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HUMPHREY'S BBQ MA

Power ranking

#687
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1567
peak 1567 · rated over 37 contests

Best runs

3
straight top-10s

Contests

63
in the data

First seen

2019-09-07
latest 2026-08-15

Best ToY finish

#148
Master 2026

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

7
21 podiums

Overall top-10s

11
of 63 contests

Avg finish

top 52%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

685.51 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 674.98 (+10.53)

Walk rate

65%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

3
best run (overall)

Consistency

±13.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 169.74 · weakest Brisket (168.13)

Road miles

10437
mi across 63 mapped stops · furthest 1114 mi

Schedule strength

69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Purse competed for

$290K
listed at 55 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 33 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.98 / 720
33 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

ELJEFE SMOKE has finished one call ahead of HUMPHREY'S BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Up-2 BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 27 of their 29 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 23 of their 24 shared contests.

😤 Pork Ribs nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 28 of 34 shared pork ribs entries.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 37% across 4 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) (2023-08-19).

Teams like this (closest power rating, MA first)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
PADDY MCQ'S 29 2 27 7% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 29 2 27 7% ⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE 26 6 20 23% ⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 26 1 25 4% ⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue 25 16 9 64% ⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ 24 23 1 96% ⚔ compare
Meat Monarchy 22 6 16 27% ⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ 21 3 18 14% ⚔ compare
House of Que 20 11 9 55% ⚔ compare
STICKS & STONES BBQ 20 8 12 40% ⚔ compare
Q42 19 16 3 84% ⚔ compare
Titans of BBQ 17 12 5 71% ⚔ compare
American Barbecue Company 17 9 8 53% ⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ 15 0 15 0% ⚔ compare
Professor Smoke 14 14 0 100% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 47 16 2 6 178.8800 147.3600 168.95 top 56%
Pork Ribs 53 20 3 6 178.8572 160.5028 169.74 top 46%
Pork 37 12 1 6 180.0000 🔥 151.9772 168.75 top 51%
Brisket 36 15 1 3 180.0000 🔥 154.7772 168.13 top 48%

“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
CT70top 33%
MA70top 55%
NY40top 73%
VT40top 35%
NJ40top 73%
ME30top 36%
TN30top 70%
WI20top 82%
NH20top 32%
MN10top 31%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)280top 52%
Large (40+)90top 52%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 4 6 0 top 37% 2026-04-11
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 4 6 0 top 35% 2025-09-20
Kora Kares for Kids 2 18 0 top 41% 2026-08-15
Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 2 7 0 top 30% 2026-07-18
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 2 6 0 top 32% 2025-05-31
Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 2 12 0 top 58% 2025-05-17
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 2 21 0 top 70% 2025-05-03
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 2 19 0 top 76% 2024-10-19
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 2 23 0 top 91% 2024-09-21

The story so far

Milestones

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+12.2Mass in May (Day 2)2026-05-16
+12Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)2025-05-31
+11.4Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)2026-04-11
+11.3Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2)2024-09-14
+10.9Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)2025-09-20

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.5Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)2024-06-07
-11.9Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)2024-09-20
-10.3Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2025-06-14
-10.2Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES)2026-05-01
-9.3Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)2024-10-18

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
202613042 69% top 40% 96.6% 95.4%
202530042 57% top 53% 95.9% 93.7%
202417032 76% top 64% 95.5% 92.5%
20232001 50% top 26% 94.8% 94.8%
20191000 100% top 52% 90.8% 90.8%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-08-15 Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME 19 / 51 (687.3372) 23 (172.5484) 19 (171.9772) 2 (178.8572) 39 (163.9544)
2026-08-15 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 35 (165.6916)
2026-07-18 Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT 7 / 36 (690.2288) 9 (173.1316) 17 (169.1316) 2 (177.1428) 10 (170.8228)
2026-06-13 Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT 6 / 26 (687.9200) 13 (170.8228) 1 (176.0116) 8 (171.9772) 6 (169.1084)
2026-05-16 Mass in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA 5 / 31 (693.6456) 3 (178.8572) 2 (177.7028) 25 (163.9428) 6 (173.1428)
2026-05-16 Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA 1 (178.8800)
2026-05-16 Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA 18 (160.5028)
2026-05-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY 44 / 59 (668.4112) 37 (170.8228) 54 (162.8000) 31 (170.2744) 41 (164.5140)
2026-05-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) New Paltz, NY 39 / 43 (668.4000) 37 (165.0856) 37 (165.0972) 27 (169.6916) 27 (168.5256)
2026-04-11 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT 6 / 29 (695.3716) 5 (177.7144) 8 (175.4172) 17 (167.3828) 4 (174.8572)
2026-04-11 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT 3 (176.5600)
2026-04-11 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT 4 (171.9772)
2026-04-10 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT 12 / 33 (682.7772) 10 (174.8572) 23 (165.6800) 7 (171.4172) 7 (170.8228)
2025-10-10 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 32 / 90 (690.7540) 54 (170.8228) 16 (176.5600) 57 (170.8112) 31 (172.5600)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT 6 / 25 (690.8116) 12 (171.9772) 19 (163.9656) 4 (175.4288) 2 (179.4400)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) Braintree, VT 3 (173.1544)
2025-09-20 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) Braintree, VT 3 (174.8572)
2025-08-16 Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME 18 / 40 (675.8856) 22 (169.6800) 16 (168.5600) 15 (170.2628) 21 (167.3828)
2025-08-16 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 14 (167.9772)
2025-08-09 Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA 10 / 20 (680.4800) 13 (167.9772) 17 (165.1200) 3 (175.4172) 6 (171.9656)
2025-08-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY 24 / 47 (684.4916) 22 (173.7144) 37 (166.2400) 19 (172.5600) 23 (171.9772)
2025-08-01 Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) Port Jervis, NY 26 / 34 (680.4572) 27 (169.1200) 29 (169.6800) 13 (174.2628) 27 (167.3944)
2025-07-12 Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT 12 / 30 (680.4684) 17 (166.8456) 13 (169.6800) 15 (169.6800) 6 (174.2628)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 32 / 36 (663.8400) 35 (162.8228) 14 (169.6916) 30 (165.0856) 24 (166.2400)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 27 / 36 (663.8516) 20 (167.9772) 12 (170.2744) 18 (170.8228) 35 (154.7772)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 12 (170.8228)
2025-05-31 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Hancock, NH 6 / 26 (688.4800) 16 (169.6800) 13 (169.1316) 1 (180.0000) 8 (169.6684)
2025-05-31 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Hancock, NH 10 (167.3828)
2025-05-31 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hancock, NH 3 (176.5716)
2025-05-30 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Hancock, NH 9 / 22 (679.3372) 21 (161.0856) 8 (173.7144) 3 (176.5716) 13 (167.9656)
2025-05-17 Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA 12 / 29 (679.8968) 24 (164.5256) 12 (171.4172) 5 (177.1428) 15 (166.8112)
2025-05-16 Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA 20 / 27 (659.8628) 12 (167.9656) 20 (165.6800) 22 (160.5372) 16 (165.6800)
2025-05-03 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 21 / 34 (665.5772) 27 (160.5372) 1 (178.8572) 22 (165.6800) 27 (160.5028)
2025-05-03 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Blairstown, NJ 4 (171.9772)
2025-05-02 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 26 / 33 (658.6856) 28 (163.9772) 14 (169.6800) 27 (165.6684) 26 (159.3600)
2025-05-02 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Blairstown, NJ 8 (171.9656)
2025-04-12 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT 16 / 35 (679.8856) 24 (169.1084) 6 (174.2744) 15 (170.8228) 19 (165.6800)
2025-04-12 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT 8 (171.4172)
2025-04-12 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT 11 (169.6800)
2025-04-11 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT 14 / 30 (673.0744) 4 (176.5716) 13 (166.2856) 10 (170.8228) 22 (159.3944)
2025-03-14 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN 80 / 100 (666.7548) 19 (176.5600) 74 (167.4288) 91 (162.2400) 86 (160.5260)
2025-03-14 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 25 (171.9772)
2025-02-21 Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN 13 / 42 (679.3600) 24 (169.7028) 4 (174.8572) 17 (170.2628) 30 (164.5372)
2024-10-26 Weekend of Giving 🏅 Wrentham, MA 6 / 25 (682.8344) 4 (174.8572) 5 (169.1544) 15 (168.0000) 6 (170.8228)
2024-10-25 Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA 2 (177.1544)
2024-10-25 Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA 9 (170.2744)
2024-10-19 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ 19 / 26 (667.8516) 22 (168.5372) 5 (173.1200) 25 (159.9544) 17 (166.2400)
2024-10-19 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbia, NJ 1 (176.5600)
2024-10-18 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ 22 / 28 (649.0976) 22 (162.2744) 15 (166.8460) 26 (154.8000) 16 (165.1772)
2024-10-18 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Columbia, NJ 14 (163.3944)
2024-09-21 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA 23 / 27 (655.3148) 27 (161.6688) 22 (163.9772) 26 (157.6916) 9 (171.9772)
2024-09-21 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Southwick, MA 10 (167.9772)
2024-09-21 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA 5 (170.8228)
2024-09-20 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA 24 / 25 (644.4116) 25 (147.3600) 22 (161.6572) 22 (166.2744) 10 (169.1200)
2024-09-14 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) 🏅 Braintree, VT 6 / 25 (687.8972) 18 (167.3828) 5 (174.2628) 3 (173.1316) 6 (173.1200)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) 🏅 Braintree, VT 10 / 25 (674.1944) 23 (159.3944) 13 (167.9656) 4 (174.2744) 3 (172.5600)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT 1 (173.1084)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 9 (167.3944)
2024-08-17 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 24 (164.0232)
2024-06-07 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) Springfield, TN 31 / 33 (483.3256) 32 (156.5600) 18 (167.9656) 33 (158.8000)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME 12 / 46 (682.7656) 31 (165.1084) 10 (173.7028) 32 (163.9544) 1 (180.0000)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 17 (163.4400)
2019-09-07 Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT 16 / 31 (653.5888) 7 (171.9772) 8 (167.9772) 28 (151.9772) 19 (161.6572)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #148 (954 pts) #61 (1417 pts) #85 (1330 pts) #110 (1039 pts) #138 (959 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #165 (1252 pts) #154 (1337 pts) #70 (1795 pts) #80 (1652 pts) #150 (1274 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #308 (721 pts) #147 (1243 pts) #106 (1478 pts) #300 (746 pts) #210 (1006 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #920 (125 pts) #1319 (60 pts) #803 (232 pts) #1287 (60 pts) #610 (285 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1717 (101 pts) #1396 (161 pts) #1421 (151 pts) #2514 (56 pts) #1835 (86 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #332 (1019 pts) #392 (909 pts) #411 (884 pts) #386 (914 pts) #224 (1314 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #394 (939 pts) #334 (1089 pts) #463 (844 pts) #511 (764 pts) #291 (1209 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #701 (543 pts) #867 (433 pts) #902 (423 pts) #512 (793 pts) #615 (653 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #563 (662 pts) #564 (687 pts) #402 (922 pts) #695 (547 pts) #582 (647 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #954 (333 pts) #932 (385 pts) #1000 (343 pts) #1043 (323 pts) #1120 (283 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1034 (277 pts) #858 (377 pts) #1251 (232 pts) #967 (327 pts) #1040 (287 pts)

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