BIG O & MO BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4904

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1464

peak 1509 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-06

latest 2017-10-20

Best ToY finish

#881

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

656.4912 / 720

Master · Smokin' on the Water

Perfect 180s

Current form

625.23 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 620.86 (+4.37)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9656

Brisket · Smokin' on the Water

Consistency

±43.62

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.33 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.04)

Road miles

2,215

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 438 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

620.86 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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

PLASTERED PIG BBQ has finished one call ahead of BIG O & MO BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 44%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 44%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.30 points below their pork, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 21%.

Pork Ribs avg 149.04
Pork avg 160.33
3 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ BOB & THE SMOKIN' BANDITOS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

9 of 10 shared pork entries lost

Smokey and the Pirate ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Smokey and the Pirate has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

CANYON RIDERS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 54% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 54% across 4 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

4 July contests
top 65% the rest of the year

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.

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

Tracica BBQ Team

#4915 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

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Lucky 13 BBQ

#4876 of the rated field

1465 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1465

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2018-07-20

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BETTER THAN BACON

#4899 of the rated field

1464 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2018-09-28

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Ribs For Your Pleasure

#4880 of the rated field

1465 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after BIG O & MO BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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Genuswine Brisket Authority

#4886 of the rated field

1465 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Level with BIG O & MO BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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DIXIE MOON

#4877 of the rated field

1465 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1465

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PIRATES OF THE PIG	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
PORK DADDY'S BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
RBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG PIG BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	2	168.5600	146.2172	156.80	top 70%
Pork Ribs	14	3	170.8344	20.0000	149.04	top 61%
Pork	14	3	170.8228	143.3828	160.33	top 51%
Brisket	14	2	171.9656	141.0856	154.69	top 64%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
CA	12	0	top 61%
NV	2	0	top 95%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 43%
Large (40+)	8	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival	2	16	top 58%	2017-07-07
Smokin' on the Water	2	10	top 75%	2014-08-22
Wine Country Big Q	2	20	top 50%	2014-07-11

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.5 yrs 2013-04-06 → 2017-10-20

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 12 of 14 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 160.33 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.04)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 7 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 7% 1 of 14 contests

Master average 620.86 out of 720 · 14 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 334 214–365 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,215 14 mapped stops · furthest 438 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Power rating 1464 peak 1509 · #4904 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 6 First tracked contest Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
Apr 6 First call Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Smokin' on the Water
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4912 Smokin' on the Water
Aug 23 Career-best overall score656.4912 Smokin' on the Water
Aug 23 Career-best single call (Brisket)171.9656 Smokin' on the Water
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1509) Smokin' on the Water
2016
Sep 16 10th tracked contest 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
2017
Oct 20 Most recent contest *Logandale Fall Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.1	Kings of the Que BBQ Championship	2013-04-06
+4.9	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival	2016-07-08
+4.1	Smoke on the River	2016-10-14
+2.4	Wine Country Big Q	2013-07-12
+1.6	Smokin' on the Water	2013-08-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.7	Smokin' on the Water	2014-08-22
-11.7	*Logandale Fall Festival	2017-10-20
-8.7	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	2015-05-02
-6.2	1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	2015-10-02
-5	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival	2017-07-07

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)
2017	3	0	67%	top 83%	88.3%	86.2%
2016	3	0	67%	top 50%	88.6%	88%
2015	3	0	0%	top 77%	90.7%	88.3%
2014	2	0	50%	top 77%	87.8%	76.5%
2013	3	1	67%	top 44%	91.2%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-10-20	*Logandale Fall Festival Logandale, NV	18 / 18 (606.1140)	18 (147.9656)	15 (155.3828)	13 (161.6800)	18 (141.0856)
2017-09-15	3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	36 / 48 (635.7944)	48 (146.2172)	40 (156.5028)	8 (170.8228)	26 (162.2516)
2017-07-07	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	37 / 50 (620.9488)	39 (153.6916)	10 (170.8344)	38 (153.0628)	44 (143.3600)
2016-10-14	Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA	17 / 38 (633.6800)	17 (161.7028)	20 (161.1772)	8 (163.4172)	26 (147.3828)
2016-09-16	2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	38 / 61 (629.6116)	52 (150.2744)	45 (150.8228)	23 (163.4172)	20 (165.0972)
2016-07-08	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	16 / 38 (637.5884)	8 (168.5600)	8 (167.4056)	32 (146.2172)	17 (155.4056)
2015-10-02	1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	31 / 41 (622.0340)	37 (150.2056)	37 (148.4800)	15 (164.5484)	21 (158.8000)
2015-05-02	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	37 / 41 (631.2344)	30 (163.9888)	40 (150.7884)	23 (164.5372)	37 (151.9200)
2015-03-20	4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	66 / 100 (653.1200)	50 (168.0228)	50 (166.2972)	38 (168.5600)	94 (150.2400)
2014-08-22	Smokin' on the Water Lakeport, CA	17 / 17 (469.5884)	16 (155.4172)	17 (20.0000)	16 (143.3828)	14 (150.7884)
2014-07-11	Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA	24 / 44 (631.8972)	38 (146.8344)	24 (158.8572)	20 (158.2284)	9 (167.9772)
2013-08-23	Smokin' on the Water Lakeport, CA	10 / 20 (656.4912)	8 (167.4628)	15 (156.5256)	15 (160.5372)	6 (171.9656)
2013-07-12	Wine Country Big Q Santa Rosa, CA	20 / 44 (634.2400)	18 (162.8572)	12 (163.4284)	20 (158.8344)	29 (149.1200)
2013-04-06	Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Woodland, CA	12 / 33 (629.7140)	24 (151.9996)	8 (160.0000)	5 (167.4286)	23 (150.2858)

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	#1372 (180 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)	#1470 (180 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#1370 (200 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1558 (156 pts)	#1632 (156 pts)	#1624 (156 pts)	#1531 (181 pts)	#1214 (251 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#881 (337 pts)	#1011 (307 pts)	#844 (382 pts)	#877 (372 pts)	#1010 (297 pts)