BIG ACES BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4993

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1462

peak 1503 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-16

latest 2015-06-05

Best ToY finish

#1471

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

657.1544 / 720

Master · 6th Annual Vista Q Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.10 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.95 (+4.14)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Chicken · 4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship (Day 2)

Consistency

±15.64

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.14 · weakest Brisket (153.62)

Road miles

230

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi

Schedule strength

31%

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

Master avg

635.95 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 153.62
Chicken avg 164.14
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokin it Up BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.17% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.17% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.3% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

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.

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 2026-07-11

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Southern Exports

#5008 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-06-28

⚔ Head-to-head

OUR DOGS LIKE IT

#4972 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-08-10

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GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ

#4982 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-04-06

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RIVER RATS

#4984 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1500 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-10-18

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DANCING MOOSE BBQ

#4975 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1463

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 2021-07-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
COOL GRILLING	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
My Smokin' Grillfriend	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
All Sauced Up	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	174.8572	152.5600	164.14	top 54%
Pork Ribs	8	1	0	173.1772	149.6916	157.48	top 71%
Pork	8	0	0	165.7256	155.3828	160.71	top 64%
Brisket	8	0	0	159.9772	146.2400	153.62	top 75%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 82%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2	68	0	top 71%	2014-10-02
4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship (Day 2)	2	19	0	top 83%	2013-12-28

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

On the trail 1.8 yrs 2013-08-16 → 2015-06-05

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.14 · weakest Brisket (153.62)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 635.95 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 228 136–302 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 230 8 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi

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

Power rating 1462 peak 1503 · #4993 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 16 First tracked contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Aug 16 First call Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1503) Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Dec 28 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship (Day 2)
2014
Jul 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1544 6th Annual Vista Q Classic
Jul 25 Career-best overall score657.1544 6th Annual Vista Q Classic
2015
Jun 5 Most recent contest 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.4	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	2013-08-16
+1.1	6th Annual Vista Q Classic	2014-07-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series	2015-02-20
-10	4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship	2013-12-27
-5.8	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2014-10-02
-5.1	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2013-10-04
-4.8	4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ	2015-06-05

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)
2015	2	0%	top 88%	89.6%	87.1%
2014	2	50%	top 64%	91.3%	90.3%
2013	4	50%	top 69%	89.7%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-06-05	4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ Valley Center, CA	20 / 25 (645.1884)	19 (164.6056)	17 (161.6916)	20 (162.2856)	22 (156.6056)
2015-02-20	The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series Rancho Mirage, CA	47 / 49 (609.6800)	45 (152.5600)	45 (151.4172)	33 (159.4628)	47 (146.2400)
2014-10-02	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	71 / 97 (642.7996)	55 (165.7372)	88 (152.4912)	44 (165.7256)	62 (158.8456)
2014-07-25	6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA	33 / 60 (657.1544)	33 (167.9656)	6 (173.1772)	44 (160.0000)	47 (156.0116)
2013-12-28	4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship (Day 2) Lake Elsinore, CA	19 / 25 (645.6572)	2 (174.8572)	20 (159.4172)	18 (159.4400)	20 (151.9428)
2013-12-27	4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship Lake Elsinore, CA	25 / 28 (613.5772)	20 (156.0000)	26 (152.5372)	25 (155.3828)	22 (149.6572)
2013-10-04	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	68 / 99 (630.1484)	62 (159.9656)	58 (159.4172)	44 (161.0856)	82 (149.6800)
2013-08-16	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington State Beach, CA	27 / 63 (643.4172)	7 (171.4284)	50 (149.6916)	25 (162.3200)	21 (159.9772)

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	#2055 (75 pts)	#2094 (80 pts)	#2031 (90 pts)	#2139 (75 pts)	#2181 (65 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#1142 (255 pts)	#1571 (150 pts)	#1560 (150 pts)	#1436 (170 pts)