FEEDING FRIENDZ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#893

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1616

peak 1634 · rated over 29 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2016-08-19

Best ToY finish

#290

Master 2014

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0860 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.44 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.71 (+0.73)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7144

Brisket · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship

Consistency

±15.48

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.01 · weakest Pork (158.97)

Road miles

6,714

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 1350 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)

Master avg

654.71 / 720

29 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (11 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.

The heartbreaker

3.4628 points from the title

Came within 3.4628 points of the Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014-08-08).

They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 29 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 29 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.0860 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0860 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-10-18

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has finished one call ahead of FEEDING FRIENDZ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

The weak link

−9.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.04 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 59%.

Pork avg 158.97
Chicken avg 168.01
4 calls in 29 entries

The drought

23 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on 2013-08-09 — 23 contests and 13.1 years ago.

last GC 2013-08-09
13.1 years ago

A strong matchup

10–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BONEYARD SMOKERS in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

STUBBORN BULL BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 21% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 21% across 7 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.

7 May contests
top 33% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,714 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,714 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,350 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship.

29 mapped stops
furthest 1,350 mi

The metronome

±2.15% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.9% of a perfect score
29 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.

SMOKIN T'S

#891 of the rated field

1617 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1622

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 32 contests to 29, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2018-10-12

⚔ Head-to-head

TNK BBQ

#892 of the rated field

1617 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1623

No shared contest yet.

39 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2018-10-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Accutech BBQ

#895 of the rated field

1616 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1616

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 44 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 44 contests
last seen 2026-04-25
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

TEAM BREW & QUE

#890 of the rated field

1617 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1617

No shared contest yet.

Level with FEEDING FRIENDZ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-07-17

⚔ Head-to-head

YARD TIME BBQ

#894 of the rated field

1616 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1616

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2018-10-06

⚔ Head-to-head

MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ

#889 of the rated field

1617 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 110
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1673

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1673 at their best, 57 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 106 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rogue Hog BBQ	25	8	17	32%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
QUE AND A HALF MEN	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
BONEYARD SMOKERS	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
HUMPHREY'S BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
MEAT @ SLIMS	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	17	1	4	176.5600	149.0972	168.01	top 30%
Pork Ribs	29	11	2	6	177.1428	152.5600	163.97	top 37%
Pork	29	4	0	0	171.4056	142.2400	158.97	top 56%
Brisket	29	14	1	5	177.7144	145.6684	163.31	top 35%

“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
ME	6	0	top 47%
PA	5	0	top 26%
NH	4	0	top 36%
MD	3	0	top 29%
RI	3	0	top 44%
CT	2	0	top 41%
DE	2	0	top 26%
MA	1	0	top 11%
AR	1	0	top 26%
VA	1	0	top 17%
NY	1	1	top 4%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 31%
Medium (20–39)	12	1	top 40%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 28%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition	2	7	0	top 28%	2016-05-06
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	2	0	top 40%	2015-08-14

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2016-08-19

Busiest season 2015 8 contests

Contests a season 7.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in ME 6 of 29 contests · 11 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 27 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 29 entries · 1 win · 17 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.01 · weakest Pork (158.97)

Walk rate 83% a top-10 call in 24 of 29 contests

Overall top-10 rate 41% 12 of 29 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve

First title 2013-08-09 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 654.71 out of 720 · 29 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 552 879–387 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,714 29 mapped stops · furthest 1,350 mi

Schedule strength 1547 average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests

Power rating 1616 peak 1634 · #893 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 10 First call Green Lane Fire CO's
May 10 First overall top-10 Green Lane Fire CO's
Jun 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5710 Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
Aug 9 First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 9 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 9 First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 18 Career-best overall score689.0860 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship
Oct 18 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship
2014
May 9 10th tracked contest Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition
Aug 8 First Reserve Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Apr 15 25th tracked contest *Interstate BBQ Festival
May 6 Peak power rating (1634) Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition
Aug 19 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-08-09
+13.6	Green Lane Fire CO's	2013-05-10
+12.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-08-08
+11.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2013-09-06
+11	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest	2014-05-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.6	Granite State BBQ Championship	2016-06-04
-11	*Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	2016-07-16
-9.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-08-14
-7.1	Sun BBQ Fest	2015-06-13
-3.9	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships	2014-07-18

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	5	0	2	1	80%	top 47%	93.6%	91%
2015	8	0	2	1	75%	top 39%	93.6%	91%
2014	8	0	5	1	88%	top 26%	93.2%	90.9%
2013	8	1	3	1	88%	top 27%	95.7%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT	5 / 26 (673.6456)	11 (165.6800)	3 (173.1772)	16 (162.8228)	4 (171.9656)
2016-07-16	*Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	21 / 26 (641.5768)	5 (168.5256)	16 (162.2972)	26 (152.5028)	18 (158.2512)
2016-06-04	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	29 / 32 (627.8740)	17 (165.1200)	16 (161.6800)	26 (155.4056)	30 (145.6684)
2016-05-06	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	7 / 47 (671.9540)	6 (172.5828)	1 (174.2972)	27 (159.3712)	18 (165.7028)
2016-04-15	*Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	13 / 41 (662.1712)	18 (166.8344)	13 (165.1428)	25 (161.0856)	10 (169.1084)
2015-08-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME	19 / 26 (639.3368)	18 (164.5256)	8 (165.7372)	19 (159.4056)	23 (149.6684)
2015-07-17	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	15 / 37 (662.8112)	10 (170.3084)	26 (161.6800)	19 (163.4056)	15 (167.4172)
2015-06-20	Smokin' at the Ball Park BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	6 / 18 (674.2740)	6 (167.4284)	1 (171.4172)	9 (170.3200)	10 (165.1084)
2015-06-13	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	33 / 52 (642.2516)	16 (170.3200)	40 (157.7372)	31 (161.1088)	38 (153.0856)
2015-05-29	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	7 / 49 (670.7428)	5 (171.9772)	24 (161.6800)	18 (166.2744)	4 (170.8112)
2015-05-08	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	23 / 57 (639.4056)	10 (168.0228)	15 (164.0228)	52 (142.2400)	9 (165.1200)
2015-05-01	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD	15 / 64 (658.7656)	23 (164.5256)	26 (162.8688)	17 (164.5600)	16 (166.8112)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	24 / 99 (652.4800)	2 (176.5600)	38 (161.7028)	88 (146.2056)	15 (168.0116)
2014-10-10	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	3 / 27 (670.2972)	6 (169.7028)	9 (165.1660)	5 (165.1316)	4 (170.2744)
2014-09-12	Coal Cracker Smoke & Stoke BBQ Competition Scranton, PA	6 / 25 (647.9200)	4 (167.9656)	3 (169.1428)	15 (153.7144)	12 (157.0972)
2014-08-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME	2 / 28 (670.2744)	5 (169.7372)	2 (171.4056)	17 (159.4172)	3 (169.7144)
2014-07-18	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	19 / 33 (651.3484)	8 (172.0000)	27 (152.5600)	23 (159.3828)	8 (167.4056)
2014-06-21	Smokin' @ the Ball Park BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	5 / 17 (662.8456)	6 (169.1656)	9 (164.5944)	12 (160.5256)	3 (168.5600)
2014-05-31	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH	3 / 48 (670.7768)	14 (167.9656)	18 (163.3712)	13 (165.7372)	1 (173.7028)
2014-05-09	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition Green Lane, PA	22 / 54 (628.5256)	28 (155.9428)	10 (162.3084)	41 (146.2972)	7 (163.9772)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	31 / 109 (635.8972)	85 (149.0972)	29 (161.7144)	11 (167.9656)	38 (157.1200)
2013-10-18	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	13 / 50 (689.0860)	29 (170.8344)	30 (169.1316)	17 (171.4056)	2 (177.7144)
2013-09-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Chesapeake, VA	5 / 30 (663.9540)	2 (176.0228)	19 (161.1084)	25 (153.6800)	2 (173.1428)
2013-08-09	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY	1 / 27 (642.7544)	1 (175.4400)	6 (154.2516)	8 (155.9884)	6 (157.0744)
2013-07-20	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	15 / 46 (653.0740)	5 (171.4172)	28 (155.9312)	7 (167.4400)	23 (158.2856)
2013-06-21	Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	17 / 28 (649.7138)	6 (172.0000)	16 (162.8568)	23 (155.4284)	16 (159.4286)
2013-06-01	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	14 / 43 (648.5710)	15 (167.4284)	2 (177.1428)	34 (149.7142)	23 (154.2856)
2013-05-10	Green Lane Fire CO's Green Lane, PA	5 / 58 (643.4280)	3 (169.1430)	16 (157.7140)	18 (155.9996)	13 (160.5714)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	35 / 106 (627.9992)	63 (155.9998)	18 (163.4286)	43 (157.7140)	64 (150.8568)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#654 (589 pts)	#614 (664 pts)	#492 (829 pts)	#1090 (324 pts)	#695 (574 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#474 (819 pts)	#313 (1134 pts)	#462 (829 pts)	#576 (674 pts)	#408 (919 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#290 (1213 pts)	#339 (1058 pts)	#343 (1058 pts)	#512 (753 pts)	#229 (1393 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#396 (768 pts)	#345 (888 pts)	#418 (763 pts)	#720 (463 pts)	#576 (553 pts)