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Steve's Prime BBQ MA

Power ranking

#1658
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1498
peak 1524

Contests

10
in the data

First seen

2021-09-03
latest 2025-05-17

Best ToY finish

#576
Master 2024

Grand champs

1
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 66%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

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Current form

660.47 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 596.63 (+63.83)

Walk rate

90%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

173.7028

Consistency

±162.52
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.54 · weakest Brisket (162.18)

Road miles

256
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 202 mi

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Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Steak) (JUDGING FULL) (2022-09-02) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 4 0 0 173.1084 158.8344 166.54 top 60%
Pork Ribs 8 4 0 0 173.7028 153.6456 166.27 top 54%
Pork 7 4 0 0 173.1428 150.7540 164.46 top 54%
Brisket 7 2 0 0 170.8456 153.1200 162.18 top 67%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NY41top 66%
MA20top 65%
NH20top 68%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 75%
Medium (20–39)40top 60%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025100 661.0284 661.03
2024500 671.3256 667.52
2023100 638.7312 638.73
2022210 634.2056 401.11
2021100 668.4916 668.49

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-05-17 Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA 24 / 29 (661.0284) 18 (166.8228) 28 (153.6456) 9 (173.1428) 14 (167.4172)
2024-10-26 Weekend of Giving Wrentham, MA 12 / 25 (667.3252) 8 (173.1084) 19 (164.5828) 6 (171.9656) 20 (157.6684)
2024-10-25 Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA 10 (170.2744)
2024-10-25 Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA 7 (173.7028)
2024-07-27 Operation Up in Smoke Epping, NH 17 / 19 (663.9196) 15 (165.1084) 11 (169.6800) 18 (158.2856) 8 (170.8456)
2024-06-01 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH 17 / 37 (671.3256) 26 (165.0856) 8 (171.4056) 5 (172.5600) 23 (162.2744)
2023-09-01 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY 16 / 18 (638.7312) 16 (158.8344) 7 (169.1772) 18 (150.7540) 16 (159.9656)
2022-09-02 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) Lake Placid, NY 14 / 22 (634.2056) 10 (164.5372) 12 (157.7028) 12 (158.8456) 18 (153.1200)
2022-09-02 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Steak) (JUDGING FULL) Lake Placid, NY 1 (168.0228)
2021-09-03 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY 7 / 15 (668.4916) 7 (168.5716) 7 (170.2744) 9 (165.6800) 10 (163.9656)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1394 (59 pts) #1118 (89 pts) #1555 (54 pts) #889 (139 pts) #1020 (109 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #576 (299 pts) #493 (418 pts) #474 (498 pts) #478 (429 pts) #629 (284 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1135 (88 pts) #1206 (88 pts) #1017 (148 pts) #1222 (78 pts) #1185 (88 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #1138 (102 pts) #1045 (122 pts) #1197 (112 pts) #1140 (112 pts) #1246 (82 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #852 (145 pts) #899 (145 pts) #935 (145 pts) #943 (125 pts) #1034 (115 pts)

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