STEVO'S BBQ TEAM

STEVO'S BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 52 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Best in the Southwest (2025), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #316 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#316

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1721

peak 1728 · rated over 46 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2019

latest Sep 18, 2026 · 7.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#89

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

21 podiums

Overall top-10s

48% of 52 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

711.4056 / 720

Master · Best Dam Barbeque

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

686.79 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 683.05 (+3.74)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · BBQ Jackpot

Consistency

±14.14

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.78 · weakest Brisket (170.49)

Road miles

16,700

across 52 mapped stops · furthest 1,549 mi

Schedule strength

76%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)

Purse competed for

$701K

listed at 48 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

3 🏅

won from 46 state-championship entries

Master avg

683.05 / 720

49 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Among the elite

#316 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 5% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1721 puts them #316 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 5% of the field.

rating 1721
peak 1728
46 rated contests

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.

Pork Ribs ×2
Brisket ×1

Against the odds

10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (Jan 13, 2023) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 10-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS.

Giant slayer

45 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 45-team field at Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge.

Jan 13, 2023

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Best in the Southwest is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 8%

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 39 of 52 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 52 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

711.4056 career-best overall

98.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 711.4056 at Best Dam Barbeque — 98.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 26, 2023

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State champions

3 state championships won

They've taken 3 state championships from 46 entries at contests carrying the title.

46 state-championship entries

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has finished one call ahead of STEVO'S BBQ TEAM 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 2 Grand Championships

2023 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 43%.

11 contests
4 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 43%

A tough matchup

14–4 behind in the head-to-head

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 78% of their meetings

BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 14 of their 18 shared contests.

A strong matchup

17–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKERS PURGATORY in 17 of their 20 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

22 of 36 shared pork entries lost

Meat Candy Q ahead 61% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Meat Candy Q has out-cooked them in 22 of 36 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 15% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 15% across 4 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

16,700 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 16,700 miles across 52 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,549 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

52 mapped stops
furthest 1,549 mi

The metronome

±1.94% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.94% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.9% of a perfect score
52 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
2026 ↗	Master	#221 (856 pts)	#389 (546 pts)	#206 (991 pts)	#269 (751 pts)	#258 (761 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#154 (1,313 pts)	#193 (1,158 pts)	#204 (1,158 pts)	#192 (1,128 pts)	#127 (1,393 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#89 (1,550 pts)	#197 (1,070 pts)	#140 (1,310 pts)	#64 (1,630 pts)	#93 (1,510 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#179 (1,103 pts)	#251 (888 pts)	#198 (1,108 pts)	#211 (973 pts)	#187 (1,058 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#215 (994 pts)	#195 (1,099 pts)	#276 (904 pts)	#297 (819 pts)	#196 (1,094 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#503 (352 pts)	#512 (367 pts)	#771 (207 pts)	#620 (267 pts)	#489 (392 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#803 (80 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#831 (90 pts)	#542 (185 pts)	#794 (95 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#807 (360 pts)	#847 (375 pts)	#720 (465 pts)	#819 (385 pts)	#981 (295 pts)

Overall rank by season

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FENDER BENDER BBQ

#315 of the rated field

1721 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1721

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 44 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 44 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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The Antwerp Smokers

#317 of the rated field

1721 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 72%
Peak: 1723

Careers of much the same size, 50 contests to 52, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 50 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2026
on a 23-contest top-10 run

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Sailor Nicks BBQ

#311 of the rated field

1722 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1722

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to STEVO'S BBQ TEAM)

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

rated over 51 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026
on a 7-contest top-10 run

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SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS

#322 of the rated field

1719 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 135
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1720

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to STEVO'S BBQ TEAM)

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 135 contests, alongside a 38% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 126 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Weber's Backyard BBQ

#320 of the rated field

1719 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1759

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

rated over 47 contests
last seen May 17, 2025

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HAULIN' BUTT BBQ

#321 of the rated field

1719 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1720

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before STEVO'S BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 41 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Meat Candy Q	39	15	24	38%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	35	18	17	51%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	34	16	18	47%	⚔ compare
GIRLS CAN GRILL	29	17	12	59%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	29	16	13	55%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	28	18	10	64%	⚔ compare
B' Mackin BBQ	25	8	17	32%	⚔ compare
All About Smokin Q	21	16	5	76%	⚔ compare
SMOKERS PURGATORY	20	17	3	85%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	19	11	8	58%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
SoCal Outlaw BBQ	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	50	18	0	3	178.8572	159.9772	170.66	top 46%
Pork Ribs	50	22	2	5	180 🔥	157.0972	170.66	top 40%
Pork	46	17	2	4	179.4400	159.9312	170.78	top 42%
Brisket	50	25	2	9	180 🔥	147.9656	170.49	top 37%

“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)	1	0	top 61%
Medium (20–39)	33	2	top 30%
Large (40+)	16	1	top 46%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AZ	16	2	top 35%
CA	14	0	top 34%
NV	9	1	top 28%
UT	4	0	top 30%
KS	4	0	top 50%
TN	2	0	top 74%
ID	1	0	top 25%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Boots & Brew	3	6	0	top 36%	Apr 11, 2025
Best in the Southwest	2	1	1	top 8%	Feb 21, 2025
Best Dam Barbeque	2	1	1	top 10%	May 26, 2023
Best Dam BBQ	2	5	0	top 18%	May 23, 2026
BBQ Jackpot	2	13	0	top 27%	Nov 21, 2025
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2	57	0	top 74%	Oct 10, 2025
2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	2	21	0	top 65%	Nov 4, 2022
2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival	2	9	0	top 55%	Sep 30, 2022
Western Legends BBQ Contest	2	5	0	top 18%	Sep 9, 2022
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2	21	0	top 45%	Jan 14, 2022
The Best Dam Barbeque	2	5	0	top 32%	May 28, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 11 contests

Contests a season 6.5 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AZ 16 of 52 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 38 11 of them more than once

First title Jan 13, 2023 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Opponents faced 1,100 finished ahead 1,846 times, behind 1,176

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs Jan 17, 2020 → May 28, 2021

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

20263 milestones

Mar 27 Peak power rating (1728) Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition
Apr 17 50th tracked contest The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown
Sep 18 Most recent contest 22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest

20241 milestone

Jun 14 First Reserve Championship Ignite your Passion

20237 milestones

Jan 13 First overall podium Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 13 First Grand Championship Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 13 First state championship Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 13 Biggest field won (45 teams) Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
May 26 Career-best overall score711.4056 Best Dam Barbeque
Nov 3 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic
Nov 3 25th tracked contest Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic

20222 milestones

Feb 18 10th tracked contest BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival
Sep 9 First category win (Brisket) Western Legends BBQ Contest

20211 milestone

May 28 First overall top-10 The Best Dam Barbeque

20193 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down
May 24 First call The Best Dam Barbeque
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7200 The Best Dam Barbeque

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.2	Best Dam Barbeque	May 26, 2023
+15.6	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 13, 2023
+15	Best in the Southwest	Feb 21, 2025
+14.5	Best in the Southwest	Feb 23, 2024
+13.6	BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival	Feb 18, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown	Apr 17, 2026
-7.1	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 17, 2025
-6.6	7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down	May 3, 2019
-4.9	2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	Nov 4, 2022
-4.7	Golden State Battle of Indio	Nov 17, 2023

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	5	0	4	0	80%	top 34%	97.3%	95.4%
2025	10	1	5	2	90%	top 31%	97.9%	95.8%
2024	11	0	5	2	73%	top 25%	97.5%	95.7%
2023	11	2	4	1	64%	top 43%	98.8%	94.8%
2022	7	0	5	1	86%	top 33%	96.3%	94.7%
2021	3	0	2	0	67%	top 34%	94.6%	93.9%
2020	1	0	0	0	100%	top 36%	92.9%	92.9%
2019	4	0	0	0	50%	top 64%	92.7%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 18, 2026	22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	7 / 31 (689.0972)	19 (167.4172)	9 (174.2628)	—	9 (175.4172)
May 23, 2026	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	6 / 33 (695.9660)	18 (171.4172)	4 (177.1544)	6 (175.4172)	11 (171.9772)
Apr 17, 2026	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	24 / 29 (662.1716)	14 (170.8344)	18 (168.5600)	26 (161.1200)	23 (161.6572)
Mar 27, 2026	Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition 🏅 Lake Havasu City, AZ	4 / 33 (700.5144)	18 (171.9656)	8 (175.4288)	9 (174.2628)	3 (178.8572)
Feb 27, 2026	BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ	9 / 25 (686.1944)	14 (170.8112)	12 (170.2744)	6 (174.2744)	9 (170.8344)
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	13 / 90 (695.9084)	58 (168.5256)	1 (180)	16 (175.4172)	34 (171.9656)
Oct 10, 2025	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	57 / 90 (681.6228)	52 (171.4056)	74 (167.3828)	22 (176)	63 (166.8344)
Sep 12, 2025	21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	5 / 35 (705.1316)	4 (178.8572)	8 (177.1544)	14 (174.2628)	8 (174.8572)
Jul 18, 2025	Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	6 / 26 (699.3944)	7 (176.5600)	12 (173.7144)	15 (172.5600)	6 (176.5600)
Jun 27, 2025	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	8 / 32 (693.6456)	10 (171.4056)	20 (169.6800)	9 (175.4056)	3 (177.1544)
May 23, 2025	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	5 / 29 (698.2284)	8 (174.2628)	9 (173.7144)	4 (177.7028)	7 (172.5484)
Apr 11, 2025	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	12 / 26 (677.0400)	18 (165.0856)	4 (174.2628)	14 (169.1544)	8 (168.5372)
Mar 28, 2025	Q's & Brews 🏅 Lake Havasu, AZ	12 / 26 (678.2060)	6 (176)	22 (157.0972)	8 (174.2744)	9 (170.8344)
Feb 21, 2025	Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ	1 / 29 (698.2172)	9 (174.2628)	1 (180)	20 (168.5372)	4 (175.4172)
Jan 17, 2025	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	28 / 48 (670.7084)	33 (166.2284)	32 (165.1200)	28 (166.2284)	10 (173.1316)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	30 / 74 (681.5996)	49 (166.8340)	31 (170.8228)	6 (177.7028)	48 (166.2400)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	19 / 444 (699.3484)	136 (173.1200)	28 (177.7028)	63 (175.4056)	73 (173.1200)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	115 / 169 (679.2796)	37 (175.4172)	137 (167.3828)	145 (165.6684)	90 (170.8112)
Jun 28, 2024	20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	3 / 35 (702.2744)	7 (176)	6 (174.8572)	1 (179.4400)	15 (171.9772)
Jun 14, 2024	Ignite your Passion 🏅 Winchester, CA	2 / 22 (702.2168)	10 (173.1084)	8 (176)	7 (175.4056)	2 (177.7028)
May 31, 2024	Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	13 / 39 (675.9544)	16 (167.9772)	22 (162.3088)	13 (170.8228)	3 (174.8456)
Apr 12, 2024	BBQ Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	16 / 39 (682.1828)	4 (177.1428)	22 (169.1200)	30 (165.0972)	20 (170.8228)
Mar 15, 2024	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	5 / 27 (690.8000)	20 (165.1084)	2 (177.7144)	5 (175.4172)	10 (172.5600)
Feb 23, 2024	Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ	3 / 25 (690.8004)	16 (169.1316)	4 (175.4172)	1 (176.5716)	15 (169.6800)
Jan 12, 2024	9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	9 / 58 (687.9088)	19 (173.1316)	37 (167.3944)	18 (171.9772)	4 (175.4056)
Nov 17, 2023	Golden State Battle of Indio 🏅 Indio, CA	26 / 40 (685.0400)	38 (167.9772)	5 (176.5600)	—	37 (162.8000)
Nov 3, 2023	Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic 🏅 Mesa, AZ	8 / 26 (683.9196)	18 (163.3712)	18 (163.9656)	2 (176.5828)	1 (180)
Oct 13, 2023	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	68 / 81 (666.7772)	73 (161.6800)	54 (169.1428)	58 (167.4172)	49 (168.5372)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	152 / 211 (675.8856)	180 (166.2400)	122 (169.7144)	183 (164.5256)	32 (175.4056)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	277 / 487 (668.4344)	276 (167.3944)	221 (169.6916)	282 (166.8228)	304 (164.5256)
Aug 4, 2023	Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	15 / 29 (670.7312)	27 (161.7144)	3 (174.2628)	16 (167.3712)	14 (167.3828)
Jun 2, 2023	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	7 / 43 (691.3372)	15 (173.1200)	32 (166.2400)	15 (173.1200)	4 (178.8572)
May 26, 2023	Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	1 / 27 (711.4056)	3 (176.5600)	2 (177.1428)	—	3 (177.7028)
Mar 10, 2023	BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ	15 / 32 (679.3144)	27 (165.6800)	5 (176.5716)	15 (168.5256)	17 (168.5372)
Jan 13, 2023	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	1 / 45 (691.3716)	4 (175.4400)	8 (169.6916)	10 (171.9772)	3 (174.2628)
Nov 4, 2022	2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	23 / 35 (670.7084)	15 (172)	15 (169.6800)	12 (171.9656)	30 (157.0628)
Sep 30, 2022	2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ	9 / 21 (687.3828)	6 (173.7028)	6 (170.8456)	6 (174.8572)	12 (167.9772)
Sep 9, 2022	Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT	5 / 31 (686.2060)	5 (173.7144)	14 (166.2400)	17 (168.5372)	1 (177.7144)
May 27, 2022	Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	4 / 26 (685.0284)	3 (176)	8 (169.6800)	10 (169.6684)	6 (169.6800)
Apr 8, 2022	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	6 / 29 (685.0512)	2 (176.5828)	10 (169.6684)	19 (166.8228)	10 (171.9772)
Feb 18, 2022	BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ	6 / 34 (693.6800)	20 (170.2628)	4 (177.1544)	3 (177.1428)	11 (169.1200)
Jan 14, 2022	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	32 / 59 (666.6856)	23 (169.6800)	43 (162.8116)	46 (159.9312)	5 (174.2628)
Nov 5, 2021	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	21 / 33 (669.0172)	12 (173.7028)	19 (165.6916)	26 (161.0972)	18 (168.5256)
Aug 20, 2021	Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT	5 / 26 (681.0400)	4 (177.7028)	14 (164.5372)	17 (163.9428)	3 (174.8572)
May 28, 2021	The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	5 / 26 (678.7772)	6 (171.9656)	15 (161.6916)	—	6 (170.2628)
Jan 17, 2020	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	21 / 59 (669.0400)	41 (162.2400)	19 (167.9772)	5 (171.4056)	18 (167.4172)
Sep 27, 2019	Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ	22 / 33 (660.5372)	15 (166.2856)	12 (170.2744)	18 (166.3088)	25 (157.6684)
Aug 16, 2019	Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kanab, UT	11 / 18 (667.4060)	10 (170.8228)	13 (166.2860)	14 (163.4172)	11 (166.8800)
May 24, 2019	The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	13 / 29 (666.7200)	18 (167.3828)	5 (174.2744)	13 (169.6684)	23 (155.3944)
May 3, 2019	7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down 🏅 Show Low, AZ	37 / 45 (635.3372)	41 (159.9772)	29 (160.5716)	21 (166.8228)	40 (147.9656)

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

STEVO'S BBQ TEAM

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 (17 found in their record)

Among the elite

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

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

The metronome

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)