TEAM RINE-O

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

Power ranking

#2361

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1524

peak 1540 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-12

latest 2019-10-04

Best ToY finish

#1893

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

692.5372 / 720

Master · Jim Beam BBQ Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.69 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 659.66 (+6.03)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8800

Pork Ribs · Buckeye State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±16.81

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.13 · weakest Brisket (162.52)

Road miles

2,423

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.66 / 720

21 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.

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

692.5372 career-best overall

96.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.5372 at Jim Beam BBQ Classic — 96.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-10-06

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ACME BBQ has finished one call ahead of TEAM RINE-O 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 41%.

5 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 41%

A tough matchup

13–0 behind in the head-to-head

YELLOW RIVER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

YELLOW RIVER BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bluedog BBQ in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

9 of 13 shared pork entries lost

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BLUE CHIP BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 13 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.34% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.34% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.6% of a perfect score
22 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Jim Beam BBQ Classic every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 6th

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.

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

Dirt Crüe BBQ

#2383 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1541

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2024-07-19

⚔ Head-to-head

GUZZY-Q

#2365 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1560 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Sloppy Hog BBQ

#2347 of the rated field

1524 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

B-BOYZ BBQ

#2373 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2018-10-19

⚔ Head-to-head

COUNTRY ROADS NE

#2368 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

Level with TEAM RINE-O on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2017-08-05

⚔ Head-to-head

FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ

#2374 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
BARK BROTHERS BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
HISTORIC BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
HUG HOGS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
GREY STREET BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
BRUTUS AND COMPANY	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Pappy Q	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Velvet Smoke	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Smitty's Real Pit BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	7	0	0	176.5600	152.5372	165.79	top 53%
Pork Ribs	21	7	2	4	178.8800	145.0516	165.55	top 47%
Pork	22	6	1	3	177.1428	150.8000	166.13	top 48%
Brisket	21	5	0	1	176.5600	142.8344	162.52	top 58%

“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
OH	12	top 51%
KY	6	top 61%
IN	3	top 55%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 48%
Large (40+)	11	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	6	6	top 61%	2019-10-04
Marietta River City BBQ	2	5	top 38%	2017-06-09
Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2	18	top 51%	2016-10-14
Buckeye State BBQ Championship	2	6	top 37%	2015-05-15

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.2 yrs 2013-07-12 → 2019-10-04

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OH 12 of 22 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 22 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.13 · weakest Brisket (162.52)

Walk rate 68% a top-10 call in 15 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 23% 5 of 22 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 659.66 out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 332 378–441 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,423 22 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi

Schedule strength 1551 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Purse competed for $10,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1524 peak 1540 · #2361 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 12 First tracked contest Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off
Jul 12 First call Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off
Oct 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7776 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2015
May 15 First category win (Pork Ribs) Buckeye State BBQ Championship
May 15 First overall top-10 Buckeye State BBQ Championship
May 15 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8800 Buckeye State BBQ Championship
Jun 12 10th tracked contest Smokin' On The River
2017
Oct 6 Career-best overall score692.5372 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
Oct 6 Peak power rating (1540) Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2019
Oct 4 Most recent contest Jim Beam BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.4	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2017-10-06
+13.6	Buckeye State BBQ Championship	2015-05-15
+10.8	Marietta River City BBQ	2016-06-10
+10.5	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2016-07-08
+4.3	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval	2016-08-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.4	Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue	2013-09-27
-8.4	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2018-10-05
-7.1	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2019-10-04
-6	Smokin' On The River	2014-06-13
-5.2	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	2015-07-10

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)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 83%	89.7%	89.7%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 86%	91%	91%
2017	2	2	0	100%	top 32%	96.2%	94.5%
2016	5	2	1	60%	top 41%	94.8%	93.7%
2015	4	1	2	100%	top 49%	95.5%	92.4%
2014	4	0	0	50%	top 65%	90.2%	88.8%
2013	4	0	0	75%	top 62%	91.3%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic 🏅 Springfield, KY	35 / 42 (646.1028)	33 (163.3828)	28 (163.9428)	28 (162.2744)	37 (156.5028)
2018-10-05	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	36 / 42 (655.2340)	35 (162.2400)	33 (161.0856)	18 (168.5140)	29 (163.3944)
2018-06-01	*Friends Of OBR Pitmaster Challenge(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Louisville, KY	—	8 (168.0000)	—	4 (170.8456)	—
2017-10-06	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	6 / 44 (692.5372)	8 (176.5600)	5 (175.4172)	14 (172.5600)	23 (168.0000)
2017-06-09	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	8 / 16 (668.4688)	5 (167.9772)	14 (153.0972)	4 (170.8344)	2 (176.5600)
2016-10-14	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	18 / 37 (666.0912)	9 (171.9656)	21 (162.8000)	17 (166.2400)	19 (165.0856)
2016-09-30	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	26 / 43 (671.3028)	17 (172.5600)	26 (167.3944)	28 (165.1200)	27 (166.2284)
2016-08-19	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN	27 / 63 (670.1140)	19 (170.8344)	44 (161.0856)	27 (168.5256)	25 (169.6684)
2016-07-08	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	9 / 34 (682.1828)	10 (171.9656)	9 (173.1200)	26 (162.8344)	4 (174.2628)
2016-06-10	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	5 / 20 (682.7772)	15 (162.8228)	2 (176.5716)	1 (176.0000)	10 (167.3828)
2015-10-02	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	27 / 45 (662.6968)	30 (167.3712)	28 (164.5372)	41 (157.6800)	9 (173.1084)
2015-07-10	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	28 / 39 (649.0284)	26 (167.9540)	29 (161.0972)	2 (177.1428)	39 (142.8344)
2015-06-12	Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN	27 / 59 (661.0632)	39 (159.9544)	1 (176.5716)	24 (168.0000)	43 (156.5372)
2015-05-15	Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH	6 / 36 (687.9428)	10 (172.5600)	1 (178.8800)	8 (171.4056)	21 (165.0972)
2014-10-17	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	19 / 36 (649.5656)	28 (155.3828)	2 (175.4172)	28 (161.1200)	24 (157.6456)
2014-07-11	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	31 / 42 (634.1600)	29 (161.0972)	36 (153.7028)	22 (163.4172)	32 (155.9428)
2014-06-13	Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN	39 / 52 (635.8632)	47 (152.5372)	11 (167.9772)	26 (163.3944)	43 (151.9544)
2014-05-16	Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH	22 / 38 (638.0916)	25 (156.5028)	34 (145.0516)	3 (172.5716)	18 (163.9656)
2013-10-18	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival Nelsonville, OH	19 / 35 (657.0972)	17 (165.0972)	23 (162.2972)	27 (159.4056)	8 (170.2972)
2013-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	26 / 41 (654.7776)	27 (164.0116)	27 (163.9888)	30 (159.3944)	17 (167.3828)
2013-09-27	Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue Xenia, OH	28 / 35 (641.5772)	17 (166.2512)	4 (170.2744)	34 (150.8000)	32 (154.2516)
2013-07-12	Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off Kettering, OH	20 / 41 (646.2176)	6 (170.2744)	13 (162.2744)	13 (166.8572)	39 (146.8116)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1893 (90 pts)	#1912 (100 pts)	#2452 (70 pts)	#2584 (60 pts)	#1483 (155 pts)