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DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS

DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 9th of 35 at the Red, White and Que (2015). They are ranked #3404 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,404
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1495
peak 1504 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

7
in the data

First seen

Aug 16, 2013
latest Aug 18, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1296
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

1
14% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 59%
overall standings

Best overall

648.5484 / 720
Master · Hudson Valley Ribfest

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

620.44 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 615.64 (+4.80)

Walk rate

43%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8228
Pork · Red, White and Que

Consistency

±30.15
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 157.51 · weakest Brisket (147.95)

Road miles

270
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi

Schedule strength

27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

615.64 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.55 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

  • Brisket avg 147.95
  • Pork avg 157.51
  • 0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of A-SALTED BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Hudson Valley Ribfest every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

  • 5 visits in all
  • best finish 12th

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #1467 (175 pts) #1469 (185 pts) #1275 (245 pts) #1442 (190 pts) #1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #2274 (60 pts) #2353 (60 pts) #2349 (60 pts) #2326 (60 pts) #2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1296 (205 pts) #1567 (165 pts) #1590 (160 pts) #1195 (270 pts) #1370 (200 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1716 (140 pts) #1172 (275 pts) #1814 (135 pts) #2172 (75 pts) #1770 (140 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1970 (75 pts) #2073 (75 pts) #2043 (75 pts) #2029 (85 pts) #2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS, each with one reason worth a look.

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Whiskey & Swine
#3,389 of the rated field
1496 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1502

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen May 29, 2026
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Meat Street Mafia
#3,414 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1515

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

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Apr 26, 2019
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MEATCRAFT BBQ
#3,388 of the rated field
1496 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1496

Level with DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Apr 6, 2018
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Jay Willies Whiskey Pit BBQ
#3,405 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1509

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Mar 3, 2018
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Cooter Jackson's BBQ
#3,426 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1495

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Oct 16, 2015
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R&S BBQ
#3,423 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1502

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 7 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team 7 3 4 43% ⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
RIBS WITHIN 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
Handsome Devil 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
BIG KEV'S BBQ 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
MOON RIVER BARBEQUE 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 7 1 0 1 169.7256 141.6912 156.88 top 56%
Pork Ribs 7 1 0 0 170.2972 141.6688 153.30 top 61%
Pork 7 1 0 0 170.8228 144.5144 157.51 top 50%
Brisket 7 0 0 0 162.8800 113.6572 147.95 top 61%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 26%
Large (40+)60top 64%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NY60top 64%
NJ10top 26%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Hudson Valley Ribfest 5 12 0 top 71% Aug 18, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 2 contests
Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NY 6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 186 finished ahead 142 times, behind 208
Longest layoff 1 yrs Aug 16, 2013 → Aug 16, 2014

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

20171 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Hudson Valley Ribfest
20153 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Red, White and Que
  2. Career-best single call (Pork)170.8228 Red, White and Que
  3. Peak power rating (1504) Red, White and Que
20143 milestones
  1. First call Hudson Valley Ribfest
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5484 Hudson Valley Ribfest
  3. Career-best overall score648.5484 Hudson Valley Ribfest
20131 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+11.5Hudson Valley RibfestAug 16, 2014
+10.9Red, White and QueSep 26, 2015
+8.5NYC BBQ CookoffApr 7, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.1Hudson Valley RibfestAug 16, 2013
-9.7Hudson Valley RibfestAug 19, 2016
-7.8Hudson Valley RibfestAug 18, 2017
-4.1Hudson Valley RibfestAug 14, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20172000 50% top 57% 89.6% 86.7%
20161000 0% top 88% 83.9% 83.9%
20152010 50% top 46% 89.4% 86.7%
20141000 100% top 20% 90.1% 90.1%
20131000 0% top 96% 77.6% 77.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 18, 2017 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY 48 / 59 (603.8400) 48 (152.0572) 49 (149.0856) 36 (158.8000) 52 (143.8972)
Apr 7, 2017 NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY 14 / 43 (645.0628) 12 (163.3944) 5 (170.2972) 11 (163.4056) 33 (147.9656)
Aug 19, 2016 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY 46 / 52 (604.3776) 29 (163.3944) 50 (141.6688) 43 (144.5144) 32 (154.8000)
Sep 26, 2015 Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ 9 / 35 (643.9084) 16 (161.6684) 17 (157.1772) 4 (170.8228) 17 (154.2400)
Aug 14, 2015 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY 38 / 57 (605.0172) 48 (146.2400) 45 (147.4400) 33 (153.0972) 17 (158.2400)
Aug 16, 2014 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY 12 / 60 (648.5484) 2 (169.7256) 13 (164.0344) 38 (151.9084) 12 (162.8800)
Aug 16, 2013 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY 49 / 51 (558.7540) 49 (141.6912) 45 (143.4172) 23 (159.9884) 51 (113.6572)

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

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