WEEKEND SMOKERS PA
Rating
1595
peak 1602
Contests
30
in the data
First seen
2019-03-08
latest 2025-07-12
Best ToY finish
#238
Master 2021
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
3
13 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 30 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
669.28
last 5 vs career avg 668.82 (+0.46)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.73
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.88 · weakest Pork (163.58)
Road miles
3600
mi across 30 mapped stops · furthest 895 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
BOGGS HOG BBQ has finished one call ahead of WEEKEND SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
B'S QUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 22 of their 30 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE in 19 of their 22 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 5 visits.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 66-team field at Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo.
📅 A July team
Something about July: average finish in the top 24% across 9 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at York County BBQ Festival (2020-06-26) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 66 at their very first tracked contest, Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo (2019-03-08).
Teams like this (closest power rating, PA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 177.7144 | 148.5028 | 168.88 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 178.2972 | 157.6688 | 167.71 | top 31% |
| Pork | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 149.0856 | 163.58 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 30 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 156.5716 | 168.65 | top 28% |
“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 | 17 | 1 | top 35% |
| NJ | 9 | 1 | top 18% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 21 | 2 | top 25% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in PA (17 of 30 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (30 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo (2019-03-08)
- Wins it all in 7% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 668.82
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
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 | 678.2288 | 678.23 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 683.3484 | 667.05 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 678.7656 | 674.18 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 687.3944 | 673.88 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 682.7884 | 667.14 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 695.9656 | 682.78 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 676.4684 | 658.60 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 11 / 63 (678.2288) | 23 (168.5600) | 16 (169.1200) | 11 (170.2860) | 9 (170.2628) |
| 2024-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 23 / 38 (667.3716) | 16 (171.9656) | 13 (169.1316) | 22 (163.9544) | 23 (162.3200) |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 6 / 62 (683.3484) | 9 (174.2856) | 5 (173.1200) | 32 (162.2400) | 3 (173.7028) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA | 22 / 26 (643.8404) | 18 (165.0972) | 24 (157.6688) | 26 (155.3828) | 13 (165.6916) |
| 2024-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA | 16 / 37 (673.6232) | 16 (169.6916) | 13 (168.5256) | 26 (161.6800) | 7 (173.7260) |
| 2023-08-25 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 11 / 44 (672.4688) | 8 (173.1316) | 18 (163.9772) | 10 (168.5372) | 14 (166.8228) |
| 2023-07-14 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 8 / 64 (678.7656) | 10 (173.1084) | 15 (169.1316) | 6 (171.9656) | 19 (164.5600) |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 15 / 37 (671.3028) | 15 (168.5372) | 6 (172.5484) | 26 (162.8000) | 15 (167.4172) |
| 2022-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 15 / 49 (678.7888) | 30 (165.6800) | 19 (168.5716) | 22 (164.5372) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2022-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA | 33 / 54 (655.8856) | 37 (164.5372) | 33 (163.9656) | 39 (159.9428) | 18 (167.4400) |
| 2022-07-09 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 20 / 61 (665.1200) | 14 (171.4516) | 14 (169.1200) | 28 (162.2628) | 26 (162.2856) |
| 2022-06-17 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 14 / 34 (667.9088) | 27 (162.2628) | 15 (166.8228) | 26 (159.9660) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2022-05-13 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 8 / 39 (682.7656) | 2 (177.1428) | 32 (159.3484) | 17 (169.1316) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2022-04-22 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 5 / 48 (687.3944) | 18 (170.2744) | 1 (177.7372) | 28 (165.6800) | 7 (173.7028) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 26 / 60 (679.3256) | 28 (170.8228) | 24 (168.5716) | 38 (165.6684) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2021-10-15 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Belair, MD | 6 / 25 (682.7884) | 4 (175.4172) | 7 (171.4056) | 14 (163.9656) | 5 (172.0000) |
| 2021-08-27 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 10 / 44 (666.7772) | 1 (177.7144) | 20 (158.2628) | 24 (162.8228) | 10 (167.9772) |
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 8 / 54 (676.4572) | 9 (173.1200) | 8 (170.8344) | 5 (173.7028) | 39 (158.8000) |
| 2021-07-09 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 18 / 59 (654.7200) | 7 (173.7028) | 6 (170.8344) | 47 (150.7656) | 21 (159.4172) |
| 2021-06-18 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 11 / 41 (670.1712) | 24 (166.2628) | 6 (169.7028) | 21 (165.0856) | 11 (169.1200) |
| 2021-05-14 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 12 / 46 (651.9316) | 12 (166.8344) | 13 (166.8572) | 38 (149.0856) | 3 (169.1544) |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 16 / 59 (669.6000) | 15 (170.2628) | 13 (168.5716) | 49 (160.5028) | 17 (170.2628) |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 1 / 53 (695.9656) | 18 (170.8112) | 2 (178.2972) | 21 (167.4172) | 2 (179.4400) |
| 2019-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 22 / 65 (661.0056) | 27 (165.7028) | 4 (174.2628) | 44 (157.0744) | 29 (163.9656) |
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 6 / 64 (673.6340) | 2 (173.7028) | 14 (163.4056) | 32 (163.3828) | 2 (173.1428) |
| 2019-06-07 | Separation Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE | 15 / 36 (661.6572) | 3 (174.8800) | 16 (163.3828) | 14 (166.8228) | 24 (156.5716) |
| 2019-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 17 / 44 (652.4348) | 31 (157.6572) | 15 (165.1200) | 25 (159.9660) | 9 (169.6916) |
| 2019-04-27 | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 17 / 43 (655.3372) | 29 (159.4172) | 14 (163.9772) | 10 (169.7028) | 22 (162.2400) |
| 2019-04-05 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 21 / 26 (629.6344) | 24 (148.5028) | 10 (162.2856) | 19 (158.8572) | 14 (159.9888) |
| 2019-03-08 | Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ | 1 / 66 (676.4684) | 20 (165.7144) | 13 (166.8228) | 4 (174.2628) | 10 (169.6684) |
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 | #835 (130 pts) | #1178 (70 pts) | #1144 (105 pts) | #907 (130 pts) | #858 (145 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #464 (416 pts) | #480 (441 pts) | #494 (481 pts) | #680 (246 pts) | #388 (581 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #649 (240 pts) | #661 (265 pts) | #730 (270 pts) | #770 (195 pts) | #731 (225 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #299 (769 pts) | #341 (709 pts) | #330 (784 pts) | #475 (474 pts) | #143 (1279 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #238 (805 pts) | #190 (985 pts) | #242 (865 pts) | #365 (555 pts) | #241 (815 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #287 (390 pts) | #521 (205 pts) | #327 (380 pts) | #644 (140 pts) | #341 (360 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #402 (806 pts) | #597 (581 pts) | #436 (796 pts) | #578 (606 pts) | #431 (781 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #373 (915 pts) | #469 (775 pts) | #429 (850 pts) | #291 (1105 pts) | #368 (940 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #356 (1047 pts) | #382 (982 pts) | #465 (842 pts) | #250 (1277 pts) | #464 (867 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #587 (668 pts) | #707 (568 pts) | #552 (753 pts) | #572 (713 pts) | #685 (583 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1009 (300 pts) | #941 (365 pts) | #918 (385 pts) | #1108 (300 pts) | #1056 (300 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #730 (481 pts) | #773 (481 pts) | #678 (556 pts) | #817 (451 pts) | #487 (771 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1166 (230 pts) | #1173 (245 pts) | #609 (550 pts) | #1254 (220 pts) | #1150 (250 pts) |