The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Fire Ants BBQ has finished one call ahead of 3 T's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
3 T's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1413
peak 1413 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2019-05-17
latest 2024-10-04
Best ToY finish
#671
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.95 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 606.65 (+6.31)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.65 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.90)
Road miles
341
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
606.65 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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 tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
The weak link
−14.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.75 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 144.90
- Chicken avg 159.65
- 0 calls in 9 entries
The comeback
2.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at New Holland Summer Fest (2021-08-27).
- last seen 2019-05-17
- back 2021-08-27
Chicken nemesis
8 of 9
shared chicken entries lost
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 89% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±2.25%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 84.3% of a perfect score
- 9 contests
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.
#6222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1413
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6219 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1413
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before 3 T's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#6220 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1413
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1413
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#6226 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1412
No shared contest yet.
Level with 3 T's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6215 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1414
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before 3 T's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 BOXERS Q | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DEAD ON Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GRILLER B’S | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pappy's Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire Ants BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BUBBA'S BARBECUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HARCO LOCO BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKECRAFT - MD | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEKEND SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BEER TIME BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DRILLING & GRILLING | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 150.8228 | 159.65 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 135.9772 | 144.90 | top 91% |
| Pork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3940 | 140.5256 | 152.90 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3484 | 140.4688 | 149.19 | top 85% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 95% | 2024-10-04 |
| New Holland Summer Fest | 3 | 40 | 0 | top 93% | 2023-08-25 |
| Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 86% | 2023-05-19 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.4 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2024-10-04
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
4
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.65 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.90)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
606.65
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
30–323 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
341
9 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$60,400
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 9 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2021-08-27
Power rating
1413
peak 1413 · #6221 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- Peak power rating (1487) Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 The Ironman
- Career-best overall score643.2232 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- 2024
- Most recent contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2019-05-17 |
| -12.2 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2021-08-27 |
| -11.9 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2022-08-26 |
| -10.3 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | 2021-10-08 |
| -10.2 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | 2023-10-06 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.3% | 85.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.4% | 83.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-04 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 24 / 25 (594.0688) | 23 (154.8000) | 25 (142.2400) | 22 (156.5600) | 25 (140.4688) |
| 2023-10-06 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 27 / 28 (595.8056) | 21 (161.1316) | 27 (141.6456) | 28 (140.5256) | 26 (152.5028) |
| 2023-08-25 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 40 / 44 (607.8056) | 37 (157.6684) | 43 (141.6916) | 39 (153.0972) | 34 (155.3484) |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 28 / 37 (643.2232) | 13 (169.6916) | 16 (167.3828) | 28 (161.6800) | 37 (144.4688) |
| 2023-04-07 | The Ironman 🏅 Greencastle, PA | 24 / 30 (623.8632) | 11 (171.4172) | 28 (150.2744) | 23 (159.3944) | 26 (142.7772) |
| 2022-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 47 / 49 (599.1540) | 46 (152.5256) | 45 (147.9428) | 46 (149.6456) | 43 (149.0400) |
| 2021-10-08 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 25 / 27 (607.7484) | 24 (151.3600) | 27 (138.2172) | 12 (163.3940) | 19 (154.7772) |
| 2021-08-27 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 41 / 44 (600.3772) | 13 (167.4172) | 43 (135.9772) | 39 (148.4800) | 38 (148.5028) |
| 2019-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 42 / 44 (587.7600) | 42 (150.8228) | 44 (138.7544) | 43 (143.3256) | 30 (154.8572) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1508 (55 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1631 (50 pts) | #1208 (65 pts) | #1553 (50 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #671 (233 pts) | #526 (378 pts) | #721 (273 pts) | #691 (238 pts) | #724 (228 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1012 (112 pts) | #819 (177 pts) | #1109 (112 pts) | #798 (177 pts) | #889 (142 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |