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.
Downbeach BBQ has 2 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 136 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.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Downbeach BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Downbeach BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after Downbeach BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Downbeach BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6572 | 135.3600 | 140.51 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0000 | 134.7772 | 145.39 | top 65% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 142.2856 | 149.42 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.2744 | 135.3484 | 136.81 | top 84% |
“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.
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2 | 50 | 0 | top 87% | 2014-07-11 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 79% | 79% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 79.9% | 79.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 63 / 65 (568.9940) | 65 (135.3600) | 26 (156.0000) | 58 (142.2856) | 57 (135.3484) |
| 2013-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 50 / 65 (575.2688) | 47 (145.6572) | 58 (134.7772) | 17 (156.5600) | 52 (138.2744) |