High-water mark
670.8228
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.8228 at Taste of Grand Rapids — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-07-19
PORK OF THE NORTH
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1531 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2013-08-02
Best ToY finish
#597
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.22
last 4 Master vs avg 650.22 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±29.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.42 · weakest Brisket (157.69)
Road miles
487
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 231 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
650.22 / 720
4 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ has finished one call ahead of PORK OF THE NORTH 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
MOTLEY QUE CREW ahead in 75% of their meetings
MOTLEY QUE CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mac Attack BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
PORK OF THE NORTH has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 96 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after PORK OF THE NORTH did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with PORK OF THE NORTH on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 151.3372 | 161.69 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8570 | 157.1200 | 165.42 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 157.0972 | 165.42 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 134.2172 | 157.69 | top 43% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2013-08-02
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
MI
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.42 · weakest Brisket (157.69)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
3 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
650.22
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
76–45 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
487
4 mapped stops · furthest 231 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Power rating
1517
peak 1531 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- First call 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- First overall top-10 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5706 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8570 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- Career-best overall score670.8228 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Peak power rating (1531) Taste of Grand Rapids
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-28 |
| +9.5 | 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off | 2013-06-21 |
| +9.4 | Taste of Grand Rapids | 2013-07-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | 2013-08-02 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75% | top 40% | 93.2% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Rockford, IL | 30 / 30 (599.7716) | 29 (151.3372) | 26 (157.1200) | 29 (157.0972) | 30 (134.2172) |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 8 / 39 (670.8228) | 10 (168.5600) | 18 (165.7028) | 6 (169.1428) | 9 (167.4172) |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 4 / 26 (665.7144) | 8 (166.2858) | 4 (168.0002) | 4 (167.4284) | 7 (164.0000) |
| 2013-06-21 | 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI | 7 / 30 (664.5706) | 14 (160.5712) | 5 (170.8570) | 8 (167.9998) | 7 (165.1426) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #597 (520 pts) | #819 (395 pts) | #689 (480 pts) | #624 (530 pts) | #703 (465 pts) |