Rio Good BBQ

Rio Good BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Sutherlin Throwdown (2026). They are ranked #1045 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,045

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1600

peak 1603 · rated over 19 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 1, 2024

latest Sep 18, 2026 · 2.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#129

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

42% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

706.2512 / 720

Master · The Sutherlin Throwdown

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

696.20 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 685.92 (+10.28)

Walk rate

95%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)

Consistency

±11.46

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.83 · weakest Brisket (169.33)

Road miles

4,734

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 484 mi

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Purse competed for

$165K

listed at 19 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 19 state-championship entries

Master avg

685.92 / 720

19 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork Ribs ×2
Pork ×2

Against the odds

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sutherlin Throwdown (Jul 18, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Cynical BBQ.

On the rise

+56 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 56 points across 8 contests since Nov 21, 2025 — from 1544 up to 1600.

8 contests since Nov 21, 2025
now 1600

They almost always walk

95% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 95% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

706.2512 career-best overall

98.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 706.2512 at The Sutherlin Throwdown — 98.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 20, 2024

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 19 entries at contests carrying the title.

19 state-championship entries

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Cynical BBQ has finished one call ahead of Rio Good BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2026 1 Grand Championship

2026 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

7 contests
5 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 27%

A strong matchup

10–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BAR-B-CUDA BBQ in 10 of their 14 shared contests.

The long haul

4,734 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,734 miles across 19 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 484 miles to BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay.

19 mapped stops
furthest 484 mi

The metronome

±1.59% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.59% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 95.3% of a perfect score
19 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#129 (1,216 pts)	#190 (1,011 pts)	#133 (1,241 pts)	#133 (1,111 pts)	#185 (951 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#458 (417 pts)	#421 (547 pts)	#494 (457 pts)	#437 (482 pts)	#545 (337 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#267 (820 pts)	#205 (1,055 pts)	#273 (910 pts)	#351 (640 pts)	#233 (935 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1600

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RUBY CREEK BBQ

#1,047 of the rated field

1600 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1600

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 30 contests to 19.

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FIRE FIGHTING BBQ TEAM

#1,043 of the rated field

1600 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1605

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POOH BEAR BBQ

#1,044 of the rated field

1600 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1600

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 47% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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REED BOYZ BBQ

#1,050 of the rated field

1600 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1617

They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Rio Good BBQ's first contest.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2018

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Sure Shot BBQ

#1,048 of the rated field

1600 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1600

Level with Rio Good BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Apr 10, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bad Bears BBQ	19	8	11	42%	⚔ compare
BONE RUBBIN BBQ	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare
BULL MARKET BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
Cynical BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bliss BBQ	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Big Cat BBQ	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
Cherry Anchor BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
Beards BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
OM BBQ COMPANY	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Big Boys BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Old Town Franklin BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	11	0	4	177.7144	165.1200	172.83	top 37%
Pork Ribs	19	9	2	3	180 🔥	165.1200	172.50	top 34%
Pork	17	6	0	3	180 🔥	162.2400	171.20	top 48%
Brisket	19	8	1	1	178.8800	155.3828	169.33	top 48%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 39%
Medium (20–39)	15	1	top 39%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	14	0	top 45%
OR	3	1	top 13%
NV	2	0	top 34%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	3	4	top 35%	Aug 8, 2026
Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	2	4	top 32%	Apr 24, 2026
Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest	2	8	top 43%	Mar 20, 2026
BBQ Jackpot	2	26	top 34%	Nov 21, 2025
The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2)	2	13	top 49%	Jan 25, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 8 contests

Contests a season 6.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 14 of 19 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 13 5 of them more than once

First title Jul 18, 2026 Sutherlin Throwdown

Opponents faced 265 finished ahead 395 times, behind 264

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

20265 milestones

Jul 18 First overall podium Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 18 First Grand Championship Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 18 First state championship Sutherlin Throwdown
Aug 8 Peak power rating (1603) Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)
Sep 18 Most recent contest 22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest

20251 milestone

Jan 25 10th tracked contest The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2)

20247 milestones

Mar 1 First tracked contest The Golden State Battle VI
Mar 1 First call The Golden State Battle VI
Mar 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7656 The Golden State Battle VI
Mar 15 First overall top-10 Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
Jul 20 First category win (Brisket) The Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 20 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) The Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 20 Career-best overall score706.2512 The Sutherlin Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.8	Sutherlin Throwdown	Jul 18, 2026
+13.9	The Sutherlin Throwdown	Jul 20, 2024
+13.1	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	Apr 24, 2026
+12.2	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)	Aug 7, 2026
+10.8	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest	Mar 15, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.7	The Golden State Battle VI	Mar 1, 2024
-4.8	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off	May 24, 2024
-3.5	22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest	Sep 18, 2026
-2	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	Apr 26, 2024
-0.8	20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest	Jun 28, 2024

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	7	1	5	2	100%	top 27%	97.9%	96.3%
2025	4	0	1	0	100%	top 43%	95.9%	94.9%
2024	8	0	2	1	88%	top 47%	98.1%	94.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 18, 2026	22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	14 / 31 (681.6572)	16 (168.5372)	21 (168.5600)	—	7 (177.7028)
Aug 8, 2026	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 🏅 Felton, CA	6 / 17 (703.9888)	2 (177.7144)	1 (180)	12 (173.1316)	12 (173.1428)
Aug 7, 2026	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Felton, CA	4 / 25 (696.5488)	5 (175.4172)	5 (174.8572)	2 (180)	15 (166.2744)
Jul 18, 2026	Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	1 / 29 (705.1200)	14 (172)	4 (177.7144)	3 (180)	7 (175.4056)
May 23, 2026	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	7 / 33 (693.6800)	21 (165.1200)	11 (173.7144)	2 (179.4400)	7 (175.4056)
Apr 24, 2026	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	4 / 29 (694.7996)	8 (175.4056)	1 (174.8456)	10 (172.5484)	7 (172)
Mar 20, 2026	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	15 / 27 (677.0632)	7 (175.4172)	13 (169.1660)	20 (167.3828)	15 (165.0972)
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	29 / 90 (687.3372)	47 (170.8344)	9 (175.4172)	38 (171.4056)	48 (169.6800)
May 16, 2025	Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Oroville, CA	8 / 19 (678.2172)	13 (170.8228)	5 (171.4172)	9 (167.9772)	9 (168)
Jan 25, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 🏅 Hollister, CA	15 / 27 (690.7772)	10 (175.4172)	16 (172.5716)	—	22 (166.2284)
Jan 24, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) 🏅 Hollister, CA	13 / 31 (677.0856)	2 (176)	12 (172.5828)	11 (173.1200)	29 (155.3828)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	26 / 74 (682.7424)	41 (168.5600)	23 (171.9656)	45 (169.1084)	20 (173.1084)
Jul 20, 2024	The Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	4 / 30 (706.2512)	8 (175.4056)	2 (180)	13 (171.9656)	1 (178.8800)
Jun 28, 2024	20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	19 / 35 (683.3140)	10 (174.8572)	22 (168.5256)	26 (166.8228)	12 (173.1084)
Jun 14, 2024	CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) 🏅 Clayton, CA	14 / 25 (670.1712)	8 (173.1200)	11 (167.9656)	13 (169.1200)	17 (159.9656)
May 24, 2024	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Felton, CA	11 / 21 (671.3600)	3 (175.4172)	13 (165.1200)	9 (170.2628)	16 (160.5600)
Apr 26, 2024	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	17 / 34 (680.4800)	28 (165.6684)	18 (169.6916)	16 (171.4172)	8 (173.7028)
Mar 15, 2024	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	8 / 27 (685.0856)	3 (176.0228)	10 (171.4172)	23 (164.5256)	9 (173.1200)
Mar 1, 2024	The Golden State Battle VI 🏅 Hollister, CA	27 / 33 (666.7656)	13 (172)	10 (171.9772)	29 (162.2400)	29 (160.5484)

Rio Good BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A strong matchup

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)