A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Benefit Ct BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-08-10
latest 2024-10-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.06)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
289.65 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
316.55 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Pig Kahunas in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at MD State BBQ Bash (2024-10-11).
- last seen 2021-10-15
- back 2024-10-11
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.
Benefit Ct 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 121 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.
#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
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#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Benefit Ct BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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#4035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Benefit Ct BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 149.7372 | 156.56 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 152.0344 | 155.06 | top 72% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 3 | 17 | 0 | top 77% | 2021-10-15 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.2 yrs
2018-08-10 → 2024-10-11
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
289.65
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
316.55
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
190
80–187 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2021-10-15 → 2024-10-11
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2019
- Peak power rating (1491) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.7144 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2024
- Career-best overall score318.2172 MD State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
| -8.3 | MD State BBQ Bash | 2024-10-11 |
| -1.2 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2021-10-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 40.2% | 40.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-11 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 25 / 26 (318.2172) | 26 (158.2400) | 22 (159.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 19 / 25 (314.8916) | 18 (161.7144) | 20 (153.1772) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 17 / 30 (301.7716) | 21 (149.7372) | 15 (152.0344) | — | — |
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 37 / 38 (289.6460) | — | — | — | — |