American Barbecue Company MA
Rating
1559
peak 1560
Contests
43
in the data
First seen
2024-04-12
latest 2026-05-16
Best ToY finish
#218
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
3
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
of 43 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
685.09 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 676.03 (+9.06)
Walk rate
91%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.97
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.96)
Road miles
1325
mi across 43 mapped stops · furthest 134 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Let It Smoke Barbecue has finished one call ahead of American Barbecue Company 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
What the Pork? has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 22 of their 22 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Q42 in 19 of their 21 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 32% across 5 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 32 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 178.8572 | 158.2400 | 170.81 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 34 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 176.5600 | 159.9544 | 167.96 | top 56% |
| Pork | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 178.8572 | 152.5256 | 169.58 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 178.2972 | 158.2744 | 168.67 | top 45% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 10 | 0 | top 52% |
| CT | 5 | 0 | top 32% |
| NH | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
| VT | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
| ME | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 19 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (18 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MA (18 of 43 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (34 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 676.03
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 694.8460 | 683.58 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 697.6572 | 684.70 |
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 679.3944 | 666.87 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 14 / 31 (678.2516) | 16 (167.9772) | 26 (159.9772) | 1 (178.8572) | 10 (171.4400) |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 4 (175.4172) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 17 (162.8228) | — | — |
| 2026-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT | 17 / 29 (677.6572) | 6 (177.7144) | 20 (168.5600) | 25 (159.3828) | 11 (172.0000) |
| 2026-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT | — | 7 (171.9772) | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 6 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2026-04-10 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT | 3 / 33 (694.8460) | 5 (176.5716) | 8 (173.1544) | 1 (177.7372) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2025-09-20 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Braintree, VT | 13 / 25 (677.0516) | 15 (170.8344) | 10 (168.5372) | 13 (168.0000) | 9 (169.6800) |
| 2025-09-20 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) Braintree, VT | — | 10 (161.6688) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) Braintree, VT | — | — | 6 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA | 7 / 16 (697.6572) | 8 (175.4288) | 5 (175.4172) | 5 (177.1428) | 10 (169.6684) |
| 2025-09-13 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) Southwick, MA | — | 2 (177.7144) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) Southwick, MA | — | — | 9 (159.9544) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA | 7 / 16 (690.2400) | 4 (178.8572) | 8 (169.6800) | 9 (170.8456) | 10 (170.8572) |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids Hiram, ME | 11 / 40 (684.5368) | 14 (173.1428) | 11 (171.4400) | 20 (167.4056) | 10 (172.5484) |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 20 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Hancock, NH | 15 / 26 (674.1256) | 21 (166.2400) | 19 (165.0972) | 6 (175.4056) | 13 (167.3828) |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Hancock, NH | — | 4 (172.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hancock, NH | — | — | 5 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2025-05-30 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Hancock, NH | 7 / 22 (682.7312) | 6 (173.1200) | 10 (173.1200) | 14 (164.5256) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2025-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 6 / 29 (685.6688) | 22 (165.6916) | 9 (172.5600) | 3 (178.2972) | 9 (169.1200) |
| 2025-05-16 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) Wrentham, MA | 11 / 27 (677.7716) | 10 (168.0344) | 5 (176.0344) | 15 (165.1428) | 9 (168.5600) |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT | 7 / 35 (692.5256) | 21 (171.4056) | 2 (176.5600) | 13 (170.8456) | 6 (173.7144) |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT | — | 5 (172.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 10 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2024-10-26 | Weekend of Giving Wrentham, MA | 14 / 25 (662.1944) | 21 (158.2400) | 16 (165.1200) | 4 (172.5944) | 9 (166.2400) |
| 2024-10-25 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 6 (173.7028) | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 2 (176.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA | 18 / 27 (670.1828) | 19 (167.9656) | 24 (160.5600) | 10 (171.9772) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Southwick, MA | — | 3 (176.5828) | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA | — | — | 10 (163.3828) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA | 14 / 25 (673.6116) | 8 (174.2972) | 20 (162.2400) | 3 (176.5600) | 23 (160.5144) |
| 2024-09-14 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) Braintree, VT | 13 / 25 (675.3596) | 20 (166.2284) | 20 (161.6912) | 13 (169.1428) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2024-09-13 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) Braintree, VT | 12 / 25 (670.7424) | 10 (169.7028) | 15 (165.6800) | 6 (171.9884) | 16 (163.3712) |
| 2024-09-13 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT | — | 2 (172.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT | — | — | 5 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Operation Up in Smoke Epping, NH | 19 / 19 (651.8972) | 3 (174.2744) | 15 (166.8228) | 19 (152.5256) | 17 (158.2744) |
| 2024-06-01 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH | 21 / 37 (665.0288) | 27 (164.5372) | 21 (166.8344) | 24 (165.1200) | 13 (168.5372) |
| 2024-05-18 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 22 / 31 (665.6000) | 29 (159.3828) | 27 (161.6456) | 8 (173.1428) | 9 (171.4288) |
| 2024-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) Wrentham, MA | 24 / 30 (650.2060) | 20 (162.8800) | 25 (163.9772) | 19 (162.2400) | 20 (161.1088) |
| 2024-04-13 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT | 17 / 37 (679.3944) | 10 (174.8572) | 19 (169.7144) | 8 (172.5484) | 27 (162.2744) |
| 2024-04-13 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 7 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2024-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT | 8 / 29 (671.3600) | 5 (173.7372) | 19 (163.3828) | 25 (158.8228) | 3 (175.4172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #263 (438 pts) | #132 (796 pts) | #260 (529 pts) | #167 (618 pts) | #332 (348 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #228 (965 pts) | #142 (1377 pts) | #118 (1545 pts) | #223 (995 pts) | #248 (935 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #218 (976 pts) | #84 (1570 pts) | #163 (1197 pts) | #115 (1346 pts) | #138 (1266 pts) |