Beantown Smokers

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

Power ranking

#5057

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1461

peak 1461 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-14

latest 2025-08-09

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

666.3200 / 720

Master · Sun BBQFest

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.09 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 633.15 (+12.94)

Walk rate

53%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Chicken · Kora Shriners BBQ Competition

Consistency

±21.43

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.13)

Road miles

1,748

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 252 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$51K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

633.15 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

666.3200 career-best overall

92.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.3200 at Sun BBQFest — 92.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-06-01

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 51%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 51%

A tough matchup

16–1 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 94% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TEAM MEAT BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (2023-08-19).

last seen 2019-09-07
back 2023-08-19

Chicken nemesis

16 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 94% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 16 of 17 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Up In Your Grill has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 46% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 46% across 5 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

5 June contests
top 64% the rest of the year

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.

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

Ossipee Mountain Smokers

#5061 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Beantown Smokers)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Beantown Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE

#5067 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2018-05-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Sloppy Seconds

#5046 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2024-09-27

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Rub You Long Time

#5062 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

The Spice Is Right

#5083 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Beantown Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SAPONI SMOKERS

#5039 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2021-09-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BEVERAGE BROTHERS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Pork Butt Paradise	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bulldogs	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BIG RAZ BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS L.I.	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	2	0	173.7144	142.8228	159.87	top 61%
Pork Ribs	19	3	0	171.4400	123.3600	157.13	top 64%
Pork	19	4	2	169.1316	127.9428	158.37	top 59%
Brisket	19	4	0	170.8456	145.1084	159.14	top 51%

“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
MA	7	top 80%
ME	3	top 70%
CT	3	top 50%
VT	2	top 65%
NH	2	top 39%
RI	1	top 30%
NY	1	top 55%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 68%
Large (40+)	6	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	3	22	top 70%	2015-09-12
Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	19	top 65%	2019-09-07
Sun BBQ Fest	2	23	top 61%	2017-06-03
Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	2	21	top 86%	2016-10-07

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

On the trail 11.9 yrs 2013-09-14 → 2025-08-09

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 10 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MA 7 of 19 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 19 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 159.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.13)

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

Overall top-10 rate 11% 2 of 19 contests

Master average 633.15 out of 720 · 19 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 315 254–448 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,748 19 mapped stops · furthest 252 mi

Schedule strength 1553 average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests

Purse competed for $51,075 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4 yrs 2019-09-07 → 2023-08-19

Power rating 1461 peak 1461 · #5057 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 14 First tracked contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
Sep 14 First call Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
Sep 14 Peak power rating (1499) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
2014
Jun 13 First overall top-10 Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship
2017
Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5828 Sun BBQ Fest
Jun 3 10th tracked contest Sun BBQ Fest
2019
Jun 1 Career-best overall score666.3200 Sun BBQFest
2023
Aug 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
2025
Aug 9 Most recent contest Trillium BBQ Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Sun BBQFest	2019-06-01
+12.1	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2018-10-20
+10.5	Sun BBQ Fest	2017-06-03
+3.3	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	2018-07-21
+1.9	Rock'N RibFest 2015	2015-06-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.9	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	2015-10-09
-12.4	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	2014-09-13
-12	Trillium BBQ Throwdown	2025-08-09
-9.1	Kora Kares for Kids	2024-08-17
-8.9	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	2015-09-12

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 100%	84.7%	84.7%
2024	1	0	100%	top 87%	89%	89%
2023	1	0	0%	top 54%	92.5%	92.5%
2019	3	0	100%	top 55%	92.5%	89.9%
2018	3	0	33%	top 51%	91%	89%
2017	1	0	0%	top 32%	92.3%	92.3%
2016	3	0	67%	top 83%	89.6%	85.5%
2015	3	1	33%	top 64%	88.3%	87.2%
2014	2	1	50%	top 61%	84.4%	83.8%
2013	1	0	100%	top 57%	87.4%	87.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-08-09	Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA	20 / 20 (610.1256)	20 (142.8228)	15 (166.2516)	20 (155.9428)	20 (145.1084)
2024-08-17	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	34 / 39 (640.4572)	24 (167.4172)	39 (141.0744)	28 (161.1200)	7 (170.8456)
2023-08-19	Kora Shriners BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	25 / 46 (666.2172)	11 (173.7144)	33 (163.3828)	35 (161.7028)	18 (167.4172)
2019-09-07	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	19 / 31 (647.3140)	16 (167.4284)	29 (151.3600)	10 (167.9884)	21 (160.5372)
2019-06-01	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	16 / 61 (666.3200)	37 (161.6684)	6 (171.4400)	21 (168.5944)	26 (164.6172)
2019-05-18	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	22 / 28 (629.0168)	25 (153.6572)	17 (164.5712)	27 (144.5372)	6 (166.2512)
2018-10-20	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES West Kingston, RI	11 / 37 (655.4060)	16 (164.5716)	18 (160.5256)	3 (169.1316)	16 (161.1772)
2018-09-08	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Randolph, VT	23 / 33 (635.9320)	23 (155.3944)	11 (166.8688)	22 (156.5372)	21 (157.1316)
2018-07-21	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	17 / 31 (630.8460)	19 (161.1428)	13 (161.1316)	19 (157.1544)	19 (151.4172)
2017-06-03	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	23 / 73 (664.5828)	26 (165.7028)	19 (169.1772)	20 (167.4400)	35 (162.2628)
2016-10-07	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	29 / 33 (610.2288)	5 (172.6056)	31 (151.9772)	33 (127.9428)	15 (157.7032)
2016-07-16	*Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	18 / 26 (645.1432)	23 (153.6916)	21 (158.2972)	9 (164.5600)	7 (168.5944)
2016-06-11	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	63 / 69 (591.8744)	19 (167.4400)	69 (123.3600)	58 (150.8572)	52 (150.2172)
2015-10-09	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	21 / 25 (616.5144)	21 (158.2744)	11 (164.6172)	25 (145.6684)	17 (147.9544)
2015-09-12	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	22 / 37 (635.4400)	32 (147.4056)	22 (157.7144)	15 (166.3200)	13 (164.0000)
2015-06-20	Rock'N RibFest 2015 Merrimack, NH	8 / 16 (632.0804)	7 (155.4860)	7 (158.3200)	2 (168.0572)	12 (150.2172)
2014-09-13	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	40 / 43 (599.9316)	30 (153.6800)	42 (141.6572)	34 (152.0000)	31 (152.5944)
2014-06-13	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship Merrimack, NH	8 / 28 (607.4056)	22 (157.6800)	9 (168.0116)	13 (162.2972)	13 (161.1772)
2013-09-14	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	24 / 42 (629.0284)	31 (157.6800)	40 (145.6572)	18 (161.1656)	9 (164.5256)

Beantown Smokers

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

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By state / province

By contest size

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

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

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

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