NEW REVOLUTION Q

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

Power ranking

#923

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1612

peak 1617 · rated over 39 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2018-07-27

Best ToY finish

#329

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 39 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

681.6232 / 720

Master · 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.49 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 650.49 (+5.00)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1544

Pork · 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin

Consistency

±18.00

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.87)

Road miles

4,990

mi across 39 mapped stops · furthest 638 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Master avg

650.49 / 720

39 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (13 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.

On the rise

+27 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 27 points across 11 contests since 2017-07-28 — from 1585 up to 1612.

11 contests since 2017-07-28
now 1612

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 39 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 39 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.6232 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.6232 at 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-04-29

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

E.O.D. WRECKINQ has finished one call ahead of NEW REVOLUTION Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

6 contests
4 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

26–2 behind in the head-to-head

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 93% of their meetings

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 26 of their 28 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of POKE N SMOKE in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

18 of 28 shared pork entries lost

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has out-cooked them in 18 of 28 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 31% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 31% across 5 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.

5 October contests
top 43% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,990 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,990 miles across 39 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 638 miles to Flames on the Flint.

39 mapped stops
furthest 638 mi

The metronome

±2.50% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.50% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.3% of a perfect score
39 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ Jamboree every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 16th

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.

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

Team Meat Coma

#920 of the rated field

1613 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1680

5–5 in 10 shared contests (50% to NEW REVOLUTION Q)

These two have cooked 10 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 60 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

PAPA'S PIT CREW

#929 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1612

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 51 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 51 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ Hot Yard

#926 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 72%
Peak: 1612

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 39, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2026-08-29
on a 5-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

A Good Rub BBQ

#928 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1623

No shared contest yet.

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 43% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

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Mad Dog BBQ

#921 of the rated field

1613 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1651

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after NEW REVOLUTION Q did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 64 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

SOUTHERN QUE

#922 of the rated field

1613 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1615

No shared contest yet.

Level with NEW REVOLUTION Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	28	2	26	7%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	27	15	12	56%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	26	4	22	15%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	24	9	15	38%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	24	5	19	21%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	23	8	15	35%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	23	2	21	9%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	21	2	19	10%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	20	4	16	20%	⚔ compare
SAUCE THIS BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	18	6	12	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKETASTIC BBQ	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
2 RHODIES BBQ	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	39	8	2	175.4172	150.2744	162.72	top 52%
Pork Ribs	39	9	3	173.1544	139.9316	161.87	top 46%
Pork	39	12	2	177.1544	150.2628	163.93	top 40%
Brisket	39	12	0	174.2744	139.9544	161.97	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.

By state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
VA	17	top 45%
MD	13	top 46%
NC	3	top 31%
PA	2	top 43%
DE	2	top 33%
GA	1	top 67%
NJ	1	top 8%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 25%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 50%
Large (40+)	27	top 41%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Jamboree	4	16	top 36%	2016-05-13
Smoke in the Grove	2	21	top 43%	2018-07-27
*Interstate BBQ Festival	2	23	top 42%	2018-04-20
BBQ Gives Back	2	9	top 30%	2018-03-23
*Currituck Heritage Festival	2	4	top 21%	2017-09-15
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	17	top 67%	2017-06-02
Beltway BBQ Showdown	2	6	top 28%	2015-05-29

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.2 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2018-07-27

Busiest season 2017 13 contests

Contests a season 6.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 17 of 39 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 30 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 39 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 163.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.87)

Walk rate 62% a top-10 call in 24 of 39 contests

Overall top-10 rate 23% 9 of 39 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 650.49 out of 720 · 39 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 713 1,091–779 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,990 39 mapped stops · furthest 638 mi

Schedule strength 1567 average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests

Power rating 1612 peak 1617 · #923 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest BBQ Jamboree
May 10 First call BBQ Jamboree
2015
Apr 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.2800 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
Apr 17 10th tracked contest 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
May 29 First overall top-10 Beltway BBQ Showdown
2016
Apr 29 Career-best overall score681.6232 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
Apr 29 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1544 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
2017
May 12 25th tracked contest *BBQ Jamboree- Day 2(JUDGES FULL)
2018
Apr 20 Peak power rating (1617) *Interstate BBQ Festival
Jul 27 Most recent contest Smoke in the Grove

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.4	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin	2016-04-29
+14.2	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship	2016-10-08
+13.1	BBQ Gives Back	2017-03-24
+12.2	*Currituck Heritage Festival	2017-09-15
+12.1	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2015-05-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.4	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition	2017-04-28
-7.7	*Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest	2018-05-05
-6.3	Que & Cruz	2013-07-19
-6.3	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2016-06-03
-5.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-08-22

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	6	1	67%	top 47%	93%	91.4%
2017	13	3	54%	top 45%	94.2%	91.4%
2016	6	4	67%	top 31%	94.7%	91.3%
2015	5	1	60%	top 32%	92.4%	91.1%
2014	4	0	50%	top 50%	89.2%	87.4%
2013	5	0	80%	top 51%	88.1%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-07-27	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	21 / 54 (655.2800)	6 (171.4172)	43 (156.5144)	24 (163.3828)	29 (163.9656)
2018-05-11	BBQ Jamboree Double Day 1 Fredericksburg, VA	27 / 45 (659.8056)	26 (167.3828)	16 (168.5372)	15 (167.3944)	34 (156.4912)
2018-05-05	*Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest Crownsville, MD	26 / 37 (642.6512)	24 (165.0856)	29 (155.3600)	31 (152.5372)	9 (169.6684)
2018-04-20	*Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	23 / 67 (664.4460)	56 (155.4060)	18 (168.5256)	24 (166.2400)	6 (174.2744)
2018-03-23	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	35 / 75 (655.2452)	28 (167.9656)	28 (166.8228)	29 (164.5256)	57 (155.9312)
2018-03-02	*The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown Brunswick, MD	10 / 29 (669.6000)	19 (161.0856)	3 (171.9656)	17 (163.3828)	4 (173.1660)
2017-10-20	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	12 / 69 (675.3828)	8 (172.5600)	38 (161.1200)	7 (173.1200)	11 (168.5828)
2017-10-06	*Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic Virginia Beach, VA	8 / 23 (661.0056)	22 (154.2056)	5 (165.6800)	5 (171.9772)	8 (169.1428)
2017-09-15	*Currituck Heritage Festival Powells Point, NC	4 / 25 (678.1600)	5 (173.1316)	3 (172.5600)	13 (166.2284)	12 (166.2400)
2017-08-04	Smithfield BBQ Classic Smithfield, VA	20 / 28 (650.1028)	22 (163.3828)	16 (165.0972)	22 (158.8228)	13 (162.8000)
2017-07-28	*Smoke in the Grove(JUDGES FULL) Spring Grove, PA	24 / 51 (653.0172)	33 (160.5256)	22 (162.8344)	23 (163.9656)	16 (165.6916)
2017-06-09	Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD	11 / 29 (661.6116)	11 (168.5488)	20 (155.9428)	6 (168.0000)	5 (169.1200)
2017-06-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD	17 / 28 (651.8284)	10 (169.1200)	14 (161.0972)	25 (150.7656)	6 (170.8456)
2017-05-12	*BBQ Jamboree-Day 1(JUDGES FULL) Fredericksburg, VA	25 / 54 (655.2916)	29 (165.0972)	34 (161.6916)	39 (157.6572)	5 (170.8456)
2017-05-12	*BBQ Jamboree- Day 2(JUDGES FULL) Fredericksburg, VA	20 / 43 (657.5316)	31 (165.0856)	4 (173.1316)	29 (159.9544)	31 (159.3600)
2017-04-28	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	35 / 46 (621.4856)	40 (151.9656)	41 (150.7772)	22 (161.6800)	27 (157.0628)
2017-04-14	*Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	29 / 58 (660.9944)	42 (161.6572)	29 (165.1200)	18 (167.9772)	22 (166.2400)
2017-03-24	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	9 / 64 (673.6344)	23 (170.2628)	24 (165.7144)	11 (169.1200)	14 (168.5372)
2017-03-10	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	45 / 67 (658.7084)	63 (155.9428)	17 (170.2628)	31 (167.4056)	42 (165.0972)
2016-10-08	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	4 / 48 (677.6916)	13 (169.1200)	2 (173.1544)	4 (174.8800)	29 (160.5372)
2016-09-16	*Currituck Heritage Festival Powells Point, NC	4 / 16 (655.8972)	5 (166.8572)	9 (160.5600)	6 (164.5372)	7 (163.9428)
2016-06-03	Beltway BBQ Showdown Fort Washington, MD	26 / 37 (630.6972)	30 (155.3944)	19 (163.3828)	21 (160.5372)	24 (151.3828)
2016-05-13	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	41 / 72 (635.8056)	58 (155.3600)	49 (157.1200)	26 (163.9428)	35 (159.3828)
2016-05-06	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD	8 / 51 (662.8000)	3 (175.4172)	29 (158.8572)	4 (169.7028)	27 (158.8228)
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	4 / 48 (681.6232)	12 (170.8344)	20 (163.9544)	2 (177.1544)	10 (169.6800)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	25 / 49 (651.8400)	42 (153.6572)	19 (166.2400)	27 (161.6800)	11 (170.2628)
2015-07-31	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	22 / 54 (650.8228)	7 (171.4172)	32 (157.1200)	20 (163.9884)	28 (158.2972)
2015-05-29	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	6 / 39 (665.6228)	20 (159.9656)	10 (165.1200)	4 (172.5600)	7 (167.9772)
2015-05-08	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	16 / 65 (652.4340)	31 (162.8228)	23 (163.3828)	23 (161.1200)	15 (165.1084)
2015-04-17	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA	14 / 46 (659.2800)	32 (158.2172)	4 (173.1316)	27 (161.1084)	8 (166.8228)
2014-08-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD	21 / 29 (622.1256)	15 (161.0972)	18 (157.0972)	22 (150.2628)	21 (153.6684)
2014-06-06	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	17 / 42 (642.1828)	34 (151.3600)	4 (168.5484)	2 (169.7372)	24 (152.5372)
2014-05-09	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	24 / 64 (631.8512)	3 (170.2744)	21 (159.9656)	30 (158.8112)	56 (142.8000)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	53 / 109 (621.6112)	34 (160.5256)	13 (165.1428)	52 (155.9884)	96 (139.9544)
2013-10-18	Autumnfest Woodstock, VA	17 / 40 (634.0800)	11 (166.2860)	35 (143.9200)	6 (167.9656)	19 (155.9084)
2013-09-20	Smokin' on the Track BBQ Shenandoah, VA	17 / 26 (622.1028)	12 (159.9656)	23 (139.9316)	14 (157.6684)	4 (164.5372)
2013-08-09	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	31 / 60 (616.9600)	43 (150.8344)	51 (148.4800)	26 (157.6572)	17 (159.9884)
2013-07-19	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	32 / 45 (615.3144)	39 (150.2744)	31 (151.9772)	4 (167.3828)	39 (145.6800)
2013-05-10	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	16 / 60 (632.5714)	21 (156.5716)	23 (157.1430)	10 (162.2854)	19 (156.5714)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#731 (459 pts)	#709 (504 pts)	#596 (609 pts)	#777 (454 pts)	#526 (704 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#329 (1118 pts)	#390 (963 pts)	#284 (1193 pts)	#320 (1115 pts)	#249 (1328 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#448 (886 pts)	#530 (766 pts)	#595 (681 pts)	#408 (976 pts)	#740 (526 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#684 (530 pts)	#841 (430 pts)	#680 (565 pts)	#765 (485 pts)	#610 (620 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#946 (336 pts)	#754 (496 pts)	#705 (536 pts)	#767 (486 pts)	#1081 (296 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#669 (461 pts)	#663 (491 pts)	#889 (356 pts)	#446 (731 pts)	#540 (586 pts)