BAR-B-CUDA BBQ CA
Rating
1585
peak 1585
Contests
50
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#121
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
5
17 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 50 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
684.04 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 675.63 (+8.41)
Walk rate
74%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.36
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.23 · weakest Brisket (168.15)
Road miles
10920
mi across 50 mapped stops · furthest 1450 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ has finished one call ahead of BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BONE RUBBIN BBQ has landed one call behind them 6 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Cynical BBQ has come out ahead in 28 of their 33 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PRISON BREAK BBQ in 17 of their 18 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 3 visits.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at Sutherlin Throwdown.
📅 A July team
Something about July: average finish in the top 32% across 7 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Sutherlin Throwdown (2025-07-19) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Small Axe BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, CA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 47 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 179.4400 | 153.0512 | 169.23 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 47 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.2172 | 169.19 | top 47% |
| Pork | 47 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 154.8000 | 169.07 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 47 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 146.1944 | 168.15 | top 42% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 32 | 0 | top 49% |
| OR | 8 | 1 | top 34% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| WA | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 35 | 1 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 9 | 0 | top 51% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (18 contests)
- Cooks mostly in CA (32 of 50 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (47 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Sutherlin Throwdown (2025-07-19)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 675.63
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 693.6916 | 688.72 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 707.3944 | 681.58 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 691.9884 | 682.94 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 675.3712 | 664.65 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 673.0976 | 662.65 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 679.9660 | 667.91 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 679.9084 | 679.91 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 685.6456 | 668.64 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 6 / 33 (693.6916) | 8 (174.8456) | 19 (169.1316) | 16 (169.7144) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2026-04-24 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 5 / 29 (692.5828) | 4 (178.2972) | 17 (168.6056) | 14 (169.1200) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2026-03-20 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest Dinuba, CA | 14 / 27 (679.8856) | 18 (170.8344) | 5 (174.2628) | 7 (173.1200) | 19 (161.6684) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 132 / 158 (671.2568) | 36 (176.5600) | 152 (159.9428) | 126 (167.3828) | 111 (167.3712) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 159 / 401 (682.7996) | 113 (173.7028) | 158 (171.4056) | 350 (160.5484) | 28 (177.1428) |
| 2025-11-01 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) Oak Grove, MO | 23 / 50 (686.1828) | 34 (169.6800) | 8 (177.1544) | 33 (170.8228) | 27 (168.5256) |
| 2025-10-31 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) Oak Grove, MO | 31 / 53 (686.8000) | 35 (171.4172) | 23 (173.1200) | 20 (174.2744) | 39 (167.9884) |
| 2025-08-16 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition DuPont, WA | 8 / 30 (691.4056) | 17 (169.7144) | 6 (175.4056) | 4 (177.1428) | 16 (169.1428) |
| 2025-08-09 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Felton, CA | 13 / 21 (678.1944) | 3 (174.2744) | 19 (159.9544) | 6 (174.2856) | 10 (169.6800) |
| 2025-08-08 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Felton, CA | 8 / 25 (683.3256) | 10 (171.9656) | 8 (173.1200) | 16 (163.9772) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2025-07-19 | Sutherlin Throwdown Sutherlin, OR | 1 / 35 (707.3944) | 9 (176.5600) | 2 (180.0000) | 15 (171.9772) | 3 (178.8572) |
| 2025-05-31 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) Sweet Home, OR | 20 / 28 (675.9084) | 16 (171.9772) | 17 (169.7028) | 28 (162.2512) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2025-05-30 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) Sweet Home, OR | 27 / 30 (661.5540) | 29 (158.2172) | 11 (173.1428) | 11 (171.9656) | 27 (158.2284) |
| 2025-05-24 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 3 / 26 (691.3368) | 12 (168.5256) | 3 (177.7028) | 6 (172.5600) | 5 (172.5484) |
| 2025-05-16 | Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 13 / 19 (666.7424) | 1 (179.4400) | 18 (155.3712) | 5 (174.2628) | 16 (157.6684) |
| 2025-04-25 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 14 / 31 (673.6112) | 31 (154.7884) | 6 (174.8572) | 15 (168.5256) | 1 (175.4400) |
| 2025-03-14 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest Dinuba, CA | 5 / 26 (691.3600) | 11 (171.9772) | 16 (169.7028) | 3 (177.7028) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2025-01-25 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) Hollister, CA | 19 / 27 (683.8856) | 19 (170.8228) | 17 (171.9772) | 20 (169.1084) | 9 (171.9772) |
| 2025-01-24 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) Hollister, CA | 18 / 31 (673.5996) | 9 (173.1200) | 25 (163.9428) | 14 (170.8112) | 13 (165.7256) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-07-20 | The Sutherlin Throwdown Sutherlin, OR | 9 / 30 (690.7656) | 17 (170.2628) | 10 (173.1200) | 8 (175.4172) | 9 (171.9656) |
| 2024-07-06 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff Sweet Home, OR | 14 / 37 (686.1712) | 9 (175.4056) | 30 (165.6916) | 16 (171.9656) | 11 (173.1084) |
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) Clayton, CA | 11 / 25 (677.6108) | 22 (160.4796) | 5 (170.8456) | 10 (172.0228) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2024-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 3 / 27 (691.9884) | 10 (171.9656) | 4 (175.4400) | 5 (176.5828) | 13 (168.0000) |
| 2024-04-26 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 21 / 34 (675.8744) | 30 (161.6572) | 8 (176.5716) | 23 (166.8228) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2024-03-15 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest Dinuba, CA | 12 / 27 (679.3600) | 2 (178.2972) | 7 (173.1544) | 18 (167.3828) | 23 (160.5256) |
| 2024-03-01 | The Golden State Battle VI Hollister, CA | 13 / 33 (678.8116) | 26 (167.9772) | 14 (170.8344) | 18 (168.5372) | 13 (171.4628) |
| 2023-08-04 | Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest Dinuba, CA | 17 / 29 (669.0744) | 3 (176.5600) | 23 (161.7372) | 27 (161.0972) | 8 (169.6800) |
| 2023-04-28 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 12 / 27 (675.3712) | 7 (173.1084) | 14 (169.1200) | 21 (164.5484) | 9 (168.5944) |
| 2023-03-03 | The Golden State Battle V Hollister, CA | 23 / 28 (649.4968) | 27 (163.3828) | 28 (154.2172) | 23 (165.6684) | 15 (166.2284) |
| 2022-09-23 | The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out Fresno, CA | 26 / 43 (653.5768) | 29 (163.3828) | 19 (166.8456) | 33 (154.8000) | 16 (168.5484) |
| 2022-07-08 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA | 12 / 27 (659.2916) | 10 (167.9656) | 9 (165.6916) | 10 (169.6800) | 18 (155.9544) |
| 2022-07-01 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) Sparks, NV | 11 / 17 (664.5028) | 7 (170.2744) | 14 (164.5372) | 9 (169.7028) | 12 (159.9884) |
| 2022-04-29 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 17 / 29 (669.6224) | 13 (167.3828) | 19 (165.6912) | 4 (174.2628) | 22 (162.2856) |
| 2022-01-22 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 2 Santa Barbara, CA | 20 / 25 (673.0976) | 25 (159.9544) | 5 (174.8572) | 12 (170.2744) | 14 (168.0116) |
| 2022-01-21 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 Santa Barbara, CA | 24 / 30 (655.8172) | 14 (171.9772) | 18 (167.3828) | 14 (170.2628) | 27 (146.1944) |
| 2021-06-04 | 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards Murphy, CA | 16 / 29 (666.7884) | 8 (173.7372) | 13 (167.9656) | 20 (162.2744) | 17 (162.8112) |
| 2021-04-17 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 Hollister, CA | 16 / 26 (679.9660) | 18 (170.2972) | 6 (176.0344) | 26 (159.3716) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2021-04-16 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 Hollister, CA | 23 / 41 (656.9824) | 35 (153.0512) | 18 (166.2856) | 17 (170.8228) | 21 (166.8228) |
| 2020-01-24 | The Golden State Battle II Hollister, CA | 12 / 46 (679.9084) | 10 (173.7144) | 7 (170.2628) | 22 (167.9656) | 23 (167.9656) |
| 2019-11-01 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival Indio, CA | 17 / 37 (667.3028) | 20 (167.3828) | 23 (165.6800) | 27 (161.0972) | 4 (173.1428) |
| 2019-09-20 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 27 / 44 (659.3144) | 33 (160.5600) | 25 (163.9544) | 10 (172.5600) | 27 (162.2400) |
| 2019-08-16 | Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA | 6 / 25 (661.0628) | 3 (170.2856) | 18 (157.6800) | 5 (171.4288) | 13 (161.6684) |
| 2019-07-26 | Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge Gilroy, CA | 9 / 36 (673.1544) | 17 (163.4400) | 16 (167.9772) | 15 (166.2856) | 1 (175.4516) |
| 2019-07-12 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA | 7 / 31 (685.6456) | 19 (166.2400) | 9 (169.6800) | 3 (176.0000) | 4 (173.7256) |
| 2019-06-21 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 20 (662.6856) | 23 (166.8344) | 2 (174.2744) | 15 (167.9656) | 37 (153.6112) |
| 2019-05-03 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 12 / 27 (665.0972) | 22 (156.5372) | 2 (175.4400) | 17 (165.7028) | 8 (167.4172) |
| 2019-04-26 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 11 / 48 (674.8916) | 3 (174.8572) | 29 (162.2972) | 21 (166.3200) | 9 (171.4172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #251 (459 pts) | #276 (444 pts) | #383 (359 pts) | #318 (369 pts) | #161 (644 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #121 (1476 pts) | #134 (1413 pts) | #122 (1533 pts) | #110 (1474 pts) | #95 (1580 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #237 (916 pts) | #287 (801 pts) | #247 (991 pts) | #278 (806 pts) | #251 (881 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #427 (518 pts) | #393 (608 pts) | #379 (673 pts) | #328 (743 pts) | #436 (528 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #604 (265 pts) | #582 (295 pts) | #528 (375 pts) | #681 (230 pts) | #571 (320 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #467 (225 pts) | #506 (220 pts) | #490 (235 pts) | #652 (135 pts) | #421 (280 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #320 (963 pts) | #341 (928 pts) | #289 (1033 pts) | #313 (993 pts) | #224 (1223 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #439 (810 pts) | #312 (1055 pts) | #521 (720 pts) | #520 (705 pts) | #355 (960 pts) |