A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
30Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2025-09-26
latest 2026-07-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.95 · weakest Brisket (155.07)
Road miles
90
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.11 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.33 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
30Q has 3 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 150 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with 30Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2019, 6 years before 30Q's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before 30Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before 30Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 158.2516 | 159.58 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 157.1200 | 159.59 | top 79% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 158.8000 | 161.95 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5144 | 153.6344 | 155.07 | top 95% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 94% | 2026-07-25 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.8 yrs
2025-09-26 → 2026-07-25
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.95 · weakest Brisket (155.07)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.11
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
319.33
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
20–164 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
90
3 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$3,600
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest First State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1500) First State BBQ Bash
- 2026
- Career-best overall score641.5432 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.0972 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 2026-07-25 |
| -10.8 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 2026-07-24 |
| -0.1 | First State BBQ Bash | 2025-09-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 89.1% | 88.3% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 38 / 39 (630.6860) | 38 (158.2516) | 39 (157.1200) | 36 (158.8000) | 37 (156.5144) |
| 2026-07-24 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 39 / 43 (641.5432) | 40 (161.1088) | 35 (161.7028) | 32 (165.0972) | 41 (153.6344) |
| 2025-09-26 | First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE | 13 / 25 (319.3260) | 14 (159.3716) | 14 (159.9544) | — | — |