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NEANDERTHAL Q PA

Power ranking

#2340
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1464
peak 1464

Contests

22
in the data

First seen

2019-07-20
latest 2026-05-15

Best ToY finish

#438
Master 2026

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
7 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 65%
overall standings

Best overall

695.4404

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

671.90 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 649.64 (+22.26)

Walk rate

50%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

3
best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±21.20
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.34 · weakest Brisket (159.80)

Road miles

2356
mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 320 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Mullen It Over BBQ has finished one call ahead of NEANDERTHAL Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

4 BOXERS Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of 3 T's BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 53% across 4 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, PA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 22 6 1 3 179.4400 154.2400 166.34 top 54%
Pork Ribs 22 6 0 3 174.2860 146.7888 161.13 top 62%
Pork 22 7 0 1 176.0344 145.1200 162.36 top 60%
Brisket 22 6 0 0 170.2744 148.4916 159.80 top 66%

“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
PA150top 64%
NY30top 48%
NJ20top 96%
NH10top 63%
ON10top 74%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 30%
Medium (20–39)150top 67%
Large (40+)40top 86%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026200 677.0632 666.43
2025300 695.4404 675.54
2024301 677.1088 671.17
2023300 654.1488 651.67
2022300 649.6228 641.77
2021300 648.4572 633.74
2020100 618.1604 618.16
2019400 655.4400 629.87

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-05-15 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA 20 / 25 (655.8056) 16 (169.6800) 13 (167.9772) 21 (159.9428) 22 (158.2056)
2026-04-03 Rekindled Ironman Seven Valleys, PA 6 / 14 (677.0632) 3 (176.5944) 3 (174.2860) 11 (162.2400) 8 (163.9428)
2025-10-03 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 22 / 30 (664.4344) 15 (169.6916) 16 (167.4172) 23 (163.3828) 21 (163.9428)
2025-06-21 Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff Schenectady, NY 4 / 18 (695.4404) 2 (177.7144) 9 (171.4172) 6 (176.0344) 8 (170.2744)
2025-04-04 Rekindled Ironman Seven Valleys, PA 14 / 23 (666.7544) 5 (177.7144) 18 (160.5028) 15 (165.7028) 17 (162.8344)
2024-10-04 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 9 / 25 (677.1088) 17 (163.3944) 3 (172.5716) 10 (172.0000) 7 (169.1428)
2024-06-22 Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff Schenectady, NY 9 / 21 (669.5656) 1 (179.4400) 7 (167.9772) 6 (168.5256) 18 (153.6228)
2024-04-05 The Ironman Seven Valleys, PA 8 / 21 (666.8228) 17 (157.1200) 2 (173.7372) 8 (167.4400) 5 (168.5256)
2023-10-06 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 15 / 28 (651.2800) 14 (165.6916) 16 (160.5372) 19 (159.3712) 12 (165.6800)
2023-07-28 Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) New Freedom, PA 42 / 51 (654.1488) 34 (168.5372) 36 (165.6916) 45 (158.8000) 38 (161.1200)
2023-04-07 The Ironman Greencastle, PA 20 / 30 (649.5772) 21 (161.6800) 24 (157.0972) 4 (171.9772) 19 (158.8228)
2022-10-07 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 18 / 26 (642.1256) 22 (154.2400) 15 (162.2400) 21 (159.4056) 9 (166.2400)
2022-07-29 Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA 41 / 54 (649.6228) 40 (164.0000) 19 (167.4056) 38 (160.5028) 42 (157.7144)
2022-06-17 York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA 29 / 34 (633.5656) 21 (165.1200) 28 (157.0628) 34 (149.6800) 24 (161.7028)
2021-10-08 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA 22 / 27 (635.8288) 16 (164.5256) 21 (157.6800) 11 (163.9772) 23 (149.6460)
2021-06-12 Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH 20 / 32 (648.4572) 23 (159.9428) 26 (157.0972) 11 (167.4400) 18 (163.9772)
2021-04-24 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ 37 / 40 (616.9256) 19 (169.6800) 40 (147.3256) 39 (148.5372) 35 (151.3828)
2020-07-31 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ 35 / 35 (618.1604) 34 (156.5488) 35 (147.9772) 27 (160.5372) 32 (153.0972)
2019-09-27 Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA 38 / 40 (620.3316) 34 (155.9200) 39 (146.7888) 8 (169.1312) 37 (148.4916)
2019-08-31 Route Six Ribfest Coudersport, PA 4 / 16 (655.4400) 7 (165.7256) 9 (158.2744) 2 (171.4400) 8 (160.0000)
2019-08-23 Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON 17 / 23 (623.8972) 4 (169.7372) 15 (152.5256) 21 (145.1200) 15 (156.5144)
2019-07-20 Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY 27 / 34 (619.7940) 15 (166.8456) 31 (151.3484) 31 (150.8000) 27 (150.8000)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #438 (229 pts) #414 (309 pts) #416 (324 pts) #544 (179 pts) #501 (199 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #504 (366 pts) #443 (521 pts) #614 (311 pts) #562 (321 pts) #574 (301 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #470 (407 pts) #477 (447 pts) #385 (622 pts) #479 (427 pts) #507 (407 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #642 (243 pts) #708 (243 pts) #831 (218 pts) #551 (348 pts) #655 (263 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #766 (205 pts) #814 (205 pts) #765 (250 pts) #828 (190 pts) #700 (260 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #694 (209 pts) #652 (254 pts) #811 (189 pts) #573 (309 pts) #734 (214 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #856 (60 pts) #896 (60 pts) #913 (60 pts) #899 (60 pts) #883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1035 (250 pts) #1058 (258 pts) #1274 (185 pts) #975 (300 pts) #1234 (195 pts)

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