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RAD FONDO BBQ

RAD FONDO BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 54 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 29 at the Best in the Desert Southwest KCBS BBQ Competition (2020). They are ranked #506 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#506
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1675
peak 1683 · rated over 54 contests

Contests

54
in the data

First seen

Nov 13, 2015
latest Nov 5, 2021 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#286
Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

4
18 podiums

Overall top-10s

15
28% of 54 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%
overall standings

Best overall

693.6340 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

668.81 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 671.75 (-2.94)

Walk rate

76%
contests with a top-10 call

Consistency

±12.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 169.03 · weakest Brisket (166.54)

Road miles

7,055
across 54 mapped stops · furthest 399 mi

Schedule strength

67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$141K
listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.75 / 720
54 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Among the elite

#506 of 6,477 rated teams

In the top 8% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1675 puts them #506 of 6,477 rated teams — the top 8% of the field.

  • rating 1675
  • peak 1683
  • 54 rated contests

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 6th
  • average top 18%

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 41 of 54 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 54 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN' HART'S has finished one call ahead of RAD FONDO BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 13 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 28%.

  • 13 contests
  • 7 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 28%

A tough matchup

37–3 behind in the head-to-head

LADY OF Q ahead in 93% of their meetings

LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 37 of their 40 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

26–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 84% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ in 26 of their 31 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

TEAM WOODSHED has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A July team

Top 26% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 26% across 6 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

  • 6 July contests
  • top 40% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,055 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,055 miles across 54 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 399 miles to Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival.

  • 54 mapped stops
  • furthest 399 mi

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.3% of a perfect score
  • 54 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #550 (600 pts) #758 (435 pts) #597 (585 pts) #491 (695 pts) #632 (535 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #286 (1,110 pts) #306 (1,060 pts) #358 (967 pts) #148 (1,516 pts) #239 (1,260 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #335 (1,100 pts) #195 (1,410 pts) #295 (1,165 pts) #267 (1,235 pts) #407 (945 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #422 (938 pts) #349 (1,063 pts) #315 (1,148 pts) #264 (1,263 pts) #438 (916 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #2713 (59 pts) #2714 (59 pts) #1876 (119 pts) #2157 (74 pts) #2741 (59 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1675 power rating
Contests
62
GCs
4
Top-10s
53%
Peak
1689

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  • rated over 60 contests
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Rocks Money Pit BBQ
#508 of the rated field
1674 power rating
Contests
48
GCs
3
Top-10s
52%
Peak
1710

They've been 1710 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Oct 11, 2019
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Bonemaker Outdoors
#507 of the rated field
1674 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
2
Top-10s
51%
Peak
1731

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 45 contests, alongside a 51% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 44 contests
  • last seen Oct 30, 2024
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BARK 'N BONES BBQ
#504 of the rated field
1675 power rating
Contests
40
GCs
0
Top-10s
48%
Peak
1675

Level with RAD FONDO BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 40 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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Shmack Q
#509 of the rated field
1674 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
64
GCs
6
Top-10s
66%
Peak
1759

They turned up 6 years after RAD FONDO BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

  • rated over 53 contests
  • last seen Aug 28, 2026
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SMOKOPOLIS BBQ
#513 of the rated field
1674 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
51
GCs
0
Top-10s
53%
Peak
1702

Careers of much the same size, 51 contests to 54, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen Jul 12, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
LADY OF Q 40 3 37 8% ⚔ compare
NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 38 19 19 50% ⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS 37 1 36 3% ⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin 36 3 33 8% ⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 35 8 27 23% ⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q 34 20 14 59% ⚔ compare
TEAM WOODSHED 33 13 20 39% ⚔ compare
Smokin it Up BBQ 32 12 20 38% ⚔ compare
PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 31 26 5 84% ⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ 29 24 5 83% ⚔ compare
HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 28 1 27 4% ⚔ compare
Sharpe's Woodshed 26 8 18 31% ⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 26 4 22 15% ⚔ compare
BLUE EYED BBQ 25 20 5 80% ⚔ compare
BIG RED BBQ 25 19 6 76% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 53 16 2 5 177.1428 155.3944 168.73 top 45%
Pork Ribs 53 14 1 4 177.1772 151.3600 167.53 top 45%
Pork 50 19 0 4 177.7372 151.4056 169.03 top 39%
Brisket 53 21 1 5 177.7028 135.3372 166.54 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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 35%
Medium (20–39)200top 40%
Large (40+)320top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CA510top 40%
AZ20top 19%
NV10top 43%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 4 8 0 top 43% Nov 5, 2021
America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) 2 7 0 top 29% Sep 13, 2019
Turf & Surf BBQ Championship 2 10 0 top 26% Aug 16, 2019
Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 2 15 0 top 28% May 31, 2019
Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 2 6 0 top 18% Apr 26, 2019
Horse Town Brew B Que Festival 2 18 0 top 40% Jun 1, 2018
Del Mar BBQ Championship 2 17 0 top 36% Aug 18, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 13 contests
Contests a season 7.7 across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in CA 51 of 54 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 45 7 of them more than once
Opponents faced 529 finished ahead 1,445 times, behind 906
Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Feb 28, 2020 → May 28, 2021

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

20211 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
20202 milestones
  1. 50th tracked contest The Golden State Battle II
  2. Peak power rating (1683) Best in the Desert Southwest KCBS BBQ Competition
20191 milestone
  1. First overall podium Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off
20183 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  2. Career-best overall score693.6340 9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL)
  3. Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL)
20171 milestone
  1. First category win (Chicken) Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
20164 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.6460 The Pig (Guinea Pig)
  2. First call 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
  3. First overall top-10 Newport Beach Barbecue Competition
  4. 10th tracked contest 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
20151 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+12.3Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL)Nov 3, 2018
+11.8Best in the Desert Southwest KCBS BBQ CompetitionFeb 28, 2020
+11.66th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ ChampionshipMar 31, 2017
+10.9Horse Town Brew n Que FestivalJun 3, 2016
+10.6Newport Beach Barbecue CompetitionJun 24, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.5The Golden State Battle IIJan 24, 2020
-8.8SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL)May 19, 2017
-7.6Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULLNov 13, 2015
-6.5Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)May 25, 2018
-6.1Indio California State BBQ Championship & FestivalNov 5, 2021

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20212000 100% top 51% 93.3% 92.1%
20203010 67% top 40% 95.9% 93.4%
201913071 85% top 28% 95.9% 94.3%
201812021 75% top 39% 96.3% 93.5%
201712032 67% top 39% 95.5% 93.1%
201611020 82% top 47% 94.7% 92.8%
20151000 0% top 85% 87.2% 87.2%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Nov 5, 2021 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA 19 / 33 (671.8628) 28 (157.6572) 17 (167.9772) 10 (173.1200) 6 (173.1084)
May 28, 2021 Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA 12 / 27 (654.7656) 14 (167.9884) 25 (151.3600) 18 (158.8572) 3 (176.5600)
Feb 28, 2020 Best in the Desert Southwest KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 Yuma, AZ 3 / 29 (690.2396) 11 (169.1428) 11 (171.4056) 11 (171.9884) 2 (177.7028)
Feb 21, 2020 The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial 🏅 Coachella, CA 20 / 50 (666.1600) 13 (170.2744) 38 (161.0972) 44 (159.9428) 4 (174.8456)
Jan 24, 2020 The Golden State Battle II 🏅 Hollister, CA 32 / 46 (661.0396) 35 (164) 32 (161.6684) 31 (165.6684) 17 (169.7028)
Nov 1, 2019 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA 8 / 37 (684.5028) 26 (164.5256) 2 (176.5600) 14 (169.1200) 3 (174.2972)
Sep 13, 2019 America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 San Diego, CA 7 / 30 (683.3368) 11 (170.2628) 8 (173.1428) 12 (169.1084) 10 (170.8228)
Aug 16, 2019 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship 🏅 Del Mar, CA 10 / 35 (675.3140) 10 (169.7028) 9 (170.2628) — 7 (171.9656)
Aug 2, 2019 10th Annual Vista BBQ Classic 🏅 Vista, CA 11 / 34 (680.4340) 19 (169.1084) 15 (168.5372) — 4 (177.7028)
Jul 5, 2019 Smoke & Hops 🏅 Harmony, CA 8 / 26 (682.1828) 2 (175.4172) 22 (158.2172) — 8 (171.9884)
May 31, 2019 Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA 15 / 49 (669.5884) — — — —
May 24, 2019 Big Bear Grill & Chill 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA 10 / 25 (669.5884) 8 (167.9888) 14 (166.2628) 9 (167.9656) 10 (167.3712)
May 10, 2019 Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off 🏅 Long Beach, CA 3 / 12 (690.7656) 3 (169.6800) 2 (175.4056) 6 (170.8228) 3 (174.8572)
Apr 26, 2019 Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA 6 / 48 (683.3944) 8 (172) 1 (176.5716) 7 (171.4172) 24 (163.4056)
Mar 30, 2019 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Arcadia, CA 26 / 47 (676.4684) 33 (168) 35 (165.0856) 8 (174.2628) 21 (169.1200)
Mar 29, 2019 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Arcadia, CA 14 / 70 (675.8968) 40 (165.1084) 14 (170.2628) 35 (166.2512) 9 (174.2744)
Feb 15, 2019 The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA 12 / 49 (677.5884) 17 (169.7028) 30 (166.2516) 16 (170.8228) 17 (170.8112)
Jan 25, 2019 The Golden State Battle 🏅 Santa Ynez, CA 12 / 48 (681.0624) 33 (167.4056) 24 (166.2628) 4 (176.5828) 9 (170.8112)
Nov 3, 2018 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA 7 / 33 (690.2744) 5 (176.5600) 28 (161.6800) 3 (177.7372) 8 (174.2972)
Nov 2, 2018 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA 18 / 33 (674.1600) 17 (170.2628) 21 (165.6800) 10 (171.9772) 20 (166.2400)
Oct 12, 2018 Temecula State BBQ Championship Temecula, CA 23 / 46 (665.5656) 36 (163.9428) 17 (169.7144) 24 (166.8228) 27 (165.0856)
Sep 14, 2018 America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA 14 / 40 (671.9200) 10 (171.9656) 20 (163.3944) 16 (169.7028) 14 (166.8572)
Aug 17, 2018 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA 12 / 51 (672.4800) 13 (168.5256) 2 (177.1772) 6 (172) 36 (154.7772)
Jul 13, 2018 9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA 6 / 37 (693.6340) 14 (169.6684) 13 (170.2628) 2 (177.1428) 9 (176.5600)
Jun 1, 2018 Horse Town Brew B Que Festival Norco, CA 28 / 57 (672.4684) 25 (169.6800) 27 (168) 29 (170.2628) 33 (164.5256)
May 25, 2018 Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Big Bear Lake, CA 18 / 29 (645.5656) 6 (171.9656) 19 (158.8232) 25 (151.4056) 14 (163.3712)
Apr 20, 2018 Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA 11 / 48 (669.1088) 43 (155.3944) 25 (161.6800) 3 (177.7372) 1 (174.2972)
Mar 23, 2018 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA 34 / 78 (667.2684) 43 (167.3828) 68 (155.9428) 24 (168.5372) 6 (175.4056)
Feb 23, 2018 The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) Coachella, CA 31 / 47 (675.3944) 29 (169.6916) 28 (169.1316) 36 (167.4056) 22 (169.1656)
Jan 19, 2018 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ 19 / 70 (679.9544) 34 (168.5372) 28 (167.4172) 5 (176) 29 (168)
Nov 3, 2017 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA 17 / 35 (674.2288) 27 (164.5716) 18 (167.4172) 23 (166.2400) 4 (176)
Oct 13, 2017 OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA 24 / 56 (667.8740) 19 (170.2744) 32 (165.0856) 6 (173.7028) 44 (158.8112)
Sep 29, 2017 Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) Sonora, CA 10 / 30 (667.3368) 1 (177.1428) 14 (167.9656) 12 (169.1084) 22 (153.1200)
Aug 18, 2017 Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA 19 / 52 (669.6456) 9 (174.8456) 9 (173.1200) 13 (171.9772) 46 (149.7028)
Jul 28, 2017 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA 7 / 40 (687.3944) 13 (171.9772) 5 (172.5600) 6 (176) 16 (166.8572)
Jul 7, 2017 Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA 9 / 50 (678.2284) 1 (176.5600) 8 (172.0228) 22 (163.4056) 18 (166.2400)
Jun 2, 2017 Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full) Norco, CA 18 / 57 (681.6800) 7 (176.5600) 24 (169.1200) 5 (174.8572) 38 (161.1428)
May 19, 2017 SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL) Pomona, CA 38 / 46 (651.3028) 39 (162.7884) 15 (169.1428) 27 (165.6916) 39 (153.6800)
Mar 31, 2017 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA 13 / 77 (681.6344) 26 (171.9772) 56 (159.3828) 11 (174.2744) 10 (176)
Mar 24, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV 13 / 30 (655.9544) 20 (162.2400) 11 (165.1200) 11 (168) 18 (160.5944)
Feb 17, 2017 The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA 29 / 49 (662.2972) 20 (169.1656) 22 (169.1544) 43 (158.2972) 29 (165.6800)
Jan 27, 2017 Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA 22 / 56 (667.8632) 17 (170.8344) 17 (169.6916) 32 (166.2400) 33 (161.0972)
Nov 11, 2016 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) Indio, CA 17 / 38 (679.9656) 25 (164.5372) 26 (163.4284) 2 (177.7372) 10 (174.2628)
Oct 7, 2016 Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA 38 / 75 (659.2684) 24 (170.2512) 7 (173.7372) 69 (153.6344) 42 (161.6456)
Aug 19, 2016 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival Long Beach, CA 8 / 18 (669.6000) 7 (167.9656) 6 (172.0116) 6 (170.8228) 11 (158.8000)
Jul 29, 2016 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA 16 / 42 (667.8744) 3 (176.5600) 34 (157.6688) 16 (169.1200) 21 (164.5256)
Jul 15, 2016 Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA 17 / 47 (682.1712) 43 (158.2056) 5 (176.5828) 8 (174.2628) 9 (173.1200)
Jun 24, 2016 Newport Beach Barbecue Competition Newport, CA 10 / 33 (678.2056) 9 (171.9656) 18 (166.8344) 6 (173.1200) 18 (166.2856)
Jun 3, 2016 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA 15 / 58 (677.6916) 28 (169.6684) 7 (173.7488) 34 (162.2744) 15 (172)
May 13, 2016 West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA 24 / 44 (663.8624) 29 (166.2284) 25 (165.1312) 12 (170.8228) 33 (161.6800)
Apr 15, 2016 The Ultimate BBQ showdown East vs West VII Wildomar, CA 23 / 32 (658.6512) 21 (168.5140) 9 (170.8344) 15 (166.8228) 28 (152.4800)
Apr 1, 2016 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA 38 / 72 (658.3084) 8 (172.5828) 27 (168) 34 (165.7256) 65 (152)
Feb 19, 2016 The Pig (Guinea Pig) Indio, CA 35 / 48 (653.6460) 25 (166.8228) 25 (166.3316) 35 (162.8000) 40 (157.6916)
Nov 13, 2015 Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL Indio, CA 29 / 34 (627.8516) 29 (158.8228) 13 (169.7144) 22 (163.9772) 32 (135.3372)

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