The heartbreaker
Came within 4.5260 points of the Grand Championship at *Craze Fest (2017-06-03).
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Came within 4.5260 points of the Grand Championship at *Craze Fest (2017-06-03).
In the top 6% of every rated team in the data
A power rating of 1694 puts them #414 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival (2017-10-06) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA.
Their power rating has climbed 43 points across 15 contests since 2017-09-22 — from 1650 up to 1694.
Took the Grand Championship over a 31-team field at *Red, White and Que.
*Great Maine BBQ Challenge is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 2 visits.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at *Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festival (2017-06-09).
A call in 40 of 48 contests
A top-10 category call in 83% of their 48 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.3084 at Bay State BBQ Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
Q'N CANUCKS has finished one call ahead of TEAM EATAPEDIA 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
2017 was the year it came together: 13 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 7 category wins, at an average finish in the top 17%.
GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings
GOOD SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 23 of their 26 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.51 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 54% of the time against 58%.
Ahead in 90% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BEHIND BBQ in 18 of their 20 shared contests.
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has landed one call behind them 3 times.
Something about September: average finish in the top 14% across 9 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 14,600 miles across 48 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,423 miles to Pile of Bones BBQ Championship.
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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 69 contests to 48.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1737 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TEAM EATAPEDIA has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 86 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 7 years after TEAM EATAPEDIA did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with TEAM EATAPEDIA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | 27 | 11 | 16 | 41% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 26 | 5 | 21 | 19% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD SMOKE BBQ | 26 | 3 | 23 | 12% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | 25 | 12 | 13 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| BEHIND BBQ | 20 | 18 | 2 | 90% | ⚔ compare |
| THREE DOGS BBQ | 17 | 11 | 6 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| Q'N CANUCKS | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GOOD CUE CREW | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 14 | 11 | 3 | 79% | ⚔ compare |
| TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| KISS MY BBQ | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77% | ⚔ compare |
| Cousin's Catering and BBQ | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| RED VALLEY BBQ | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 48 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 178.8800 | 150.2172 | 165.96 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 48 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 178.2972 | 143.9540 | 162.05 | top 41% |
| Pork | 48 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 176.5828 | 146.2400 | 162.56 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 48 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 178.3200 | 135.9428 | 161.46 | top 40% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 26 | 0 | top 34% |
| ON | 4 | 0 | top 31% |
| ME | 2 | 0 | top 9% |
| QC | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| MA | 2 | 1 | top 7% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| CT | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
| NJ | 1 | 1 | top 3% |
| VT | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 8 | 1 | top 29% |
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 4 | top 28% |
| Large (40+) | 17 | 0 | top 38% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 5 | 11 | 0 | top 44% | 2018-07-06 |
| Hudson Valley Ribfest | 3 | 13 | 0 | top 32% | 2018-08-17 |
| Oinktoberfest | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 17% | 2015-09-19 |
| *Great Maine BBQ Challenge | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 9% | 2018-09-22 |
| *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 32% | 2018-06-15 |
| *Salt City BBQ Festival | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 13% | 2017-05-19 |
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2 | 169 | 0 | top 80% | 2016-10-29 |
| Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 18% | 2016-09-03 |
| Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 17% | 2015-06-19 |
| Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 45% | 2014-08-08 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | 2014-06-13 |
| +13.5 | Oinktoberfest | 2014-09-20 |
| +13.2 | Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016 | 2016-06-11 |
| +13.1 | Oinktoberfest | 2013-09-20 |
| +12.3 | *Red, White and Que | 2017-09-30 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival | 2014-08-08 |
| -9.5 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2018-05-05 |
| -7.6 | Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues | 2018-07-21 |
| -6.3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -5.8 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | 2018-04-06 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 82% | top 39% | 94.4% | 90.2% |
| 2017 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 100% | top 17% | 95.3% | 92.6% |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 57% | top 44% | 91.2% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% | top 30% | 92.3% | 89.6% |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 36% | 93.7% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 80% | top 31% | 92.6% | 89.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-22 | *Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME | 3 / 27 (673.0744) | 3 (171.9772) | 9 (166.8572) | 10 (163.9772) | 5 (170.2628) |
| 2018-08-17 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 21 / 58 (657.0284) | 19 (169.1200) | 5 (170.2972) | 23 (163.4056) | 40 (154.2056) |
| 2018-07-21 | Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY | 18 / 31 (628.4456) | 16 (162.8344) | 28 (143.9540) | 20 (157.0972) | 9 (164.5600) |
| 2018-07-13 | *Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON | 6 / 24 (669.6224) | 7 (170.2628) | 14 (161.1312) | 8 (168.5484) | 4 (169.6800) |
| 2018-07-06 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 20 / 39 (624.5028) | 2 (169.7372) | 12 (158.8228) | 12 (160.0000) | 38 (135.9428) |
| 2018-06-22 | *Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0 | 4 / 18 (651.9316) | 1 (178.8800) | 14 (152.5144) | 5 (165.1200) | 6 (155.4172) |
| 2018-06-15 | *Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 Richmond, QC | 3 / 18 (634.1712) | 1 (167.9772) | 6 (156.0000) | 4 (159.3712) | 10 (150.8228) |
| 2018-06-01 | *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival Quebec City, G1R 4W6 | 1 / 22 (659.3712) | 4 (163.4056) | 7 (162.2400) | 8 (157.7256) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2018-05-05 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | 27 / 40 (638.6972) | 8 (169.6684) | 19 (161.1544) | 33 (157.6572) | 34 (150.2172) |
| 2018-04-06 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 19 / 36 (629.5540) | 11 (166.8228) | 31 (153.1200) | 24 (154.7884) | 21 (154.8228) |
| 2018-03-02 | Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY) unrated Orlando, FL | 40 / 49 (679.3256) | 42 (165.0972) | 41 (167.9772) | 35 (170.8456) | 20 (175.4056) |
| 2017-10-21 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship West Kingston, RI | 5 / 24 (675.8856) | 1 (176.0000) | 6 (169.6800) | 16 (161.6456) | 7 (168.5600) |
| 2017-10-14 | Bay State BBQ Championship Monson, MA | 3 / 30 (686.3084) | 8 (170.8456) | 1 (177.1772) | 14 (168.5600) | 6 (169.7256) |
| 2017-10-06 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA | 1 / 25 (683.4740) | 12 (166.2856) | 1 (176.0572) | 7 (170.8456) | 8 (170.2856) |
| 2017-09-30 | *Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ | 1 / 31 (681.7256) | 6 (170.2628) | 4 (168.5828) | 4 (170.8572) | 2 (172.0228) |
| 2017-09-22 | *Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME | 2 / 29 (684.6060) | 3 (170.2972) | 1 (177.1544) | 3 (169.1428) | 8 (168.0116) |
| 2017-09-09 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship Randolph, VT | 6 / 32 (679.4860) | 4 (173.1544) | 2 (172.0228) | 23 (163.3944) | 8 (170.9144) |
| 2017-08-25 | *The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest Fleischmanns, NY | 6 / 17 (650.1828) | 7 (167.4172) | 6 (158.8572) | 9 (160.5256) | 5 (163.3828) |
| 2017-08-18 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 13 / 59 (658.8344) | 1 (177.7028) | 21 (160.5944) | 19 (163.4172) | 32 (157.1200) |
| 2017-07-07 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 12 / 40 (643.3596) | 4 (166.2628) | 35 (147.4056) | 5 (165.0856) | 13 (164.6056) |
| 2017-06-16 | *Wolf BBQ FEst Richmond 2017 Richmond, QC | 8 / 17 (629.0056) | 13 (154.2056) | 8 (153.1088) | 10 (153.0856) | 2 (168.6056) |
| 2017-06-09 | *Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festival Drayton Ontario, N4B 2W4 | 1 / 22 (674.8228) | 1 (174.8572) | 10 (162.8228) | 14 (158.8228) | 1 (178.3200) |
| 2017-06-03 | *Craze Fest Georgina, ON | 2 / 17 (660.5484) | 6 (167.4400) | 9 (162.3200) | 3 (169.6800) | 5 (161.1084) |
| 2017-05-19 | *Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY | 3 / 41 (658.7656) | 5 (169.1084) | 11 (163.9772) | 18 (157.1200) | 3 (168.5600) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 365 / 557 (642.7544) | 479 (153.0972) | 330 (162.2744) | 120 (170.2856) | 367 (157.0972) |
| 2016-10-28 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 169 / 180 (646.7196) | 121 (167.9884) | 173 (154.8000) | 166 (160.5256) | 149 (163.4056) |
| 2016-09-03 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | 7 / 35 (656.4688) | 23 (159.9656) | 13 (162.2516) | 4 (173.7144) | 16 (160.5372) |
| 2016-07-08 | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sound Festival Drayton, ON | 8 / 17 (649.6228) | 14 (150.2172) | 4 (169.7372) | 1 (176.5828) | 11 (153.0856) |
| 2016-06-11 | Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016 Richmond, Qu JOB2H0 | 1 / 10 (648.5944) | 7 (155.4400) | 3 (154.2972) | 1 (170.8800) | 1 (167.9772) |
| 2016-05-28 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 27 / 50 (650.7540) | 17 (169.1084) | 35 (159.3828) | 18 (165.1428) | 32 (157.1200) |
| 2016-05-20 | Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY | 6 / 32 (645.6912) | 9 (162.2628) | 15 (154.2972) | 8 (163.4284) | 6 (165.7028) |
| 2015-09-19 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 19 / 52 (635.4628) | 5 (168.0344) | 1 (174.3200) | 43 (149.7256) | 48 (143.3828) |
| 2015-09-04 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | 4 / 25 (650.1712) | 15 (159.4056) | 15 (156.5144) | 6 (166.2856) | 3 (167.9656) |
| 2015-07-10 | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval Drayton, ON | 7 / 18 (664.5256) | 8 (167.4056) | 9 (163.4516) | 10 (164.5484) | 4 (169.1200) |
| 2015-07-03 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 13 / 31 (631.3028) | 3 (172.0000) | 21 (153.1200) | 7 (161.1200) | 28 (145.0628) |
| 2015-06-19 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY | 14 / 47 (642.1140) | 22 (159.9656) | 38 (147.9200) | 9 (165.7028) | 5 (168.5256) |
| 2015-06-13 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship Regina, Saskatchewan Canada, | 4 / 22 (647.3944) | 2 (169.7372) | 1 (173.7372) | 13 (149.1200) | 6 (154.8000) |
| 2014-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 4 / 66 (666.2744) | 48 (154.8344) | 7 (168.5944) | 3 (170.8684) | 5 (171.9772) |
| 2014-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 23 / 60 (636.4112) | 4 (168.5944) | 32 (157.6456) | 43 (148.5256) | 16 (161.6456) |
| 2014-08-08 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY | 29 / 39 (626.1484) | 18 (166.2628) | 35 (149.1200) | 25 (158.8344) | 30 (151.9312) |
| 2014-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 16 / 27 (611.9312) | 7 (160.5600) | 5 (160.5828) | 22 (146.2400) | 21 (144.5484) |
| 2014-06-13 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY | 2 / 47 (674.8684) | 1 (173.7372) | 11 (168.5256) | 25 (160.5484) | 3 (172.0572) |
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 31 / 86 (637.5428) | 45 (159.9656) | 54 (153.0972) | 24 (163.3828) | 37 (161.0972) |
| 2013-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 6 / 71 (666.8688) | 27 (160.0344) | 1 (178.2972) | 34 (157.6800) | 8 (170.8572) |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY | 5 / 31 (651.9428) | 10 (165.7028) | 4 (166.8800) | 11 (160.5372) | 12 (158.8228) |
| 2013-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 11 / 28 (613.7132) | 17 (151.4282) | 1 (165.7142) | 9 (159.9996) | 27 (136.5712) |
| 2013-06-28 | Boston Hill BBQ Fest Hamburg, NY | 13 / 49 (657.7142) | 11 (166.8572) | 9 (164.0000) | 7 (170.2856) | 24 (156.5714) |
| 2013-06-07 | Podunk Pig Party Springwater, NY | 13 / 20 (629.7136) | 11 (163.9998) | 14 (156.0000) | 11 (158.2854) | 13 (151.4284) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #179 (1480 pts) | #82 (1850 pts) | #259 (1165 pts) | #257 (1175 pts) | #220 (1325 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #48 (2292 pts) | #45 (2140 pts) | #61 (2012 pts) | #160 (1543 pts) | #76 (1964 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #433 (914 pts) | #608 (669 pts) | #508 (809 pts) | #333 (1104 pts) | #495 (829 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #658 (554 pts) | #598 (654 pts) | #661 (589 pts) | #745 (504 pts) | #694 (534 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #470 (818 pts) | #404 (928 pts) | #546 (713 pts) | #629 (608 pts) | #481 (778 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #419 (733 pts) | #585 (558 pts) | #288 (1043 pts) | #523 (633 pts) | #616 (528 pts) |