FEEDING FRIENDZ

FEEDING FRIENDZ is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #873 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#873

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1620

peak 1637 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Aug 19, 2016 · 3.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#290

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

41% of 29 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 34%

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 654.27 (+1.18)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Brisket · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship

Consistency

±15.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.01 · weakest Pork (158.97)

Road miles

6,714

across 29 mapped stops · furthest 1,350 mi

Schedule strength

36%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Master avg

654.27 / 720

29 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

3.4628 points from the title

Came within 3.4628 points of the Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Aug 8, 2014).

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
Oct 18, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has finished one call ahead of FEEDING FRIENDZ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

18–4 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 82% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 18 of their 22 shared contests.

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 Aug 9, 2013 — 23 contests and 13.2 years ago.

last GC Aug 9, 2013
13.2 years ago

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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 34% the rest of the year.

7 May contests
top 34% 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

±2.18% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.18% 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

In the record book (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

#5 🥶 Lowest winning score 642.7544 Master Series, out of 720 · and still beat 26 other teams · Aug 9, 2013

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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 (1,134 pts)	#462 (829 pts)	#576 (674 pts)	#408 (919 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#290 (1,213 pts)	#339 (1,058 pts)	#343 (1,058 pts)	#512 (753 pts)	#229 (1,393 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#396 (768 pts)	#345 (888 pts)	#418 (763 pts)	#720 (463 pts)	#576 (553 pts)

Overall rank by season

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GCs: 1
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1620 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1626

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1620 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 65%
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1619 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
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#872 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1684

They've been 1684 at their best, 64 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

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#868 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1621

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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	6	5	55%	⚔ 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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 31%
Medium (20–39)	12	1	top 41%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 28%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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 15%
AR	1	0	top 26%
VA	1	0	top 17%
NY	1	1	top 4%

Repeat visits (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%	May 6, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	2	0	top 40%	Aug 14, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 8 contests

Contests a season 7.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in ME 6 of 29 contests · 11 states in all

Contests visited 27 2 of them more than once

First title Aug 9, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Opponents faced 546 finished ahead 884 times, behind 384

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

20163 milestones

Apr 15 25th tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival
May 6 Peak power rating (1637) Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition
Aug 19 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20142 milestones

May 9 10th tracked contest Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition
Aug 8 First Reserve Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20139 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 9, 2013
+13.6	Green Lane Fire CO's	May 10, 2013
+12.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 8, 2014
+12.4	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest	May 31, 2014
+11.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Sep 6, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.7	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 4, 2016
-11	Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	Jul 16, 2016
-9.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 14, 2015
-7.2	Sun BBQ Fest	Jun 13, 2015
-3.9	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships	Jul 18, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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)
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
Aug 19, 2016	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)
Jul 16, 2016	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)
Jun 4, 2016	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	29 / 32 (627.8740)	17 (165.1200)	16 (161.6800)	26 (155.4056)	30 (145.6684)
May 6, 2016	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	7 / 47 (671.9540)	6 (172.5828)	1 (174.2972)	27 (159.3712)	18 (165.7028)
Apr 15, 2016	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	13 / 41 (662.1712)	18 (166.8344)	13 (165.1428)	25 (161.0856)	10 (169.1084)
Aug 14, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME	19 / 26 (639.3368)	18 (164.5256)	8 (165.7372)	19 (159.4056)	23 (149.6684)
Jul 17, 2015	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	15 / 37 (662.8112)	10 (170.3084)	26 (161.6800)	19 (163.4056)	15 (167.4172)
Jun 20, 2015	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)
Jun 13, 2015	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	33 / 52 (642.2516)	16 (170.3200)	40 (157.7372)	31 (161.1088)	38 (153.0856)
May 29, 2015	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	7 / 49 (670.7428)	5 (171.9772)	24 (161.6800)	18 (166.2744)	4 (170.8112)
May 8, 2015	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)
May 1, 2015	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD	15 / 64 (658.7656)	23 (164.5256)	26 (162.8688)	17 (164.5600)	16 (166.8112)
Apr 10, 2015	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)
Oct 10, 2014	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	4 / 27 (670.2748)	6 (169.7028)	9 (165.1660)	5 (165.1316)	4 (170.2744)
Sep 12, 2014	Coal Cracker Smoke & Stoke BBQ Competition Scranton, PA	6 / 25 (647.9200)	4 (167.9656)	3 (169.1428)	15 (153.7144)	12 (157.0972)
Aug 8, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME	2 / 28 (670.2744)	5 (169.7372)	2 (171.4056)	17 (159.4172)	3 (169.7144)
Jul 18, 2014	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	19 / 33 (651.3484)	8 (172)	27 (152.5600)	23 (159.3828)	8 (167.4056)
Jun 21, 2014	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)
May 31, 2014	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)
May 9, 2014	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)
Apr 11, 2014	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)
Oct 18, 2013	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)
Sep 6, 2013	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)
Aug 9, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY	1 / 27 (642.7544)	1 (175.4400)	6 (154.2516)	8 (155.9884)	6 (157.0744)
Jul 20, 2013	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)
Jun 21, 2013	Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	17 / 28 (649.7138)	6 (172)	16 (162.8568)	23 (155.4284)	16 (159.4286)
Jun 1, 2013	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	14 / 43 (648.5710)	15 (167.4284)	2 (177.1428)	34 (149.7142)	23 (154.2856)
May 10, 2013	Green Lane Fire CO's Green Lane, PA	5 / 58 (643.4280)	3 (169.1430)	16 (157.7140)	18 (155.9996)	13 (160.5714)
Apr 19, 2013	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	35 / 106 (627.9992)	63 (155.9998)	18 (163.4286)	43 (157.7140)	64 (150.8568)

FEEDING FRIENDZ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

In the record book (on 1 all-time board)

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

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