On the rise
+28
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 28 points across 4 contests since 2013-07-04 — from 1503 up to 1531.
- 4 contests since 2013-07-04
- now 1531
Belted Cow BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1531
peak 1531 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-04
latest 2013-09-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.82
last 4 Master vs avg 641.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.42 · weakest Brisket (155.98)
Road miles
403
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 230 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
641.82 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Belted Cow BBQ has 4 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 77 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.
#2182 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Belted Cow BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Level with Belted Cow BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2194 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2193 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2196 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8916 | 139.4282 | 159.43 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 167.4284 | 158.2400 | 162.99 | top 27% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172.5484 | 150.8572 | 163.42 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 143.3600 | 155.98 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
| CT | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2013-07-04 → 2013-09-14
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
MA
1 of 4 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.42 · weakest Brisket (155.98)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
641.82
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
110
98–35 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
403
4 mapped stops · furthest 230 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1531
peak 1531 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First call I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Pork In The Park BBQ
- First overall top-10 Pork In The Park BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2284 Pork In The Park BBQ
- Career-best overall score654.2284 Pork In The Park BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5484 Pork In The Park BBQ
- Peak power rating (1531) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.5 | Pork In The Park BBQ | 2013-07-13 |
| +9.3 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2013-09-14 |
| +6.8 | Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships | 2013-07-20 |
| +3.3 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2013-07-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75% | top 28% | 90.9% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-14 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 9 / 42 (649.6336) | 17 (161.6912) | 16 (161.7028) | 7 (166.2628) | 15 (159.9768) |
| 2013-07-20 | Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI | 14 / 46 (653.7028) | 16 (165.7256) | 25 (158.2400) | 15 (164.0000) | 11 (165.7372) |
| 2013-07-13 | Pork In The Park BBQ Stamford, CT | 4 / 21 (654.2284) | 3 (170.8916) | 1 (167.4284) | 2 (172.5484) | 15 (143.3600) |
| 2013-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 12 / 28 (609.7136) | 27 (139.4282) | 3 (164.5712) | 13 (150.8572) | 7 (154.8570) |