High-water mark
671.3372
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3372 at The Ironman — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-04-07
DonSquatch Bbq
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2023-04-07
latest 2024-04-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.32
last 4 Master vs avg 665.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.58
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.82)
Road miles
299
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.32 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
4–0
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 4 of their 4 shared 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.
DonSquatch 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 128 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with DonSquatch Bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before DonSquatch Bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before DonSquatch 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 159.9660 | 166.15 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 159.9544 | 165.82 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 162.8228 | 165.97 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 158.2284 | 166.83 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 63% | 2024-04-19 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2023-04-07 → 2024-04-19
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.82)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
665.32
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
129
66–114 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
299
5 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,300
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1495
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest The Ironman
- First call The Ironman
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3372 The Ironman
- Career-best overall score671.3372 The Ironman
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 The Ironman
- Peak power rating (1507) The Ironman
- 2024
- Most recent contest New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | The Ironman | 2023-04-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2023-04-21 |
| -4.7 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2024-04-19 |
| -0.6 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2023-05-19 |
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 | 100% | top 59% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 51% | 93.2% | 92.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-19 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 17 / 29 (668.4572) | 18 (169.6916) | 5 (174.2744) | 19 (166.2628) | 25 (158.2284) |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 18 / 37 (665.0172) | 18 (166.8344) | 26 (159.9544) | 11 (167.9656) | 9 (170.2628) |
| 2023-04-21 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 24 / 36 (656.4572) | 28 (159.9660) | 13 (167.3828) | 18 (166.8456) | 23 (162.2628) |
| 2023-04-21 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Blairstown, NJ | — | 10 (164.0000) | — | — | — |
| 2023-04-07 | The Ironman 🏅 Greencastle, PA | 11 / 30 (671.3372) | 13 (170.2744) | 19 (161.6800) | 19 (162.8228) | 3 (176.5600) |