BAR-B-CUDA BBQ

BAR-B-CUDA BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 70 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Sutherlin Throwdown (2025). They are ranked #996 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Bar - B - Cuda BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#996

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1606

peak 1625 · rated over 64 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 21, 2016

latest Sep 4, 2026 · 9.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#121

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 1% of the time

Category wins

22 podiums

Overall top-10s

24% of 70 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

707.3944 / 720

Master · Sutherlin Throwdown

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

659.02 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 668.16 (-9.14)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Meat & Tater BBQ Fest

Consistency

±26.61

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.10)

Road miles

17,417

across 70 mapped stops · furthest 2,459 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$624K

listed at 54 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 53 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.16 / 720

66 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Brisket ×2
Pork Ribs ×1

Against the odds

32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sutherlin Throwdown (Jul 19, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 32-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Small Axe BBQ.

Giant slayer

35 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at Sutherlin Throwdown.

Jul 19, 2025

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Sutherlin Throwdown is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 12%

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 49 of 70 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 70 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

707.3944 career-best overall

98.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 707.3944 at Sutherlin Throwdown — 98.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 19, 2025

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 53 entries at contests carrying the title.

53 state-championship entries

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The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN' AXE BBQ has finished one call ahead of BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

45–5 behind in the head-to-head

Cynical BBQ ahead in 90% of their meetings

Cynical BBQ has come out ahead in 45 of their 50 shared contests.

A strong matchup

18–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 95% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PRISON BREAK BBQ in 18 of their 19 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

35 of 50 shared chicken entries lost

Cynical BBQ ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Cynical BBQ has out-cooked them in 35 of 50 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

6× one call behind them

BONE RUBBIN BBQ has landed one call behind them 6 times.

A July team

Top 38% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 38% across 14 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

14 July contests
top 50% the rest of the year

The long haul

17,417 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 17,417 miles across 70 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,459 miles to 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic.

70 mapped stops
furthest 2,459 mi

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
2026 ↗	Master	#170 (1,077 pts)	#159 (1,152 pts)	#307 (777 pts)	#174 (1,022 pts)	#67 (1,547 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#121 (1,476 pts)	#134 (1,413 pts)	#122 (1,533 pts)	#110 (1,474 pts)	#95 (1,580 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	#1420 (130 pts)	#1115 (235 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#1900 (80 pts)	#1423 (145 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#439 (810 pts)	#312 (1,055 pts)	#521 (720 pts)	#520 (705 pts)	#355 (960 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BAR-B-CUDA BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

7 SINS BBQ

#1,001 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 97
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1665

11–11 in 22 shared contests (50% to BAR-B-CUDA BBQ)

These two have cooked 22 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 93 contests
last seen Aug 8, 2026

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TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS

#992 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1609

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 58 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 58 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2016

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CHANNABILLY BBQ

#999 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1621

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before BAR-B-CUDA BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 54 contests

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HalaQyah BBQ

#995 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1609

Fewer contests behind them than BAR-B-CUDA BBQ has cooked, 40 to 70, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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TWISTED-Q

#993 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1626

30 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 50% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Mar 24, 2023

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OKLAHOMA JAYHAWK BBQ

#1,002 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1606

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

rated over 30 contests
last seen Aug 11, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Cynical BBQ	50	5	45	10%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	44	27	17	61%	⚔ compare
BONE RUBBIN BBQ	41	19	22	46%	⚔ compare
BULL MARKET BBQ	41	11	30	27%	⚔ compare
Old Town Franklin BBQ	38	7	31	18%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	35	4	31	11%	⚔ compare
RBQ	34	18	16	53%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	31	18	13	58%	⚔ compare
Big Cat BBQ	26	10	16	38%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	25	9	16	36%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	25	2	23	8%	⚔ compare
Bad Bears BBQ	23	8	15	35%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bliss BBQ	23	7	16	30%	⚔ compare
OM BBQ COMPANY	23	6	17	26%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	23	0	23	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	66	26	2	8	179.4400	137.0740	168.38	top 49%
Pork Ribs	65	22	0	4	180 🔥	147.3716	167.10	top 51%
Pork	63	19	0	2	178.8572	145.0744	168.02	top 51%
Brisket	66	26	6	8	180 🔥	146.1944	167.26	top 43%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	6	0	top 57%
Medium (20–39)	44	1	top 46%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	48	0	top 52%
OR	9	1	top 33%
KS	2	0	top 62%
MO	2	0	top 52%
ID	1	0	top 98%
HI	1	0	top 42%
WA	1	0	top 27%
NV	1	0	top 65%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	3	3	0	top 14%	May 23, 2026
Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	3	5	0	top 41%	Apr 24, 2026
Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest	3	5	0	top 39%	Mar 20, 2026
Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship	3	11	0	top 47%	Apr 28, 2023
Clayton BBQ Cook-off	3	7	0	top 35%	Jul 8, 2022
Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	3	20	0	top 71%	Jun 21, 2019
Sutherlin Throwdown	2	1	1	top 12%	Jul 18, 2026
Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	2	11	0	top 56%	Aug 8, 2026
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2)	2	23	0	top 52%	Nov 1, 2025
3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	2	8	0	top 47%	Aug 9, 2025
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)	2	20	0	top 81%	May 31, 2025
The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2)	2	18	0	top 64%	Jan 25, 2025
Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off	2	6	0	top 27%	Aug 16, 2019
Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship	2	12	0	top 49%	May 3, 2019
Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge	2	10	0	top 55%	Jul 28, 2018
Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival	2	15	0	top 51%	Jul 6, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 18 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 6.4 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 48 of 70 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 44 16 of them more than once

First title Jul 19, 2025 Sutherlin Throwdown

Opponents faced 968 finished ahead 1,309 times, behind 1,321

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Jan 24, 2020 → Apr 16, 2021

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

20262 milestones

Jul 24 Peak power rating (1625) 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic
Sep 4 Most recent contest Meat & Tater BBQ Fest

20256 milestones

May 30 50th tracked contest The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1)
Jul 19 First Grand Championship Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 19 First state championship Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 19 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 19 Biggest field won (35 teams) Sutherlin Throwdown
Jul 19 Career-best overall score707.3944 Sutherlin Throwdown

20241 milestone

May 25 First overall podium BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

20211 milestone

Jun 4 25th tracked contest 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards

20184 milestones

Jun 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8628 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Jul 13 First category win (Chicken) 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 13 First overall top-10 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 13 10th tracked contest 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off

20171 milestone

Jul 7 First call Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival

20161 milestone

Oct 21 First tracked contest San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Sutherlin Throwdown	Jul 19, 2025
+13.1	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 25, 2024
+12.5	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 24, 2025
+11.5	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest	Mar 14, 2025
+10.8	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship	Apr 26, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest	Sep 4, 2026
-12.1	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1)	May 30, 2025
-8.2	The Golden State Battle V	Mar 3, 2023
-7.9	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	Jun 23, 2017
-7.2	The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1	Jan 21, 2022

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	9	0	4	3	89%	top 45%	97%	93.1%
2025	18	1	5	2	61%	top 49%	98.2%	94.7%
2024	8	0	2	0	75%	top 38%	96.1%	94.9%
2023	4	0	0	0	75%	top 63%	93.8%	92.5%
2022	6	0	0	0	67%	top 65%	93.5%	92%
2021	3	0	0	0	67%	top 58%	94.4%	92.8%
2020	1	0	0	0	100%	top 26%	94.4%	94.4%
2019	8	0	3	1	100%	top 35%	95.2%	92.9%
2018	8	0	3	2	50%	top 49%	93.6%	91.3%
2017	4	0	0	0	50%	top 75%	89.1%	86.7%
2016	1	0	0	0	0%	top 61%	86.5%	86.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	51 / 52 (523.3712)	33 (173.1084)	—	32 (170.2628)	1 (180)
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Meridian, ID	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 8, 2026	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 🏅 Felton, CA	11 / 17 (695.9428)	8 (175.4172)	14 (172.5600)	7 (176.5600)	14 (171.4056)
Aug 7, 2026	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Felton, CA	12 / 25 (684.5144)	8 (171.9772)	23 (159.9772)	11 (173.7028)	4 (178.8572)
Jul 24, 2026	2nd Annual Curley Que Classic 🏅 Honolulu, HI	5 / 12 (693.0628)	2 (178.8572)	5 (174.8572)	9 (168.5372)	6 (170.8112)
Jul 18, 2026	Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	6 / 29 (698.2056)	10 (173.1200)	16 (170.8228)	4 (178.8572)	6 (175.4056)
May 23, 2026	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	6 / 33 (693.6916)	8 (174.8456)	19 (169.1316)	16 (169.7144)	1 (180)
Apr 24, 2026	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	5 / 29 (692.5828)	4 (178.2972)	17 (168.6056)	14 (169.1200)	1 (176.5600)
Mar 20, 2026	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	14 / 27 (679.8856)	18 (170.8344)	5 (174.2628)	7 (173.1200)	19 (161.6684)
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 5, 2025	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)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	132 / 158 (671.2568)	36 (176.5600)	152 (159.9428)	126 (167.3828)	111 (167.3712)
Nov 1, 2025	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)
Oct 31, 2025	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)
Aug 16, 2025	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	8 / 30 (691.4056)	17 (169.7144)	6 (175.4056)	4 (177.1428)	16 (169.1428)
Aug 9, 2025	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)
Aug 8, 2025	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)
Jul 19, 2025	Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	1 / 35 (707.3944)	9 (176.5600)	2 (180)	15 (171.9772)	3 (178.8572)
May 31, 2025	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)
May 30, 2025	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)
May 24, 2025	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)
May 16, 2025	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)
Apr 25, 2025	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	14 / 31 (673.6112)	31 (154.7884)	6 (174.8572)	15 (168.5256)	1 (175.4400)
Mar 14, 2025	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	5 / 26 (691.3600)	11 (171.9772)	16 (169.7028)	3 (177.7028)	10 (171.9772)
Jan 25, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 🏅 Hollister, CA	19 / 27 (683.8856)	19 (170.8228)	17 (171.9772)	—	9 (171.9772)
Jan 24, 2025	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)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 20, 2024	The Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	9 / 30 (690.7656)	17 (170.2628)	10 (173.1200)	8 (175.4172)	9 (171.9656)
Jul 6, 2024	2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	14 / 37 (686.1712)	9 (175.4056)	30 (165.6916)	16 (171.9656)	11 (173.1084)
Jun 14, 2024	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)
May 25, 2024	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	3 / 27 (691.9884)	10 (171.9656)	4 (175.4400)	5 (176.5828)	13 (168)
Apr 26, 2024	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	21 / 34 (675.8744)	30 (161.6572)	8 (176.5716)	23 (166.8228)	13 (170.8228)
Mar 15, 2024	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	12 / 27 (679.3600)	2 (178.2972)	7 (173.1544)	18 (167.3828)	23 (160.5256)
Mar 1, 2024	The Golden State Battle VI 🏅 Hollister, CA	13 / 33 (678.8116)	26 (167.9772)	14 (170.8344)	18 (168.5372)	13 (171.4628)
Sep 29, 2023	Field, Fire Fork! 🏅 Los Banos, CA	13 / 19 (669.5888)	12 (167.3828)	12 (163.3944)	14 (168.5372)	7 (170.2744)
Aug 4, 2023	Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	17 / 29 (669.0744)	3 (176.5600)	23 (161.7372)	27 (161.0972)	8 (169.6800)
Apr 28, 2023	Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	12 / 27 (675.3712)	7 (173.1084)	14 (169.1200)	21 (164.5484)	9 (168.5944)
Mar 3, 2023	The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA	23 / 28 (649.4968)	27 (163.3828)	28 (154.2172)	23 (165.6684)	15 (166.2284)
Sep 23, 2022	The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out 🏅 Fresno, CA	26 / 43 (653.5768)	29 (163.3828)	19 (166.8456)	33 (154.8000)	16 (168.5484)
Jul 8, 2022	Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA	12 / 27 (659.2916)	10 (167.9656)	9 (165.6916)	10 (169.6800)	18 (155.9544)
Jul 1, 2022	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)
Apr 29, 2022	3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	17 / 29 (669.6224)	13 (167.3828)	19 (165.6912)	4 (174.2628)	22 (162.2856)
Jan 22, 2022	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)
Jan 21, 2022	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)
Jun 4, 2021	2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA	16 / 29 (666.7884)	8 (173.7372)	13 (167.9656)	20 (162.2744)	17 (162.8112)
Apr 17, 2021	The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 🏅 Hollister, CA	16 / 26 (679.9660)	18 (170.2972)	6 (176.0344)	—	8 (174.2628)
Apr 16, 2021	The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 🏅 Hollister, CA	23 / 41 (656.9824)	35 (153.0512)	18 (166.2856)	—	21 (166.8228)
Jan 24, 2020	The Golden State Battle II 🏅 Hollister, CA	12 / 46 (679.9084)	10 (173.7144)	7 (170.2628)	22 (167.9656)	23 (167.9656)
Nov 1, 2019	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	17 / 37 (667.3028)	20 (167.3828)	23 (165.6800)	27 (161.0972)	4 (173.1428)
Sep 20, 2019	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)
Aug 16, 2019	Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Susanville, CA	6 / 25 (661.0628)	3 (170.2856)	18 (157.6800)	5 (171.4288)	13 (161.6684)
Jul 26, 2019	Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge 🏅 Gilroy, CA	9 / 36 (673.1544)	17 (163.4400)	16 (167.9772)	15 (166.2856)	1 (175.4516)
Jul 12, 2019	Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA	7 / 31 (685.6456)	19 (166.2400)	9 (169.6800)	3 (176)	4 (173.7256)
Jun 21, 2019	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA	20 (662.6856)	23 (166.8344)	2 (174.2744)	15 (167.9656)	37 (153.6112)
May 3, 2019	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)
Apr 26, 2019	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	11 / 48 (674.8916)	3 (174.8572)	29 (162.2972)	21 (166.3200)	9 (171.4172)
Sep 14, 2018	4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	30 / 43 (645.1428)	34 (161.1084)	29 (159.9888)	25 (164.0456)	30 (160)
Aug 17, 2018	Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA	8 / 27 (672.6056)	5 (173.7256)	8 (172.0344)	18 (163.4172)	13 (163.4284)
Jul 28, 2018	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA	10 / 34 (670.7996)	11 (169.6684)	30 (156.5256)	22 (166.3084)	1 (178.2972)
Jul 13, 2018	2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA	7 / 19 (664.4796)	1 (175.4056)	9 (162.8112)	14 (157.1428)	3 (169.1200)
Jul 6, 2018	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	15 / 38 (674.2060)	10 (170.8344)	20 (165.7028)	11 (171.9772)	20 (165.6916)
Jun 22, 2018	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	28 / 49 (651.8628)	17 (170.2628)	17 (164.5372)	20 (166.2284)	39 (150.8344)
May 4, 2018	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	19 / 35 (645.6000)	14 (169.1084)	21 (160)	19 (161.6800)	21 (154.8116)
Apr 20, 2018	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA	36 / 48 (634.7084)	23 (164.5372)	47 (147.3716)	21 (162.8112)	31 (159.9884)
Aug 11, 2017	Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River Ceres, CA	15 / 21 (633.0288)	20 (149.6800)	14 (157.6916)	8 (167.4056)	11 (158.2516)
Jul 28, 2017	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA	21 / 26 (624.4456)	26 (143.3828)	14 (163.4172)	19 (157.1200)	13 (160.5256)
Jul 7, 2017	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	31 / 50 (641.5660)	9 (171.4172)	38 (150.8116)	31 (159.3828)	27 (159.9544)
Jun 23, 2017	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	53 / 62 (597.6112)	58 (137.0740)	51 (150.2400)	39 (158.8572)	50 (151.4400)
Oct 21, 2016	San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition San Francisco, CA	23 / 38 (622.7776)	16 (163.3944)	22 (157.1660)	33 (145.0744)	14 (157.1428)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BAR-B-CUDA BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)