FOUR SMOKING GUYS MA

Power ranking

#466

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1600

peak 1615

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-04

latest 2024-06-01

Best ToY finish

#102

Master 2022

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 37 contests

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3828

Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

672.11 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 671.56 (+0.55)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±12.27

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.07 · weakest Chicken (167.61)

Road miles

3379

mi across 37 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

The Pig's Pajamas has finished one call ahead of FOUR SMOKING GUYS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Waypoint BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 29 of their 34 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of CIDER BOYS BBQ in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.6172 points of the Grand Championship at Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff (2022-06-25).

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	37	11	1	3	179.4400	155.3944	167.61	top 52%
Pork Ribs	37	17	2	5	177.7144	157.7028	167.99	top 39%
Pork	37	18	1	4	180.0000 🔥	153.1200	167.90	top 43%
Brisket	37	20	2	7	177.7028	150.2400	168.07	top 34%

“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	Avg finish
MA	10	top 30%
NJ	6	top 51%
NH	5	top 37%
CT	5	top 41%
ME	5	top 30%
VT	3	top 38%
RI	2	top 52%
PA	1	top 8%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 35%
Medium (20–39)	28	top 38%
Large (40+)	6	top 35%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2022 (11 contests)
Cooks mostly in MA (10 of 37 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (37 entries)
All-time average overall score: 671.56
1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2024	5	1	686.7772	672.11
2023	6	0	693.0972	671.54
2022	11	2	695.3828	673.10
2021	5	2	692.5144	678.36
2020	2	0	673.0628	667.87
2019	8	1	675.3828	665.80

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-06-01	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH	15 / 37 (673.0628)	21 (167.9772)	11 (170.2628)	21 (165.7028)	11 (169.1200)
2024-05-18	Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA	6 / 31 (686.7772)	5 (177.7144)	21 (167.9656)	7 (174.2628)	18 (166.8344)
2024-05-17	Massachusetts in May (Day 1) Wrentham, MA	10 / 30 (673.5772)	19 (163.3944)	7 (171.9656)	10 (170.8228)	9 (167.3944)
2024-04-13	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT	14 / 37 (681.0400)	24 (168.5256)	1 (176.0116)	22 (167.3828)	14 (169.1200)
2024-04-12	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT	24 / 29 (646.1028)	16 (166.2516)	18 (164.5256)	17 (165.0856)	27 (150.2400)
2023-09-23	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA	8 / 42 (693.0972)	8 (174.8572)	3 (177.7144)	25 (169.1084)	14 (171.4172)
2023-09-22	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA	18 / 31 (674.1828)	9 (174.2628)	27 (165.1316)	19 (167.9656)	15 (166.8228)
2023-06-03	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH	23 / 39 (657.6000)	27 (165.1200)	29 (163.3944)	30 (159.9656)	9 (169.1200)
2023-05-20	Somerset Sizzle Somerset, MA	8 / 24 (671.9084)	16 (164.5372)	3 (169.7028)	5 (173.1084)	9 (164.5600)
2023-05-06	HOGS 4 HEROES Jamestown, RI	26 / 50 (650.2404)	42 (158.2744)	34 (161.1316)	39 (154.8344)	2 (176.0000)
2023-04-15	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Bristol, CT	14 / 43 (682.2284)	27 (167.9656)	10 (173.1544)	4 (176.0000)	22 (165.1084)
2022-10-22	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	14 / 27 (662.7200)	25 (155.3944)	14 (165.6800)	12 (167.3828)	3 (174.2628)
2022-10-21	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	21 / 29 (659.2340)	27 (156.5028)	16 (166.8228)	19 (165.0856)	9 (170.8228)
2022-10-01	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Southwick, MA	9 / 33 (673.1084)	22 (162.8228)	13 (167.9656)	8 (169.1772)	5 (173.1428)
2022-09-17	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Braintree, VT	13 / 26 (653.6000)	17 (163.3828)	20 (157.7028)	20 (162.2400)	8 (170.2744)
2022-09-16	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Braintree, VT	7 / 18 (674.1944)	12 (166.8228)	15 (159.9544)	4 (171.9772)	2 (175.4400)
2022-08-27	Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition Hiram, ME	7 / 31 (669.5656)	7 (173.7028)	9 (166.8228)	26 (157.0744)	6 (171.9656)
2022-06-25	Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff Skowhegan, ME	2 / 25 (695.3828)	7 (173.7028)	8 (169.1200)	1 (180.0000)	4 (172.5600)
2022-06-04	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH	2 / 37 (690.2172)	2 (177.7144)	8 (170.2744)	15 (168.5256)	7 (173.7028)
2022-05-13	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	3 / 39 (689.0284)	27 (167.3828)	1 (176.5600)	3 (177.7028)	13 (167.3828)
2022-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	14 / 41 (675.9200)	30 (166.8228)	7 (172.5600)	30 (162.2400)	2 (174.2972)
2022-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	24 / 48 (661.1548)	43 (156.5372)	26 (164.5944)	11 (172.5944)	18 (167.4288)
2021-10-02	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT	4 / 16 (688.5144)	2 (176.5600)	3 (170.2744)	9 (163.9772)	1 (177.7028)
2021-09-25	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown Southwick, MA	6 / 26 (672.4796)	13 (163.9656)	7 (166.8456)	2 (176.5600)	8 (165.1084)
2021-08-20	Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition Hiram, ME	11 / 26 (673.1088)	15 (164.5828)	5 (171.4516)	16 (168.5372)	10 (168.5372)
2021-06-19	Central Maine BBQ Cook Off Skowhegan, ME	6 / 15 (692.5144)	7 (174.2628)	8 (169.6800)	5 (172.0116)	1 (176.5600)
2021-06-12	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	13 / 32 (665.1660)	10 (170.8800)	14 (165.7032)	28 (156.5600)	4 (172.0228)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: DAY 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	12 / 28 (673.0628)	15 (169.1200)	11 (169.1544)	5 (170.8456)	18 (163.9428)
2020-07-31	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	19 / 35 (662.6856)	13 (171.4172)	12 (167.3828)	21 (165.0856)	26 (158.8000)
2019-10-04	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Greenfield, MA	5 / 26 (675.3828)	1 (179.4400)	12 (165.1200)	10 (165.7028)	12 (165.1200)
2019-09-28	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Hope Valley, RI	19 / 36 (654.2288)	12 (169.1544)	17 (165.1316)	32 (153.1200)	10 (166.8228)
2019-08-10	Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark Saco, ME	10 / 28 (662.2740)	11 (170.2856)	16 (162.8572)	8 (169.1428)	14 (159.9884)
2019-06-08	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	12 / 29 (673.0516)	17 (167.4172)	17 (163.3944)	12 (167.3944)	3 (174.8456)
2019-06-01	Sun BBQFest Uncasville, CT	14 / 61 (669.6568)	43 (161.1084)	30 (165.1428)	7 (173.7028)	12 (169.7028)
2019-05-18	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA	13 / 28 (661.0628)	14 (162.8684)	4 (171.4172)	8 (168.5372)	16 (158.2400)
2019-05-17	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Plymouth, MA	5 / 27 (666.1940)	10 (168.5256)	4 (170.8572)	3 (172.5828)	20 (154.2284)
2019-05-04	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	9 / 29 (664.5256)	19 (162.2856)	5 (172.0344)	7 (170.2628)	17 (159.9428)

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	#372 (585 pts)	#431 (510 pts)	#340 (740 pts)	#401 (540 pts)	#413 (530 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#545 (329 pts)	#760 (214 pts)	#535 (419 pts)	#468 (444 pts)	#536 (354 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#102 (1508 pts)	#231 (973 pts)	#147 (1303 pts)	#105 (1433 pts)	#59 (1778 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#326 (595 pts)	#349 (585 pts)	#314 (660 pts)	#378 (530 pts)	#268 (745 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#488 (208 pts)	#502 (223 pts)	#468 (248 pts)	#447 (258 pts)	#626 (148 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#291 (1057 pts)	#308 (997 pts)	#281 (1052 pts)	#245 (1152 pts)	#330 (982 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1603 (160 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#851 (398 pts)	#926 (388 pts)	#912 (398 pts)	#825 (448 pts)	#1105 (288 pts)