Hot and Slow BBQ MD
Rating
1497
peak 1502
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2024-10-11
latest 2025-10-10
Best ToY finish
#1006
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.83 · weakest Brisket (159.10)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Storylines
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Pool Crew BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MD first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 164.5372 | 168.83 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 160.5144 | 163.38 | top 74% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 162.2512 | 167.98 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 148.5028 | 159.10 | top 67% |
“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
- Busiest season: 2025 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in MD (2 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (2 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 659.29
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 644.3884 | 644.39 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 674.1944 | 674.19 |
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 | 24 / 29 (644.3884) | 13 (173.1200) | 24 (160.5144) | 23 (162.2512) | 29 (148.5028) |
| 2024-10-11 | MD State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 15 / 26 (674.1944) | 21 (164.5372) | 17 (166.2400) | 4 (173.7144) | 9 (169.7028) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1394 (59 pts) | #1021 (114 pts) | #1501 (59 pts) | #1177 (64 pts) | #1469 (54 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1006 (101 pts) | #1205 (71 pts) | #1187 (91 pts) | #764 (201 pts) | #881 (136 pts) |