RIBEYE REPUBLIC

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

Power ranking

#3509

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1493 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-03-27

latest 2016-07-02

Best ToY finish

#1372

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

667.4172 / 720

Master · Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.91 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 647.77 (+3.14)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · BBQ and Fly In on the River

Consistency

±14.56

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.56 · weakest Brisket (156.05)

Road miles

904

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 295 mi

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Master avg

647.77 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

High-water mark

667.4172 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.4172 at Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-07-24

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.51 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 156.05
Chicken avg 164.56
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SLAUGHTERQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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.

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

Grilligion

#3499 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

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 2023-08-26

⚔ Head-to-head

10 BONES BBQ

#3517 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1493

No shared contest yet.

Level with RIBEYE REPUBLIC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-04-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Flaming Pig BBQ

#3493 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

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 2015-08-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Backdraft Smokers

#3519 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

⚔ Head-to-head

DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ

#3516 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1493

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-07-21

⚔ Head-to-head

RUB N TUG BBQ

#3530 of the rated field

1492 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
MOOCHEWSOOEY	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
OKIEQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
TNK BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BC'S	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	0	169.1428	159.3944	164.56	top 59%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	174.2972	156.0116	164.25	top 51%
Pork	7	1	1	176.5600	148.0000	162.92	top 57%
Brisket	7	0	0	163.9544	145.1316	156.05	top 69%

“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
OK	6	0	top 65%
MO	1	0	top 60%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Firelake BBQ Cook Off	2	39	0	top 69%	2016-03-25

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.3 yrs 2015-03-27 → 2016-07-02

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OK 6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.56 · weakest Brisket (156.05)

Walk rate 29% a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 647.77 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 247 135–223 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 904 7 mapped stops · furthest 295 mi

Schedule strength 1578 average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests

Power rating 1493 peak 1493 · #3509 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Mar 27 First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off
Mar 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2628 Firelake BBQ Cook Off
Jul 24 First call Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff
Jul 24 Career-best overall score667.4172 Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff
Aug 14 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 BBQ and Fly In on the River
2016
Jun 10 Peak power rating (1499) Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship
Jul 2 Most recent contest *Hot Pursuit BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.8	Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff	2015-07-24
+0.8	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship	2016-06-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.7	*Hot Pursuit BBQ	2016-07-02
-5.4	Firelake BBQ Cook Off	2015-03-27
-1.2	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2015-05-01
-0.4	Firelake BBQ Cook Off	2016-03-25
-0.3	BBQ and Fly In on the River	2015-08-14

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 70%	92.1%	89.7%
2015	4	0	0	0	50%	top 60%	92.7%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-07-02	*Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	24 / 27 (625.0748)	22 (159.3944)	22 (158.2860)	18 (162.2628)	23 (145.1316)
2016-06-10	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship Okmulgee, OK	24 / 41 (649.0852)	28 (161.6456)	26 (161.1656)	18 (164.5484)	20 (161.7256)
2016-03-25	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	41 / 66 (663.3256)	30 (169.1428)	12 (174.2972)	52 (160.5028)	52 (159.3828)
2015-08-14	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	40 / 67 (649.6344)	24 (167.4400)	52 (156.0116)	3 (176.5600)	53 (149.6228)
2015-07-24	Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff Shawnee, OK	15 / 32 (667.4172)	27 (162.8456)	6 (173.1772)	12 (167.4400)	16 (163.9544)
2015-05-01	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	48 / 81 (629.6000)	27 (167.4056)	49 (156.5144)	70 (148.0000)	40 (157.6800)
2015-03-27	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	39 / 52 (650.2628)	35 (164.0228)	18 (170.2744)	42 (161.1428)	46 (154.8228)

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	#1444 (182 pts)	#1502 (187 pts)	#1269 (252 pts)	#1317 (242 pts)	#1421 (207 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1372 (180 pts)	#1456 (185 pts)	#1349 (215 pts)	#981 (355 pts)	#1431 (180 pts)