TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4760

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1467

peak 1514 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-03

latest 2014-05-09

Best ToY finish

#563

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

658.2862 / 720

Master · Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

599.59 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 608.22 (-8.63)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1772

Chicken · The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South

Consistency

±23.33

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 154.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.17)

Road miles

508

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)

Master avg

608.22 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.45 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 13%.

Pork Ribs avg 148.17
Chicken avg 154.62
1 calls in 8 entries

Chicken nemesis

6 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 55 at their very first tracked contest, Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival (2013-05-03).

2013-05-03
55-team field

Going the wrong way

-41 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 41 points across 7 contests since 2013-07-12 — from 1508 down to 1467.

7 contests since 2013-07-12
now 1467

A May team

Top 53% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 53% across 3 contests, versus top 66% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 66% the rest of the year

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Butts & Guts

#4740 of the rated field

1468 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1512 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Smoke Eaters

#4777 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-08-20

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JIM BOB'S BBQ

#4783 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Level with TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-07-05

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CONSIDER IT Q'D

#4737 of the rated field

1468 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

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BBQ TEAM NATTE

#4766 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-09-10

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BuBByQ

#4745 of the rated field

1468 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1508 at their best, 41 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
NOTHING BUTT SMOKE PSCA	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
FAT MAXINE'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
DEGUELLO BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	0	169.1772	143.9312	154.62	top 64%
Pork Ribs	8	1	0	166.2860	135.3488	148.17	top 70%
Pork	8	1	1	168.0000	140.0000	151.42	top 67%
Brisket	8	1	0	168.6284	140.0000	154.01	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
MD	4	top 60%
PA	3	top 78%
DE	1	top 58%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 81%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 61%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2	5	0	top 49%	2014-05-02

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1 yrs 2013-05-03 → 2014-05-09

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MD 4 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 154.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.17)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 608.22 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 229 129–237 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 508 8 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi

Schedule strength 1513 average field rating faced — tougher than 9% of rated contests

Power rating 1467 peak 1514 · #4760 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 3 First tracked contest Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
May 3 First call Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
May 3 First overall top-10 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2862 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
May 3 Career-best overall score658.2862 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
May 3 Peak power rating (1514) Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
Jul 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1772 The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South
2014
May 9 Most recent contest Pork In The Park BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2013-05-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff	2013-09-06
-10.1	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2014-05-02
-8.6	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash	2013-08-09
-6.2	Keystone Classic Barbeque	2013-10-04
-5.5	The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South	2013-07-12

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)
2014	2	0	0	0	0%	top 75%	84.5%	83.6%
2013	6	0	1	0	50%	top 63%	91.4%	84.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-05-09	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD	27 / 43 (608.4800)	34 (149.1200)	34 (144.5028)	26 (154.8572)	13 (160.0000)
2014-05-02	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD	52 / 59 (595.3600)	43 (153.1200)	53 (146.8456)	39 (153.7028)	53 (141.6916)
2013-10-04	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	40 / 55 (594.7316)	23 (158.2744)	51 (139.3256)	50 (145.1316)	33 (152.0000)
2013-09-20	Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE	26 / 45 (624.6172)	32 (151.9772)	27 (153.6916)	38 (150.3200)	4 (168.6284)
2013-09-06	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA	29 / 31 (574.7660)	27 (149.6572)	25 (145.1088)	30 (140.0000)	28 (140.0000)
2013-08-09	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	47 / 60 (598.1712)	54 (143.9312)	33 (154.2856)	56 (141.1200)	18 (158.8344)
2013-07-12	The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South Gettysburg, PA	20 / 29 (611.3604)	5 (169.1772)	28 (135.3488)	12 (158.2172)	21 (148.6172)
2013-05-03	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD	5 / 55 (658.2862)	27 (161.7144)	4 (166.2860)	3 (168.0000)	14 (162.2858)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1690 (143 pts)	#1763 (143 pts)	#1740 (143 pts)	#1757 (143 pts)	#1418 (203 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#563 (555 pts)	#608 (540 pts)	#598 (555 pts)	#505 (645 pts)	#482 (665 pts)