BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 69 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 7 Grand Championships, most recently at the Hudson Valley Ribfest (2017), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #217 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#217

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1752

peak 1781 · rated over 67 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Aug 16, 2019 · 6.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#84

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 10% of the time

Category wins

49 podiums

Overall top-10s

65% of 69 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 24%

overall standings

Best overall

704 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

660.45 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 662.46 (-2.02)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival

Consistency

±16.23

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.34)

Road miles

12,912

across 69 mapped stops · furthest 1,100 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Purse competed for

$53K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

662.46 / 720

69 Master contests · 7 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5600 points from the title

Came within 0.5600 points of the Grand Championship at Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival (May 2, 2015).

Among the elite

#217 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 3% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1752 puts them #217 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 3% of the field.

rating 1752
peak 1781
67 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival (Jul 29, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 35-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE.

Giant slayer

59 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 59-team field at Hudson Valley Ribfest.

Aug 18, 2017

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Hudson Valley Ribfest is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 7 visits.

7 visits
best finish 1st
average top 13%

Multi-meat days

3 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 3 times — the best of them 3 category wins at Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship (Oct 8, 2016).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

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They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 59 of 69 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 69 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

704.0000 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 704.0000 at Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 8, 2016

The one to beat

6× one call ahead of them

INSANE SWINE BBQ has finished one call ahead of BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 6 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 2 Grand Championships

2017 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 22%.

11 contests
7 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 22%

A tough matchup

38–13 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 75% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 38 of their 51 shared contests.

The drought

16 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Hudson Valley Ribfest on Aug 18, 2017 — 16 contests and 9.1 years ago.

last GC Aug 18, 2017
9.1 years ago

A strong matchup

32–6 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 84% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Chicken Chokers in 32 of their 38 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 33 at their very first tracked contest, New York City BBQ Cookoff (Apr 19, 2013).

Apr 19, 2013
33-team field

Looking over their shoulder

5× one call behind them

Rogue Hog BBQ has landed one call behind them 5 times.

The long haul

12,912 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,912 miles across 69 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,100 miles to 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open.

69 mapped stops
furthest 1,100 mi

The metronome

±2.25% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.0% of a perfect score
69 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Hudson Valley Ribfest every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 1st

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
2019 ↗	Master	#632 (516 pts)	#514 (676 pts)	#613 (566 pts)	#683 (491 pts)	#671 (501 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#381 (889 pts)	#432 (839 pts)	#571 (659 pts)	#367 (949 pts)	#356 (959 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#133 (1,777 pts)	#199 (1,402 pts)	#94 (1,837 pts)	#98 (1,817 pts)	#346 (1,092 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#111 (1,922 pts)	#240 (1,297 pts)	#166 (1,531 pts)	#37 (2,157 pts)	#84 (1,969 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#84 (2,110 pts)	#132 (1,650 pts)	#217 (1,355 pts)	#21 (2,365 pts)	#88 (1,905 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#136 (1,833 pts)	#86 (1,918 pts)	#187 (1,508 pts)	#271 (1,228 pts)	#121 (1,818 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#338 (915 pts)	#527 (615 pts)	#455 (715 pts)	#364 (850 pts)	#383 (815 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

DRY 2 DA BONE

#219 of the rated field

1752 power rating

Contests: 115
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1776

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 114 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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WHO CARES BBQ

#216 of the rated field

1752 power rating

Contests: 153
GCs: 12
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1921

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ)

They've been 1921 at their best, 169 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 144 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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Smokey and the Pirate

#218 of the rated field

1752 power rating

Contests: 74
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1768

Careers of much the same size, 74 contests to 69, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 71 contests
last seen Jan 24, 2020

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VICTORY SMOKERS

#215 of the rated field

1752 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1752

Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 41 contests, alongside a 51% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 41 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2019
on a 5-contest top-10 run

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PITMASTERIQ BBQ

#213 of the rated field

1753 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 72
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1774

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ)

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

rated over 64 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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REDNECK SCIENTIFIC

#210 of the rated field

1753 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 225
GCs: 28
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1922

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ)

Level with BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 207 contests
last seen Oct 24, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	51	13	38	25%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	49	21	28	43%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	38	32	6	84%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	38	22	16	58%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	37	10	27	27%	⚔ compare
Q HAVEN BBQ	34	22	12	65%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	29	18	11	62%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	27	22	5	81%	⚔ compare
BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	27	21	6	78%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	27	16	11	59%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	26	16	9	62%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	25	17	8	68%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	24	15	9	63%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
Handsome Devil	23	20	3	87%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	69	32	3	10	177.1544	150.2856	166.06	top 36%
Pork Ribs	69	29	3	7	174.8800	147.3600	164.34	top 36%
Pork	69	37	9	19	180 🔥	147.9084	166.99	top 28%
Brisket	69	37	1	13	177.7372	135.8972	165.07	top 29%

“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)	3	1	top 14%
Medium (20–39)	33	3	top 24%
Large (40+)	33	3	top 25%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NY	15	2	top 18%
CT	15	1	top 24%
NJ	8	1	top 14%
VT	7	2	top 16%
PA	6	1	top 29%
NH	5	0	top 40%
RI	4	0	top 23%
TN	3	0	top 52%
ME	3	0	top 20%
MO	2	0	top 42%
MA	1	0	top 14%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hudson Valley Ribfest	7	1	1	top 13%	Aug 16, 2019
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	5	2	0	top 19%	May 4, 2019
Sun BBQ Fest	5	5	0	top 25%	Jun 2, 2018
The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	4	1	1	top 18%	Jul 27, 2019
Granite State BBQ Championship	4	6	0	top 42%	Jun 8, 2019
Red, White and Que	3	3	0	top 24%	Sep 30, 2017
The Best BBQ Chef Competition	2	1	1	top 15%	Aug 29, 2015
NYC BBQ Cookoff	2	5	0	top 25%	Apr 6, 2018
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2	29	0	top 48%	Oct 27, 2017
Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	2	4	0	top 20%	Jul 15, 2017
Que for the Troops	2	6	0	top 19%	Jun 6, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 13 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 9.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 15 of 69 contests · 11 states in all

Contests visited 42 11 of them more than once

First title Apr 19, 2013 New York City BBQ Cookoff

Opponents faced 1,421 finished ahead 2,500 times, behind 1,009

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

20191 milestone

Aug 16 Most recent contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

20173 milestones

Jul 15 50th tracked contest Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest
Aug 18 Biggest field won (59 teams) Hudson Valley Ribfest
Oct 27 Peak power rating (1781) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20162 milestones

Oct 8 5th Grand Championship Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship
Oct 8 Career-best overall score704 Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship

20153 milestones

May 2 First perfect 180 (Pork) Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
Jun 13 25th tracked contest Sun BBQ Fest
Oct 9 10th category win Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000

20142 milestones

May 3 First Reserve Championship Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
Sep 27 First multi-meat day The Best BBQ Chef Competition

20138 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First call New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First category win (Pork) New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall top-10 New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall podium New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First Grand Championship New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1428 New York City BBQ Cookoff
Oct 3 10th tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	New York City BBQ Cookoff	Apr 19, 2013
+12.4	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 12, 2013
+11.9	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 16, 2013
+11.9	Que for the Troops	May 31, 2013
+11.8	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 3, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 16, 2019
-9.6	Que for the Troops	Jun 5, 2015
-9.5	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 8, 2019
-7.7	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 23, 2015
-6.2	Sun BBQFest	Jun 1, 2019

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)
2019	5	0	2	0	60%	top 37%	93.7%	92%
2018	7	0	3	0	71%	top 31%	93.5%	91.6%
2017	11	2	7	1	82%	top 22%	96%	93.3%
2016	12	1	10	5	92%	top 19%	97.8%	93%
2015	13	2	10	5	92%	top 22%	96%	92.5%
2014	10	1	6	4	100%	top 20%	93.6%	91.1%
2013	11	1	7	1	82%	top 26%	93.2%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 16, 2019	Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY	19 / 53 (656.4916)	11 (169.1544)	26 (161.6916)	14 (166.2400)	23 (159.4056)
Jul 27, 2019	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	5 / 33 (674.9028)	6 (173.1200)	21 (162.2628)	12 (167.9772)	19 (161.6684)
Jun 8, 2019	Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH	18 / 29 (658.1372)	14 (169.6800)	13 (165.1084)	19 (162.8116)	20 (160.5372)
Jun 1, 2019	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	28 / 61 (656.9712)	55 (153.6684)	28 (166.2400)	35 (162.8000)	5 (174.2628)
May 4, 2019	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT	8 / 29 (665.5996)	4 (172.5828)	2 (173.1428)	14 (163.3828)	20 (156.4912)
Oct 20, 2018	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES West Kingston, RI	4 / 37 (666.1828)	9 (168.5828)	15 (161.6572)	7 (166.8228)	5 (169.1200)
Aug 17, 2018	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	8 / 58 (673.0856)	9 (173.1200)	11 (168.5600)	27 (162.2628)	6 (169.1428)
Jul 28, 2018	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	9 / 34 (662.7428)	6 (170.2744)	13 (165.0972)	11 (165.1428)	10 (162.2284)
Jun 9, 2018	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	19 / 41 (661.5656)	33 (162.2284)	19 (164.5372)	16 (169.1200)	20 (165.6800)
Jun 2, 2018	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	24 / 59 (657.5768)	32 (163.3828)	47 (153.6800)	16 (169.1084)	4 (171.4056)
May 5, 2018	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	15 / 40 (657.5888)	11 (167.3944)	30 (152.5372)	2 (176)	18 (161.6572)
Apr 6, 2018	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	14 / 36 (639.2800)	12 (166.8228)	19 (156.5372)	12 (161.1200)	22 (154.8000)
Oct 27, 2017	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	29 / 95 (687.3484)	61 (167.4172)	23 (173.7028)	17 (175.4056)	36 (170.8228)
Sep 30, 2017	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	3 / 31 (674.7312)	4 (172)	9 (163.3712)	1 (175.4172)	12 (163.9428)
Sep 15, 2017	Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	4 / 42 (679.3028)	13 (168.5256)	4 (173.1316)	6 (169.6800)	10 (167.9656)
Sep 9, 2017	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Randolph, VT	10 / 32 (673.6688)	7 (171.4172)	7 (168.0116)	9 (170.8228)	16 (163.4172)
Aug 18, 2017	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	1 / 59 (690.8572)	2 (176.5600)	2 (174.8800)	3 (173.7028)	15 (165.7144)
Aug 4, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT	12 / 30 (656.4800)	14 (165.1200)	4 (170.2856)	6 (169.1200)	26 (151.9544)
Jul 29, 2017	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	1 / 30 (677.0740)	9 (169.1200)	2 (171.4056)	5 (169.7028)	5 (166.8456)
Jul 15, 2017	Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	7 / 29 (675.9084)	14 (163.9656)	9 (170.8228)	3 (176)	15 (165.1200)
Jun 10, 2017	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	14 / 35 (651.2916)	21 (161.6688)	4 (170.2744)	15 (165.1200)	22 (154.2284)
Jun 3, 2017	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	29 / 73 (659.3484)	59 (152)	12 (171.9656)	34 (164.5372)	15 (170.8456)
Apr 7, 2017	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	5 / 43 (663.3600)	8 (168.5600)	11 (164.5256)	3 (169.1544)	17 (161.1200)
Oct 8, 2016	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	1 / 48 (704)	3 (176.5828)	1 (173.1544)	1 (176.5600)	1 (177.7028)
Sep 10, 2016	Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE Devon, PA	9 / 33 (663.3944)	10 (170.8916)	16 (165.1428)	7 (166.2744)	19 (161.0856)
Aug 19, 2016	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	11 / 52 (662.7884)	24 (165.6800)	8 (168)	21 (161.6800)	9 (167.4284)
Aug 13, 2016	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton New London, CT	6 / 25 (670.8116)	12 (164.5372)	10 (167.9888)	1 (172.0228)	3 (166.2628)
Jul 23, 2016	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	7 / 26 (674.7544)	19 (163.3828)	20 (162.2516)	1 (178.8572)	4 (170.2628)
Jul 16, 2016	Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	4 / 26 (669.0856)	8 (165.0856)	14 (163.4172)	2 (171.4628)	6 (169.1200)
Jun 25, 2016	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	2 / 40 (681.6804)	8 (170.2972)	11 (166.8344)	9 (170.8460)	2 (173.7028)
Jun 11, 2016	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	5 / 69 (678.8116)	16 (169.1200)	41 (161.1200)	2 (175.4516)	7 (173.1200)
Jun 4, 2016	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	6 / 32 (673.0972)	6 (172)	13 (166.2628)	19 (163.9772)	3 (170.8572)
May 6, 2016	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	20 / 47 (649.6000)	24 (163.3828)	12 (164)	33 (155.9428)	14 (166.2744)
Apr 30, 2016	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	4 / 39 (657.6804)	19 (160.5144)	6 (165.1544)	8 (166.8800)	6 (165.1316)
Apr 8, 2016	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	9 / 35 (650.2056)	25 (157.1084)	4 (167.4288)	2 (171.4172)	15 (154.2512)
Oct 23, 2015	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	61 / 93 (663.8740)	53 (167.9656)	84 (157.0856)	40 (167.9772)	25 (170.8456)
Oct 9, 2015	Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 Atlantic City, NJ	6 / 46 (665.0516)	11 (168.5488)	30 (150.8000)	1 (176)	5 (169.7028)
Sep 12, 2015	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	5 / 37 (679.3600)	17 (162.2400)	10 (168.5600)	2 (178.2972)	5 (170.2628)
Aug 29, 2015	The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT	4 / 17 (661.0172)	3 (169.6916)	12 (158.2516)	7 (163.9540)	3 (169.1200)
Aug 14, 2015	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	4 / 57 (657.0056)	5 (171.4056)	5 (170.2860)	34 (153.0512)	11 (162.2628)
Aug 1, 2015	8th Annual Smokin at the Maples Manorville, NY	4 / 32 (636.5256)	5 (165.1428)	13 (156.5372)	4 (166.2856)	13 (148.5600)
Jul 25, 2015	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	1 / 35 (685.6916)	4 (172.5600)	18 (164.5372)	5 (170.8572)	3 (177.7372)
Jul 17, 2015	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	11 / 37 (664.6404)	16 (165.7144)	33 (157.7144)	1 (177.1772)	22 (164.0344)
Jun 27, 2015	1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues Peconic, NY	5 / 21 (647.9196)	7 (166.2856)	20 (147.3600)	3 (167.4056)	3 (166.8684)
Jun 13, 2015	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	9 / 52 (672.5140)	23 (166.2628)	18 (166.2972)	4 (172.5600)	16 (167.3940)
Jun 5, 2015	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	35 / 54 (649.5656)	39 (160.5028)	33 (159.9772)	40 (157.0856)	6 (172)
May 8, 2015	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	1 / 57 (690.8460)	4 (172.0116)	4 (172)	1 (172.5600)	2 (174.2744)
May 2, 2015	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	2 / 30 (687.3944)	7 (169.6800)	1 (169.7144)	1 (180)	5 (168)
Oct 3, 2014	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	3 / 65 (669.1088)	1 (177.1544)	28 (158.8344)	6 (168)	15 (165.1200)
Sep 27, 2014	The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT	1 / 15 (674.2284)	1 (171.4056)	1 (170.3200)	5 (166.2400)	2 (166.2628)
Sep 6, 2014	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	12 / 31 (633.0168)	13 (162.8456)	14 (154.2856)	19 (153.0628)	8 (162.8228)
Aug 16, 2014	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	2 / 60 (659.3600)	1 (170.3200)	7 (166.8572)	27 (157.0972)	8 (165.0856)
Jul 18, 2014	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	13 / 33 (658.8340)	29 (154.2972)	16 (163.9884)	11 (166.2628)	2 (174.2856)
Jun 20, 2014	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	7 / 32 (665.0744)	3 (170.2972)	21 (157.7028)	7 (167.3944)	2 (169.6800)
Jun 6, 2014	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	16 / 65 (641.6456)	25 (160.5372)	18 (159.9428)	38 (155.4284)	6 (165.7372)
May 31, 2014	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH	15 / 48 (649.6000)	3 (174.2628)	7 (170.2744)	43 (147.9084)	21 (157.1544)
May 3, 2014	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	2 / 17 (671.3372)	2 (176.5600)	2 (164.5488)	6 (164.5256)	5 (165.7028)
Apr 11, 2014	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	8 / 37 (636.4456)	21 (155.9428)	7 (163.4400)	14 (155.9544)	7 (161.1084)
Oct 25, 2013	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	59 / 97 (653.6344)	80 (156.5716)	70 (161.1316)	22 (169.1200)	40 (166.8112)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	313 / 535 (633.0744)	406 (153.7144)	208 (161.7144)	200 (163.9428)	340 (153.7028)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	46 / 174 (671.3600)	90 (165.7372)	117 (160.5372)	61 (168.5256)	9 (176.5600)
Sep 7, 2013	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	6 / 26 (651.4288)	9 (160.6172)	4 (169.7600)	4 (170.2744)	14 (150.7772)
Aug 16, 2013	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	4 / 51 (663.3364)	3 (170.8684)	13 (166.2856)	11 (165.6684)	11 (160.5140)
Aug 9, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY	13 / 27 (600.3772)	5 (159.4172)	18 (149.0972)	9 (155.9656)	25 (135.8972)
Jul 20, 2013	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	6 / 46 (661.6568)	13 (166.8456)	5 (169.7600)	27 (158.8228)	10 (166.2284)
Jul 12, 2013	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	5 / 65 (643.3256)	31 (153.7144)	9 (162.8456)	2 (169.6800)	15 (157.0856)
Jun 21, 2013	Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	6 / 28 (664.5716)	22 (158.2858)	8 (169.1428)	13 (164)	5 (173.1430)
May 31, 2013	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	6 / 46 (640.5710)	33 (150.2856)	10 (163.9998)	16 (159.4284)	3 (166.8572)
Apr 19, 2013	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	1 / 33 (661.1428)	7 (165.7142)	10 (161.7144)	1 (169.1428)	3 (164.5714)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)