All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2024-08-23 – 2024-08-24 · Auburn, CA · 📍 Regional Park
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $2,000.00
Grand Champion: Red Dog BBQ (174.2744) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ
Entries
13
1 judged meat
Top score
174.2744
Winning margin
5.1316
GC over RC
Field average
156.90
median 153.63
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
13.6800 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
150.2516
10th place overall
Field spread
28.0228
winner to last place
Prize money
$2,000.00
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 98%
beats 2% of 58 Competitor Series wins in the data
Traveled in
0%
of the 13 teams with a home region came from outside CA
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.2 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1507
avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% of contests
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)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-11 | Auburn, CA | Regional Park | 11 | 170.8800 | Slims | — |
| 2024-08-23 ← this one | Auburn, CA | Regional Park | 13 | 174.2744 | Red Dog BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 174.2744 | 160.5944 | 150.2516 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
13 entries · top 174.2744 · median 153.6344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Dog BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 3 | RnB BBQ | |
| 4 | Ribs For Your Pleasure BBQ | |
| 5 | Gold Country Church | |
| 6 | Cowabunga BBQ | |
| 7 | Barnyard BBQ | |
| 8 | The Rackstreet Boys | |
| 9 | Momo's Smokehouse | |
| 10 | Uncle Matty's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Raven's Nest | |
| 12 | Aces N Eights BBQ | |
| 13 | Muskies meats |
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 174.2744 · median 153.6344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Dog BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 3 | RnB BBQ | |
| 4 | Ribs For Your Pleasure BBQ | |
| 5 | Gold Country Church | |
| 6 | Cowabunga BBQ | |
| 7 | Barnyard BBQ | |
| 8 | The Rackstreet Boys | |
| 9 | Momo's Smokehouse | |
| 10 | Uncle Matty's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Raven's Nest | |
| 12 | Aces N Eights BBQ | |
| 13 | Muskies meats |