All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)

2024-08-23 – 2024-08-24 · Auburn, CA

Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $2,000.00

Grand Champion: Red Dog BBQ (174.2744) · 13 teams

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Red Dog BBQ

174.2744 · Competitor Series — Overall

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SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ

169.1428 · Competitor Series — Overall

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RnB BBQ

167.4172 · Competitor Series — Overall

Entries

1 category

Top score

174.2744

Winning margin

5.1316

GC over RC

Field average

156.90

median 153.63

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

13.6800 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

150.2516

what a walk cost here

Field spread

28.0228

winner to last place

Prize money

$2,000.00

on the line

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 5.1316 pts — Red Dog BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 99%

beats 1% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1507

avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Smokin' Bliss BBQ

rated 1605 pre-contest

Storylines

🃏 An upset on the books

Red Dog BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Smokin' Bliss BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2023-08-11	Auburn, CA	11	170.8800	Slims
2024-08-23 ← this one	Auburn, CA	13	174.2744	Red Dog BBQ

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Competitor Series — Overall

13 entries · top 174.2744 · median 153.6344

#	Team	Score
1	Red Dog BBQ	174.2744
2	SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ	169.1428
3	RnB BBQ	167.4172
4	Ribs For Your Pleasure BBQ	161.1316
5	Gold Country Church	160.5944
6	Cowabunga BBQ	154.8228
7	Barnyard BBQ	153.6344
8	The Rackstreet Boys	152.5600
9	Momo's Smokehouse	150.8572
10	Uncle Matty's BBQ	150.2516
11	The Raven's Nest	149.7144
12	Aces N Eights BBQ	149.0860
13	Muskies meats	146.2516

Competitor Series — Pork Ribs