High-water mark
681.1200
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.1200 at The Sutherlin Throwdown — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-07-20
Pomeroy Family BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1443
peak 1443 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2024-05-25
latest 2026-07-18
Best ToY finish
#950
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.28 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 639.60 (-6.32)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.70 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Road miles
708
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 262 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$89K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.60 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 74%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 74%
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
J&C BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
J&C BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.45 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.
- Brisket avg 154.26
- Chicken avg 165.70
- 0 calls in 7 entries
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.
72 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5732 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Pomeroy Family BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5747 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before Pomeroy Family BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pomeroy Family BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5744 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J&C BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RJs Smokehouse | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Small Axe BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T&D's Smoking Meats | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BONE RUBBIN BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Mr. Green's Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Old Dirty Basters | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 154.8000 | 165.70 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 146.2400 | 159.25 | top 81% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 148.4684 | 160.39 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 141.7032 | 154.26 | top 84% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 91% | 2026-05-23 |
| Sutherlin Throwdown | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 94% | 2026-07-18 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2024-05-25 → 2026-07-18
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OR
6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.70 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
639.60
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
32–168 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
708
7 mapped stops · furthest 262 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$88,500
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Power rating
1443
peak 1443 · #5733 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First call The Sutherlin Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.1200 The Sutherlin Throwdown
- Career-best overall score681.1200 The Sutherlin Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0116 The Sutherlin Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1493) The Sutherlin Throwdown
- 2026
- Most recent contest Sutherlin Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.4 | The Sutherlin Throwdown | 2024-07-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2024-05-25 |
| -10.7 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2025-05-24 |
| -10.6 | Sutherlin Throwdown | 2025-07-19 |
| -10.5 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | 2024-08-24 |
| -9.2 | Sutherlin Throwdown | 2026-07-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 88.6% | 86.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 92% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 74% | 94.6% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 28 / 29 (638.1948) | 24 (165.1544) | 22 (165.6800) | 27 (156.5600) | 29 (150.8004) |
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 30 / 33 (612.3540) | 30 (154.8000) | 32 (146.2400) | 32 (148.4684) | 25 (162.8456) |
| 2025-07-19 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 32 / 35 (641.7144) | 24 (168.0000) | 33 (159.4172) | 27 (161.2000) | 33 (153.0972) |
| 2025-05-24 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 24 / 26 (641.6228) | 10 (169.1428) | 26 (155.4056) | 24 (158.2400) | 23 (158.8344) |
| 2024-08-24 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 24 / 27 (632.5032) | 17 (169.1428) | 21 (162.8688) | 22 (157.6800) | 26 (142.8116) |
| 2024-07-20 | The Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 13 / 30 (681.1200) | 25 (163.4284) | 11 (171.9772) | 6 (176.0116) | 13 (169.7028) |
| 2024-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 24 / 27 (629.6688) | 18 (170.2628) | 24 (153.1316) | 18 (164.5712) | 25 (141.7032) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1199 (65 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #950 (115 pts) | #1554 (55 pts) | #997 (125 pts) | #824 (170 pts) | #990 (115 pts) |