CHERRY RED ROASTERS

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

Power ranking

#5012

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1462

peak 1507 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-07

latest 2021-05-01

Best ToY finish

#719

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

654.2852 / 720

Master · Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

617.82 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 625.95 (-8.14)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7028

Brisket · Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!

Consistency

±16.98

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 157.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.10)

Road miles

852

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

625.95 / 720

9 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.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 53%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUAU ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUAU has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Route 66 Smoke Out (2021-05-01).

last seen 2018-05-04
back 2021-05-01

Chicken nemesis

6 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

QUAU ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, QUAU has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared chicken entries.

A July team

Top 59% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 59% across 3 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 69% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.9% of a perfect score
9 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.

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

GigaBite BBQ

#5019 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

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 2026-07-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Half Ass BBQ

#4998 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before CHERRY RED ROASTERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Blacktop BBQ

#5022 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-03-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Two Drummer's Q-Crew

#5000 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after CHERRY RED ROASTERS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-01-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Whiskey Business BBQ

#5001 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Level with CHERRY RED ROASTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Southern Exports

#5008 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-06-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUAU	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKY LINCS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	165.1772	149.1200	157.89	top 68%
Pork Ribs	9	1	168.0000	147.3944	155.10	top 68%
Pork	9	0	167.4284	143.3828	156.93	top 71%
Brisket	9	2	169.7028	143.4286	156.04	top 62%

“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
IL	6	top 81%
IN	1	top 53%
IA	1	top 50%
WI	1	top 36%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 75%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Route 66 Smoke Out	2	36	0	top 94%	2021-05-01
Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2	30	0	top 86%	2015-05-23

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.9 yrs 2013-06-07 → 2021-05-01

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 6 of 9 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 157.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.10)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 625.95 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 275 112–263 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 852 9 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi

Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2018-05-04 → 2021-05-01

Power rating 1462 peak 1507 · #5012 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 7 First tracked contest Poor Que
Jun 22 First call Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge
Jun 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2852 Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge
Jun 22 Career-best overall score654.2852 Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge
Jun 22 Peak power rating (1507) Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Brisket)169.7028 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
2021
May 1 Most recent contest Route 66 Smoke Out

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.2	Poor Que	2013-06-07
+2	Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge	2013-06-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2015-05-23
-11.9	*Route 66 Smoke Out	2018-05-04
-9.6	Route 66 Smoke Out	2021-05-01
-5.1	Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest	2013-07-05
-3.6	Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)	2015-05-22

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0%	top 93%	82.5%	82.5%
2018	1	0%	top 95%	86.8%	86.8%
2015	2	50%	top 86%	87.8%	86.1%
2013	5	40%	top 53%	90.9%	88.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-05-01	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	41 / 44 (594.1032)	40 (149.1200)	41 (147.3944)	43 (149.6572)	42 (147.9316)
2018-05-04	*Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	36 / 38 (625.0512)	34 (155.4056)	37 (149.1428)	17 (167.4284)	35 (153.0744)
2015-05-23	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	57 / 58 (606.7200)	39 (162.2400)	52 (151.9772)	58 (143.3828)	55 (149.1200)
2015-05-22	Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL	30 / 41 (632.4572)	34 (157.6572)	10 (168.0000)	35 (153.1200)	28 (153.6800)
2013-07-26	Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL	26 / 45 (630.7544)	35 (150.8228)	33 (153.1088)	22 (164.0000)	18 (162.8228)
2013-07-19	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	30 / 57 (641.0628)	21 (165.1772)	43 (150.2400)	44 (155.9428)	8 (169.7028)
2013-07-05	Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest St. Charles, IL	23 / 34 (617.1424)	19 (159.4284)	25 (154.2858)	20 (159.9996)	30 (143.4286)
2013-06-22	Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge Davenport, IA	16 / 32 (654.2852)	21 (161.7142)	12 (166.2854)	21 (161.1428)	10 (165.1428)
2013-06-07	Poor Que Montello, WI	14 / 39 (631.9996)	18 (159.4284)	19 (155.4288)	23 (157.7140)	14 (159.4284)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1412 (195 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#719 (435 pts)	#759 (430 pts)	#789 (420 pts)	#831 (395 pts)	#542 (585 pts)