RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM

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

Power ranking

#6000

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1432

peak 1432 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-29

latest 2016-11-11

Best ToY finish

#920

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 86%

overall standings

Best overall

653.1204 / 720

Master · City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

632.24 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 624.86 (+7.38)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0000

Chicken · City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±15.98

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.98)

Road miles

373

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

624.86 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

COOL GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings

COOL GRILLING has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.31 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 152.98
Pork avg 159.29
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of COTO PITMASTERS in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

9 of 9 shared pork entries lost

DG FIREHOUSE BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DG FIREHOUSE BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.22% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.22% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.8% of a perfect score
9 contests

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.

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

STEEL N SMOKE

#5999 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-06-09

⚔ Head-to-head

SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ

#5994 of the rated field

1432 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKEN HOG RODS

#5997 of the rated field

1432 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-06-17

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG PIRATES BBQ

#5993 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

Level with RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-10-24

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BUGHOUSE BBQ

#5988 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG BEE'S BBQ

#6002 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-08-24

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
COOL GRILLING	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' HART'S	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
FU MAN QUE CREW	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Sharpe's Woodshed	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	172.0000	146.8344	158.98	top 77%
Pork Ribs	9	160.0000	143.9888	152.98	top 89%
Pork	9	169.7144	149.7028	159.29	top 76%
Brisket	9	158.8688	146.8228	153.62	top 84%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 91%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 84%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	2	37	0	top 80%	2016-06-03

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.5 yrs 2015-05-29 → 2016-11-11

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 159.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.98)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 624.86 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 213 72–381 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 373 9 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1432 peak 1432 · #6000 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 29 First tracked contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
May 29 Peak power rating (1487) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
Oct 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1204 City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 2 Career-best overall score653.1204 City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0000 City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
2016
Nov 11 Most recent contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.4	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	2016-06-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	2015-05-29
-12.5	Newport Beach Barbecue Contest	2015-06-26
-9.9	Del Mar BBQ Championship	2016-07-15
-9.6	7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic	2015-07-24
-9.1	The Outlets @ Lake Elsinore BBQ State Championship	2015-09-11

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	3	0	0	0	0%	top 82%	90%	87.1%
2015	6	0	0	0	0%	top 88%	90.7%	86.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-11-11	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) Indio, CA	32 / 38 (626.2172)	32 (157.1200)	29 (160.0000)	33 (158.2744)	34 (150.8228)
2016-07-15	Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA	46 / 47 (606.6512)	45 (154.2172)	46 (147.3600)	45 (153.1084)	43 (151.9656)
2016-06-03	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	37 / 58 (647.8748)	29 (169.1316)	45 (157.0744)	30 (165.1316)	46 (156.5372)
2015-10-02	City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	49 / 75 (653.1204)	23 (172.0000)	70 (152.5372)	27 (169.7144)	49 (158.8688)
2015-09-11	The Outlets @ Lake Elsinore BBQ State Championship 🏅 Lake Elsinore, CA	26 / 28 (627.3260)	26 (159.9772)	26 (156.5372)	25 (158.8572)	27 (151.9544)
2015-08-07	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA	51 / 58 (629.6804)	31 (165.1888)	55 (148.5144)	46 (157.7372)	46 (158.2400)
2015-07-24	7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA	49 / 54 (606.8344)	48 (154.3316)	47 (151.9772)	50 (149.7028)	44 (150.8228)
2015-06-26	Newport Beach Barbecue Contest Newport Beach, CA	28 / 29 (614.1372)	29 (146.8344)	24 (158.8116)	21 (161.6684)	27 (146.8228)
2015-05-29	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	72 / 75 (611.9088)	70 (151.9772)	75 (143.9888)	63 (159.3828)	57 (156.5600)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1454 (180 pts)	#1547 (180 pts)	#1542 (180 pts)	#1564 (180 pts)	#1503 (180 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#920 (347 pts)	#954 (357 pts)	#985 (352 pts)	#963 (367 pts)	#973 (347 pts)