Perfect scores on the board
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×2
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
A call in 49 of 60 contests
A top-10 category call in 82% of their 60 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
96.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 692.5028 at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) — 96.2% of a perfect 720.
Morning Wood BBQ has finished one call ahead of Meat Monarchy 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 88% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 30 of their 34 shared contests.
Ahead in 92% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 23 of their 25 shared contests.
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 72% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 26 of 36 shared chicken entries.
PADDY MCQ'S has landed one call behind them 3 times.
Something about October: average finish in the top 34% across 5 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,234 miles across 60 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,156 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides.
Their overall lands within ±1.10% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
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.
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — Meat Monarchy ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Meat Monarchy's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1689 at their best, 69 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than Meat Monarchy has cooked, 33 to 60, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 33 contests, alongside a 36% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Meat Monarchy's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 34 | 4 | 30 | 12% | ⚔ compare |
| ELJEFE SMOKE | 26 | 8 | 18 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| Grandpa Val's BBQ | 26 | 8 | 18 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| Mullen It Over BBQ | 25 | 23 | 2 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 25 | 4 | 21 | 16% | ⚔ compare |
| Let It Smoke Barbecue | 24 | 21 | 3 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | 24 | 3 | 21 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| HUMPHREY'S BBQ | 22 | 16 | 6 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| House of Que | 22 | 14 | 8 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 21 | 2 | 19 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| STICKS & STONES BBQ | 20 | 7 | 13 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| Rough Cut Q | 20 | 6 | 14 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 19 | 4 | 15 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 52 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 179.4400 | 162.8000 | 171.43 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 54 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 179.4400 | 150.7772 | 170.08 | top 45% |
| Pork | 47 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 153.0972 | 169.79 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 47 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.8000 | 169.77 | 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 9 | 0 | top 47% |
| MA | 7 | 0 | top 35% |
| CT | 6 | 0 | top 40% |
| NJ | 6 | 0 | top 34% |
| NY | 4 | 0 | top 65% |
| VA | 4 | 0 | top 51% |
| WV | 3 | 0 | top 65% |
| ME | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| NH | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
| QC | 1 | 0 | top 17% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
| DC | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
| Medium (20–39) | 36 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 9 | 0 | top 49% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 48% | 2026-07-25 |
| Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 4 | 7 | 0 | top 39% | 2026-04-11 |
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 4 | 15 | 0 | top 51% | 2026-03-28 |
| York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 41% | 2025-06-28 |
| Kora Kares for Kids | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 50% | 2026-08-15 |
| Trillium BBQ Throwdown | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 28% | 2026-08-08 |
| Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 51% | 2026-06-19 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 36% | 2025-10-25 |
| Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 33% | 2025-05-31 |
| Massachusetts in May (Day 2) | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 41% | 2025-05-17 |
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 33% | 2025-05-03 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 32% | 2024-10-19 |
| Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 38% | 2024-09-21 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.1 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown | 2026-08-08 |
| +10.7 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2025-04-11 |
| +10.4 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2025-05-30 |
| +10.3 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 2024-06-28 |
| +10 | La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes | 2026-05-29 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm | 2026-02-27 |
| -8.7 | WV Coalfields Cookoff | 2024-06-07 |
| -7.1 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 2025-03-21 |
| -6.8 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) | 2026-05-02 |
| -5.7 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2026-03-28 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83% | top 47% | 96.1% | 94.6% |
| 2025 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 86% | top 41% | 96.2% | 94.9% |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 73% | top 48% | 95.8% | 94% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 25 / 51 (683.8856) | 10 (176.5600) | 45 (161.0972) | 6 (176.5600) | 25 (169.6684) |
| 2026-08-15 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 14 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-08-08 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA | 4 / 25 (685.7260) | 16 (168.0116) | 16 (165.7028) | 4 (175.4516) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2026-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 22 / 39 (683.3372) | 11 (176.5600) | 34 (164.5372) | 8 (175.4172) | 28 (166.8228) |
| 2026-07-24 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 11 / 43 (689.6112) | 6 (176.5716) | 18 (170.8112) | 15 (172.5600) | 25 (169.6684) |
| 2026-06-19 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Buckhannon, WV | 15 / 29 (682.1484) | 4 (176.5600) | 24 (166.2400) | 15 (170.8228) | 21 (168.5256) |
| 2026-06-13 | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT | 8 / 26 (678.7312) | 12 (171.9656) | 5 (174.2628) | 20 (163.9772) | 8 (168.5256) |
| 2026-06-13 | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT | — | 3 (174.2628) | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-13 | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 8 (170.2972) | — | — |
| 2026-05-29 | La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC | 4 / 24 (682.1940) | 4 (171.9772) | 17 (162.7884) | 4 (174.3200) | 3 (173.1084) |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | 9 / 31 (687.3488) | 2 (178.8572) | 22 (164.5488) | 9 (173.1200) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 5 (175.4056) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 4 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2026-05-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY | 41 / 59 (671.8744) | 32 (171.9772) | 53 (163.3828) | 36 (168.5488) | 34 (167.9656) |
| 2026-05-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated New Paltz, NY | 36 / 43 (671.8284) | 27 (171.9656) | 23 (170.8344) | 40 (165.0856) | 37 (163.9428) |
| 2026-05-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) New Paltz, NY | — | 3 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) New Paltz, NY | — | — | 8 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 9 / 29 (691.9772) | 3 (179.4400) | 6 (176.5600) | 13 (170.8344) | 23 (165.1428) |
| 2026-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT | — | 6 (171.9772) | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 5 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-04-10 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 22 / 33 (665.5428) | 29 (163.9428) | 10 (173.1200) | 12 (169.6800) | 26 (158.8000) |
| 2026-03-28 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 21 / 36 (686.2056) | 18 (174.2856) | 8 (174.8572) | 29 (167.3828) | 23 (169.6800) |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 16 / 40 (681.6000) | 32 (166.2400) | 1 (177.7144) | 11 (174.2628) | 34 (163.3828) |
| 2026-02-27 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 28 / 33 (668.9712) | 27 (168.5256) | 23 (166.2516) | 28 (165.6684) | 26 (168.5256) |
| 2025-10-25 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 14 / 32 (683.3028) | 20 (168.5256) | 14 (170.8344) | 30 (163.9428) | 2 (180.0000) |
| 2025-10-25 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) Jackson, NJ | — | — | 1 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 9 / 31 (686.7884) | 9 (174.2628) | 28 (160.5372) | 11 (171.9884) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) Jackson, NJ | — | 14 (167.3712) | — | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA | 8 / 20 (681.6116) | 9 (171.4172) | 11 (169.6800) | 6 (173.1200) | 13 (167.3944) |
| 2025-08-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY | 18 / 47 (690.2516) | 14 (175.4172) | 20 (173.1544) | 12 (173.7028) | 29 (167.9772) |
| 2025-08-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Port Jervis, NY | 23 / 34 (683.3028) | 29 (168.5256) | 31 (167.3944) | 18 (173.1200) | 13 (174.2628) |
| 2025-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA | 7 / 10 (685.6232) | 3 (177.7028) | 8 (170.8460) | 8 (166.2516) | 5 (170.8228) |
| 2025-06-27 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA | 6 / 26 (682.1712) | 7 (173.1428) | 4 (174.2744) | 14 (168.5256) | 10 (166.2284) |
| 2025-06-13 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Buckhannon, WV | 15 / 30 (678.7540) | 24 (164.5484) | 1 (176.5716) | 19 (169.1084) | 18 (168.5256) |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Hancock, NH | 11 / 26 (679.2912) | 7 (174.2628) | 9 (173.7144) | 19 (165.0856) | 15 (166.2284) |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hancock, NH | — | — | 1 (178.2972) | — | — |
| 2025-05-30 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Hancock, NH | 5 / 22 (692.5028) | 8 (172.0000) | 6 (174.2744) | 5 (173.1200) | 8 (173.1084) |
| 2025-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | 10 / 29 (681.6228) | 4 (176.5600) | 16 (169.6800) | 15 (169.7028) | 19 (165.6800) |
| 2025-05-16 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | 13 / 27 (672.5028) | 16 (165.1428) | 1 (179.4400) | 19 (162.8000) | 17 (165.1200) |
| 2025-05-03 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 8 / 34 (686.7312) | 18 (169.6684) | 10 (171.9656) | 9 (171.9656) | 9 (173.1316) |
| 2025-05-02 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 14 / 33 (677.0288) | 21 (167.3944) | 5 (175.4288) | 28 (162.2284) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 12 / 35 (687.8972) | 20 (171.9656) | 13 (170.8344) | 4 (176.5600) | 14 (168.5372) |
| 2025-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 7 / 30 (682.7428) | 6 (174.2628) | 17 (165.0972) | 11 (170.2744) | 3 (173.1084) |
| 2025-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 15 / 43 (690.7772) | 16 (174.2628) | 14 (173.7144) | 36 (163.9428) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 31 / 45 (672.4460) | 31 (168.5372) | 8 (174.2744) | 41 (162.2400) | 21 (167.3944) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 153 / 444 (683.3600) | 138 (173.1200) | 362 (161.6800) | 69 (174.8456) | 58 (173.7144) |
| 2024-10-19 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 10 / 26 (686.7544) | 20 (169.6800) | 14 (169.6800) | 13 (169.6800) | 1 (177.7144) |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 7 / 28 (686.7544) | 18 (166.2400) | 8 (170.8344) | 3 (175.4172) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 11 / 27 (682.7772) | 17 (169.1200) | 3 (177.7144) | 22 (166.2628) | 13 (169.6800) |
| 2024-09-20 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 9 / 25 (678.1828) | 18 (167.3712) | 8 (169.6916) | 9 (172.5944) | 11 (168.5256) |
| 2024-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 19 / 38 (672.4112) | 29 (165.0856) | 17 (166.2400) | 7 (173.7028) | 17 (167.3828) |
| 2024-08-17 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 20 / 39 (667.3488) | 18 (169.6800) | 17 (167.9772) | 15 (169.1544) | 30 (160.5372) |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 20 / 32 (673.0172) | 29 (162.8000) | 25 (163.9772) | 8 (175.4172) | 11 (170.8228) |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 17 / 35 (667.8860) | 24 (165.0972) | 17 (167.3944) | 8 (172.0116) | 20 (163.3828) |
| 2024-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT | 16 / 30 (674.7312) | 17 (169.6800) | 16 (167.9656) | 19 (166.2628) | 11 (170.8228) |
| 2024-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA | 9 / 29 (685.0744) | 21 (167.3828) | 9 (172.0000) | 15 (167.3944) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2024-06-22 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 18 / 36 (689.6228) | 16 (174.2628) | 6 (175.4172) | 16 (173.1200) | 25 (166.8228) |
| 2024-06-07 | WV Coalfields Cookoff 🏅 Welch, WV | 12 / 13 (658.6856) | 1 (176.0116) | 13 (150.7772) | 8 (169.6684) | 11 (162.2284) |
| 2024-05-24 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Rochester, PA | 12 / 23 (666.7544) | 10 (171.9656) | 13 (166.2516) | 19 (153.0972) | 2 (175.4400) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #77 (1324 pts) | #10 (1963 pts) | #40 (1672 pts) | #51 (1456 pts) | #107 (1129 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #123 (1448 pts) | #105 (1529 pts) | #37 (2058 pts) | #124 (1402 pts) | #56 (1843 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #158 (1191 pts) | #183 (1096 pts) | #129 (1348 pts) | #105 (1398 pts) | #59 (1663 pts) |