Sasquatch BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2970

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1506

peak 1514 · rated over 33 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-27

latest 2025-10-10

Best ToY finish

#540

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

Consistency

±21.08

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.64 · weakest Brisket (160.73)

Road miles

8,377

mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 1508 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Purse competed for

$280K

listed at 33 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 33 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.05 / 720

33 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

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
2024-06-28

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-10s
1 category wins
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.

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

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.

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

CARVER'S Q

#2962 of the rated field

1506 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1521

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Sasquatch BBQ)

One contest 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 19 contests
last seen 2024-07-13

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LittleBrothersBBQ

#2965 of the rated field

1506 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1512

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Sasquatch BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than Sasquatch BBQ has cooked, 13 to 36, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

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Kalamazoo Pit Posse

#2980 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1576

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1576 at their best, 70 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 37 contests
last seen 2025-09-19

⚔ Head-to-head

THE FLYING BURRITOS

#2986 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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SadieQ

#2984 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after Sasquatch BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-07-10

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Mad Eddies BBQ

#2983 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2023-06-16

⚔ Head-to-head

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	180.0000 🔥	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 state / province

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%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	17	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 53%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	5	4	top 54%	2024-06-28
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)	4	18	top 58%	2024-05-17
New Holland Summer Fest	3	9	top 44%	2022-08-26
Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)	3	19	top 64%	2022-07-29
MD State BBQ Bash	2	13	top 47%	2025-10-10
Maryland State BBQ Bash	2	7	top 59%	2023-10-13

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.5 yrs 2019-04-27 → 2025-10-10

Busiest season 2019 10 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 19 of 36 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 20 6 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.64 · weakest Brisket (160.73)

Walk rate 53% a top-10 call in 19 of 36 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 4 of 36 contests

Master average 654.05 out of 720 · 33 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 646 756–1,118 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 8,377 36 mapped stops · furthest 1,508 mi

Schedule strength 1563 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

Purse competed for $280,235 listed at 33 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 33 state-championship entries

Power rating 1506 peak 1514 · #2970 of 6,413 rated

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

2018
Jun 8 First tracked contest Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
2019
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
2021
Aug 27 First category win (Pork) New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 27 First overall top-10 New Holland Summer Fest
2022
Aug 26 25th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
2024
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
2025
Oct 10 Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.6	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2022-07-09
+15.6	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	2024-06-28
+13.5	New Holland Summer Fest	2021-08-27
+11	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2023-10-13
+10	New Jersey State BBQ Championship	2021-07-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Smoke in the Grove	2020-07-24
-9.5	Rekindled Ironman	2025-04-04
-8.4	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition	2019-06-07
-8.3	York County BBQ Festival	2022-06-17
-7.4	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2	2019-05-25

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

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
2025-10-10	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	13 / 29 (679.8628)	6 (175.4056)	19 (165.0972)	21 (163.9544)	4 (175.4056)
2025-04-04	Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA	19 / 23 (656.3540)	12 (171.9656)	21 (151.9084)	18 (162.8116)	9 (169.6684)
2024-10-11	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	13 / 26 (675.8512)	18 (166.2284)	7 (173.1200)	6 (173.1200)	15 (163.3828)
2024-09-27	"The First State" BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	18 / 26 (670.7196)	16 (169.6684)	11 (170.8456)	16 (170.8344)	22 (159.3712)
2024-09-06	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	24 / 36 (666.8116)	33 (158.8000)	28 (162.2628)	3 (180.0000)	24 (165.7488)
2024-06-28	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	4 / 29 (695.9200)	12 (170.8228)	4 (174.2628)	4 (176.5716)	4 (174.2628)
2024-05-17	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)
2023-10-13	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	7 / 23 (680.4684)	6 (174.2628)	17 (162.8228)	1 (175.4172)	10 (167.9656)
2023-07-29	Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO	—	—	8 (165.6916)	—	—
2023-07-28	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)
2023-06-16	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	12 / 29 (673.0856)	23 (164.5484)	16 (163.9544)	10 (171.9656)	6 (172.6172)
2022-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	28 / 49 (654.0912)	22 (168.5372)	33 (163.9428)	39 (158.8112)	27 (162.8000)
2022-07-29	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)
2022-07-09	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	6 / 61 (690.8112)	7 (173.7028)	17 (168.5600)	6 (174.2628)	4 (174.2856)
2022-06-17	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	27 / 34 (637.0856)	26 (162.2628)	24 (161.1200)	12 (166.2856)	30 (147.4172)
2022-05-13	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	22 / 39 (664.4684)	30 (164.5372)	14 (167.4056)	21 (165.6800)	14 (166.8456)
2021-08-27	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	9 / 44 (670.7888)	7 (173.7028)	19 (161.7144)	1 (177.7028)	30 (157.6688)
2021-07-09	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	19 / 59 (646.1372)	25 (161.1200)	10 (167.9772)	45 (152.5028)	16 (164.5372)
2021-05-14	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	36 / 46 (619.1884)	25 (162.8228)	37 (151.3372)	39 (148.4912)	30 (156.5372)
2021-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	25 / 46 (666.2052)	34 (163.9656)	39 (159.4400)	25 (168.5140)	5 (174.2856)
2020-10-16	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)
2020-07-31	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)
2020-07-24	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	53 / 59 (626.6628)	34 (162.8228)	34 (161.6800)	45 (162.2400)	56 (139.9200)
2020-06-26	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	35 / 53 (654.2060)	19 (170.2744)	7 (174.2744)	30 (165.1088)	51 (144.5484)
2019-10-18	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	45 / 63 (623.7488)	21 (167.3944)	56 (150.1944)	48 (155.3828)	48 (150.7772)
2019-10-04	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	30 / 36 (632.4004)	15 (162.8344)	31 (153.0860)	31 (154.2056)	20 (162.2744)
2019-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	36 / 65 (646.0796)	41 (160.5256)	13 (171.9656)	41 (159.9312)	47 (153.6572)
2019-08-09	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	26 / 30 (618.6864)	14 (166.2400)	22 (158.2632)	22 (156.5488)	29 (137.6344)
2019-07-26	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	35 / 53 (641.5656)	18 (168.0000)	41 (154.8000)	26 (163.4056)	37 (155.3600)
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	33 / 48 (642.2516)	28 (163.4172)	16 (166.8572)	10 (172.5600)	48 (139.4172)
2019-06-07	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition 🏅 New Castle, DE	30 / 36 (623.8744)	5 (172.0000)	21 (158.8344)	34 (146.8000)	31 (146.2400)
2019-05-25	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 🏅 Gettysburg, PA	30 / 32 (637.0632)	5 (174.8572)	30 (156.5600)	31 (142.7888)	28 (162.8572)
2019-05-17	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	21 / 44 (649.5768)	27 (161.1084)	29 (156.5256)	17 (165.6684)	15 (166.2744)
2019-04-27	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)
2018-10-19	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	—	—	—	—	—
2018-06-08	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	—	—	—	—	—

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

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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 (1002 pts)	#459 (747 pts)	#477 (722 pts)	#501 (667 pts)