#2688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headNorth Pole BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1514 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2017-07-07
latest 2023-08-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.90 · weakest Pork (153.13)
Road miles
144
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 144 mi
Master avg
642.87 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
North Pole BBQ has 2 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 107 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.
#2681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after North Pole BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2692 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with North Pole BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before North Pole BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before North Pole 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9312 | 155.3940 | 159.66 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.2000 | 160.5944 | 168.90 | top 22% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5144 | 149.7484 | 153.13 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 154.9028 | 161.18 | top 39% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| QC | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.1 yrs
2017-07-07 → 2023-08-04
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
QC
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.90 · weakest Pork (153.13)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
642.87
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
70
47–24 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
144
2 mapped stops · furthest 144 mi
Longest layoff
6.1 yrs
2017-07-07 → 2023-08-04
Power rating
1514
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest I love Barbecue & Music Festival
- First call I love Barbecue & Music Festival
- 2023
- First category win (Pork Ribs) La Classique BBQ Labonte
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7940 La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Career-best overall score649.7940 La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.2000 La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Most recent contest La Classique BBQ Labonte
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 36% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 12 / 33 (649.7940) | 26 (155.3940) | 1 (177.2000) | 27 (149.7484) | 7 (167.4516) |
| 2017-07-07 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 14 / 40 (635.9428) | 9 (163.9312) | 16 (160.5944) | 20 (156.5144) | 23 (154.9028) |