ROUX 165 BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2146

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1532

peak 1540 · rated over 17 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-29

latest 2016-04-22

Best ToY finish

#528

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

688.4684 / 720

Master · Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 657.88 (+7.52)

Walk rate

65%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7028

Brisket · Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1

Consistency

±20.41

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.67 · weakest Pork (162.25)

Road miles

3,380

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 434 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Master avg

657.88 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

On the rise

+25 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 25 points across 7 contests since 2015-05-08 — from 1508 up to 1532.

7 contests since 2015-05-08
now 1532

They almost always walk

65% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 11 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 65% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

688.4684 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 688.4684 at Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1 — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-08-21

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.

7 contests
4 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 36%

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

THE BLUE BLOODS ahead in 86% of their meetings

THE BLUE BLOODS has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.42 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 35%.

Pork avg 162.25
Chicken avg 166.67
3 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

A May team

Top 27% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 27% across 3 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 55% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,380 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,380 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 434 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

17 mapped stops
furthest 434 mi

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.

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

Can Do BBQ

#2136 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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SMOKING ACES BBQ SWEDEN

#2148 of the rated field

1532 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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A & W BBQ COMPANY

#2152 of the rated field

1532 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-10-03

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Ishy Links BBQ

#2138 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1541

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after ROUX 165 BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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SQUEALZ ON WHEELZ

#2150 of the rated field

1532 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

Level with ROUX 165 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

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Pop's Smoke on the Hill

#2145 of the rated field

1532 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GIVE IT TO GOD	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BLIND HOG BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
NCOGNITO COOKERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HABITUAL SMOKERS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	6	0	2	177.1428	154.8000	166.67	top 50%
Pork Ribs	17	5	1	2	177.1428	149.1432	163.63	top 55%
Pork	17	3	0	0	176.0000	146.7196	162.25	top 61%
Brisket	17	5	0	2	177.7028	151.9996	165.34	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
LA	6	top 56%
AR	4	top 50%
MS	4	top 42%
OK	2	top 69%
AL	1	top 86%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 41%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 55%
Large (40+)	4	top 60%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	7	0	top 45%	2016-03-04

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.1 yrs 2013-03-29 → 2016-04-22

Busiest season 2015 7 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in LA 6 of 17 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 16 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 17 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.67 · weakest Pork (162.25)

Walk rate 65% a top-10 call in 11 of 17 contests

Overall top-10 rate 24% 4 of 17 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 657.88 out of 720 · 17 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 334 251–280 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,380 17 mapped stops · furthest 434 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Power rating 1532 peak 1540 · #2146 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 29 First tracked contest Slidell BBQ Challenge
2014
Mar 7 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.5884 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
2015
Mar 6 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 27 10th tracked contest Smokin Blues & BBQ
May 29 First overall podium Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
Aug 21 First category win (Pork Ribs) Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1
Aug 21 Career-best overall score688.4684 Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1
Aug 21 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1
Aug 21 Peak power rating (1540) Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1
2016
Apr 22 Most recent contest Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1	2015-08-21
+15.6	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival	2015-05-29
+12.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-03-06
+11.7	Smokin Blues & BBQ	2015-03-27
+11.1	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest	2015-05-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff	2013-06-14
-8.9	Slidell BBQ Challenge	2013-03-29
-7.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-03-07
-6.4	BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek	2014-03-27
-3.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-03-04

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	0	0%	top 62%	92.3%	90.6%
2015	7	4	1	100%	top 36%	95.6%	94%
2014	5	0	0	80%	top 66%	93%	90.1%
2013	3	0	0	0%	top 75%	88.9%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-04-22	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK	18 / 31 (664.5028)	18 (169.1084)	22 (163.4060)	17 (168.5256)	17 (163.4628)
2016-03-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	20 / 30 (640.4916)	15 (164.5484)	13 (163.9660)	23 (154.8228)	20 (157.1544)
2015-09-25	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	24 / 30 (659.9424)	5 (174.2628)	21 (166.2628)	29 (155.4056)	21 (164.0112)
2015-08-22	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 2 Hot Springs, AR	12 / 18 (673.5884)	14 (168.5256)	10 (169.1316)	5 (173.1084)	16 (162.8228)
2015-08-21	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1 Hot Springs, AR	3 / 19 (688.4684)	2 (175.4056)	1 (174.2744)	15 (161.0856)	2 (177.7028)
2015-05-29	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	3 / 31 (684.5600)	4 (173.1772)	3 (177.1428)	18 (160.5144)	4 (173.7256)
2015-05-08	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS	8 / 31 (682.2056)	22 (163.9656)	8 (173.1200)	4 (176.0000)	13 (169.1200)
2015-03-27	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	15 / 56 (674.7428)	2 (177.1428)	34 (162.8000)	19 (170.8344)	29 (163.9656)
2015-03-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	7 / 29 (675.9544)	8 (170.2628)	13 (166.2516)	18 (166.2628)	3 (173.1772)
2014-07-11	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	23 / 35 (630.5596)	32 (154.8000)	23 (159.3600)	33 (146.7196)	6 (169.6800)
2014-07-04	Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR	17 / 33 (662.1944)	14 (167.9772)	25 (158.8344)	8 (169.6800)	12 (165.7028)
2014-05-02	Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS	18 / 40 (669.5884)	17 (170.8456)	9 (169.1200)	26 (161.0972)	15 (168.5256)
2014-03-27	BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL	18 / 21 (639.2224)	20 (157.6684)	19 (150.1828)	13 (164.5256)	13 (166.8456)
2014-03-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	19 / 23 (640.3996)	10 (166.2400)	22 (152.5256)	19 (155.4056)	8 (166.2284)
2013-09-27	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	22 / 38 (640.4344)	21 (164.5372)	13 (167.3944)	30 (154.2056)	27 (154.2972)
2013-06-14	The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando, MS	35 / 40 (633.7136)	33 (157.1428)	29 (158.8570)	37 (155.4282)	27 (162.2856)
2013-03-29	Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA	35 / 44 (623.4282)	34 (157.7140)	41 (149.1432)	19 (164.5714)	35 (151.9996)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1534 (171 pts)	#1452 (196 pts)	#1508 (186 pts)	#1692 (161 pts)	#1557 (176 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#528 (711 pts)	#456 (866 pts)	#620 (631 pts)	#711 (531 pts)	#548 (686 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#934 (346 pts)	#899 (401 pts)	#1003 (341 pts)	#989 (356 pts)	#664 (556 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1637 (134 pts)	#1703 (134 pts)	#1721 (134 pts)	#1493 (164 pts)	#1672 (134 pts)