The comeback
6.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.5 years, then back at Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship (2022-02-05).
- last seen 2015-08-01
- back 2022-02-05
Baldys BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2025-06-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
487.80
last 4 Master vs avg 487.80 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±207.35
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.98 · weakest Brisket (140.13)
Road miles
3,213
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 2407 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
487.80 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The long haul
3,213
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,213 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,407 miles to Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship.
- 4 mapped stops
- furthest 2,407 mi
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.
Baldys 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 139 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.
#4962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Baldys BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Baldys BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Baldys BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Baldys BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.7884 | 137.0972 | 153.68 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 140.0000 | 155.98 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 145.1426 | 153.90 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 123.4284 | 140.13 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| WA | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.2 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2025-06-27
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ID
1 of 4 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 155.98 · weakest Brisket (140.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
487.80
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
184
24–164 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,213
4 mapped stops · furthest 2,407 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.5 yrs
2015-08-01 → 2022-02-05
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- Peak power rating (1486) Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1368 Smoke-N-Wings
- Career-best overall score658.1368 Smoke-N-Wings
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 Smoke-N-Wings
- Most recent contest Smoke-N-Wings
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship | 2022-02-05 |
| -13.9 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | 2013-04-19 |
| -4.6 | Smoke-N-Wings | 2025-06-27 |
| -3.8 | 8th Annual Smokin at the Maples | 2015-08-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 18.5% | 18.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 82% | 82% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 79.1% | 79.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 25 / 32 (658.1368) | 26 (162.7884) | 17 (170.8228) | 26 (166.2856) | 29 (158.2400) |
| 2022-02-05 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship 🏅 Puyallup, WA | 22 / 22 (133.1544) | — | — | — | 22 (133.1544) |
| 2015-08-01 | 8th Annual Smokin at the Maples Manorville, NY | 22 / 32 (590.1940) | 30 (137.0972) | 12 (157.1312) | 16 (150.2856) | 16 (145.6800) |
| 2013-04-19 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD | 99 / 106 (569.7140) | 32 (161.1430) | 93 (140.0000) | 86 (145.1426) | 103 (123.4284) |