ROCK RIVER BBQ

ROCK RIVER BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 42 at the Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam (2017). They are ranked #3597 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,597

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1491

peak 1491 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 22, 2013

latest Nov 17, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1676

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

667.8972 / 720

Master · Hamond BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.90 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.71 (+4.19)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Chicken · Plant City Pig Jam

Consistency

±10.96

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.45 · weakest Brisket (156.18)

Road miles

2,132

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 533 mi

Schedule strength

39%

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

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

645.71 / 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.

High-water mark

667.8972 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.8972 at Hamond BBQ — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 25, 2016

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Florida Boys ahead in 100% of their meetings

Florida Boys has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−13.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.27 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 57%.

Brisket avg 156.18
Chicken avg 169.45
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Poppell Insurance BBQ Team in 4 of their 5 shared 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
2017 ↗	Master	#2113 (75 pts)	#1552 (175 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2234 (65 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1058 (330 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1341 (215 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1557 (170 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2062 (79 pts)	#1725 (149 pts)	#1953 (114 pts)	#2662 (64 pts)	#1968 (109 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ROCK RIVER BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SmokeMasters BBQ

#3,629 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1491

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 7.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 15, 2026

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Smokeback Mountain

#3,611 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2023

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IQue 180

#3,620 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 10, 2023

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FREDDY RAY'S BBQ

#3,614 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1491

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2022

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TWINNING BBQ

#3,587 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1491

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 Jun 14, 2019

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COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE

#3,583 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1508

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 Sep 29, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Poppell Insurance BBQ Team	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Florida Boys	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BGE PIT CREW	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	4	1	177.1428	157.6916	169.45	top 31%
Pork Ribs	7	0	0	165.7144	154.7540	161.02	top 62%
Pork	7	0	0	171.9772	140.5372	159.06	top 65%
Brisket	7	0	0	166.8228	143.3144	156.18	top 67%

“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
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 61%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 63%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
FL	5	0	top 63%
LA	2	0	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Plant City Pig Jam	3	22	0	top 66%	Nov 18, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 193 finished ahead 126 times, behind 202

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

20171 milestone

Nov 17 Most recent contest Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam

20163 milestones

Mar 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.8972 Hamond BBQ
Mar 25 Career-best overall score667.8972 Hamond BBQ
Nov 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Plant City Pig Jam

20141 milestone

Nov 21 First call Plant City Pig Jam

20132 milestones

Nov 22 First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 22 Peak power rating (1494) Plant City Pig Jam

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.3	Hamond BBQ	Mar 25, 2016
+1.7	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 17, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.2	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 22, 2013
-3.8	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest	Nov 20, 2015
-3.2	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 18, 2016
-0.6	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 21, 2014
-0.3	Smokin Blues & BBQ	Mar 27, 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

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	100%	top 52%	90.4%	90.4%
2016	2	50%	top 60%	92.8%	91%
2015	2	50%	top 65%	90%	89.5%
2014	1	100%	top 56%	89%	89%
2013	1	0%	top 75%	87.4%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 17, 2017	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	22 / 42 (650.7204)	6 (173.1316)	29 (160.5372)	24 (162.2516)	25 (154.8000)
Nov 18, 2016	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	25 / 38 (642.0568)	2 (177.1428)	31 (154.7540)	30 (154.2400)	26 (155.9200)
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	32 / 58 (667.8972)	23 (170.8228)	30 (165.7144)	39 (164.5372)	34 (166.8228)
Nov 20, 2015	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	33 / 49 (641.0056)	23 (165.7028)	25 (163.9656)	30 (161.6800)	40 (149.6572)
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	35 / 56 (647.8172)	9 (171.9884)	38 (160.5372)	15 (171.9772)	54 (143.3144)
Nov 21, 2014	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	22 / 39 (640.9712)	9 (169.6684)	15 (164.5372)	37 (140.5372)	16 (166.2284)
Nov 22, 2013	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	40 / 53 (629.5316)	37 (157.6916)	39 (157.1200)	36 (158.2172)	33 (156.5028)

ROCK RIVER BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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)