 (152.5028)	16 (164.5372)
May 14, 2021	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	36 / 46 (619.1884)	25 (162.8228)	37 (151.3372)	39 (148.4912)	30 (156.5372)
Mar 26, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	25 / 46 (666.2052)	34 (163.9656)	39 (159.4400)	25 (168.5140)	5 (174.2856)
Oct 16, 2020	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	26 / 37 (644.9256)	21 (167.4172)	28 (162.2400)	33 (152.4800)	20 (162.7884)
Jul 31, 2020	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	27 / 35 (648.9828)	27 (162.8228)	24 (161.1088)	28 (160.5028)	17 (164.5484)
Jul 24, 2020	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	53 / 59 (626.6628)	34 (162.8228)	34 (161.6800)	45 (162.2400)	56 (139.9200)
Jun 26, 2020	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	35 / 53 (654.2060)	19 (170.2744)	7 (174.2744)	30 (165.1088)	51 (144.5484)
Oct 18, 2019	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	45 / 63 (623.7488)	21 (167.3944)	56 (150.1944)	48 (155.3828)	48 (150.7772)
Oct 4, 2019	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	30 / 36 (632.4004)	15 (162.8344)	31 (153.0860)	31 (154.2056)	20 (162.2744)
Aug 23, 2019	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	36 / 65 (646.0796)	41 (160.5256)	13 (171.9656)	41 (159.9312)	47 (153.6572)
Aug 9, 2019	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	26 / 30 (618.6864)	14 (166.2400)	22 (158.2632)	22 (156.5488)	29 (137.6344)
Jul 26, 2019	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	35 / 53 (641.5656)	18 (168)	41 (154.8000)	26 (163.4056)	37 (155.3600)
Jun 28, 2019	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	33 / 48 (642.2516)	28 (163.4172)	16 (166.8572)	10 (172.5600)	48 (139.4172)
Jun 7, 2019	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition 🏅 New Castle, DE	30 / 36 (623.8744)	5 (172)	21 (158.8344)	34 (146.8000)	31 (146.2400)
May 25, 2019	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 🏅 Gettysburg, PA	30 / 32 (637.0632)	5 (174.8572)	30 (156.5600)	31 (142.7888)	28 (162.8572)
May 17, 2019	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	21 / 44 (649.5768)	27 (161.1084)	29 (156.5256)	17 (165.6684)	15 (166.2744)
Apr 27, 2019	New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	30 / 43 (629.5656)	41 (150.2744)	22 (162.2284)	26 (157.1200)	29 (159.9428)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	—	—	—	—	—
Jun 8, 2018	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	—	—	—	—	—

Sasquatch BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)