TACO TUESDAY

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

Power ranking

#2215

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1530

peak 1530 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-02-19

latest 2017-09-29

Best ToY finish

#692

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

684.4684 / 720

Master · World BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.16 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.60 (+1.55)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Brisket · Best Dam Barbecue

Consistency

±9.97

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.20 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.51)

Road miles

3,472

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1108 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Master avg

664.60 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

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

High-water mark

684.4684 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.4684 at World BBQ Festival — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-11-04

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

Bad Boyz BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

Bad Boyz BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.69 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 40%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.51
Brisket avg 168.20
4 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

6 of 8 shared brisket entries lost

Bad Boyz BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Bad Boyz BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared brisket entries.

The long haul

3,472 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,472 miles across 10 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,108 miles to Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival.

10 mapped stops
furthest 1,108 mi

The metronome

±1.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

SPEEDY PIG BBQ - OK

#2226 of the rated field

1529 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1529

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 2024-04-05

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2 Pits BBQ

#2225 of the rated field

1529 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-04-22

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No Worries BBQ

#2218 of the rated field

1530 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-08-28

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CHARLIE-QUE BBQ

#2210 of the rated field

1530 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-06-18

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Porkasaurus Rex BBQ

#2222 of the rated field

1529 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 58% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

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Big Baker's BBQ

#2211 of the rated field

1530 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after TACO TUESDAY did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-11-14

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MONSOON BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Karnivorous	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
All About Smokin Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	0	174.2744	156.5028	165.91	top 53%
Pork Ribs	10	4	0	172.0228	155.3716	163.51	top 55%
Pork	10	2	1	173.7028	158.8000	166.99	top 49%
Brisket	10	4	0	174.2856	162.8000	168.20	top 38%

“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	Avg finish
AZ	5	top 49%
NV	3	top 53%
CA	2	top 48%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 48%

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

On the trail 1.6 yrs 2016-02-19 → 2017-09-29

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AZ 5 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 168.20 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.51)

Walk rate 70% a top-10 call in 7 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 664.60 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 200 186–182 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,472 10 mapped stops · furthest 1,108 mi

Schedule strength 1581 average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests

Power rating 1530 peak 1530 · #2215 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Feb 19 First tracked contest The Pig(Guinea Pig)
Feb 19 First call The Pig(Guinea Pig)
Feb 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1600 The Pig(Guinea Pig)
May 27 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2856 Best Dam Barbecue
Nov 4 First overall top-10 World BBQ Festival
Nov 4 Career-best overall score684.4684 World BBQ Festival
2017
May 5 Peak power rating (1530) City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown
Sep 29 10th tracked contest Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival
Sep 29 Most recent contest Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	World BBQ Festival	2016-11-04
+8.9	The Pig(Guinea Pig)	2016-02-19
+7.1	Best Dam Barbecue	2016-05-27
+3.1	City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown	2017-05-05
+2.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-03-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown	2016-05-06
-2.6	Best Dam BBQ	2017-05-26

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)
2017	4	0	0	0	75%	top 57%	92.5%	91.9%
2016	6	0	1	0	67%	top 46%	95.1%	92.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-29	Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	18 / 36 (666.1596)	28 (156.5028)	6 (172.0228)	21 (166.2284)	6 (171.4056)
2017-05-26	Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV	25 / 37 (655.2684)	31 (157.6456)	24 (162.2400)	21 (167.3828)	14 (168.0000)
2017-05-05	City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	17 / 36 (664.4228)	26 (165.6800)	9 (169.1200)	27 (158.8000)	9 (170.8228)
2017-02-17	The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA	30 / 49 (660.4572)	7 (174.2744)	44 (155.4056)	23 (167.9772)	33 (162.8000)
2016-11-04	World BBQ Festival Peoria, AZ	5 / 31 (684.4684)	7 (172.5600)	9 (167.3828)	3 (173.7028)	11 (170.8228)
2016-10-27	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	20 / 36 (661.5660)	11 (172.5600)	32 (155.3716)	12 (169.6800)	20 (163.9544)
2016-05-27	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	13 / 36 (664.4228)	18 (166.8228)	27 (155.9200)	18 (167.3944)	4 (174.2856)
2016-05-06	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	32 / 39 (645.4740)	32 (157.6456)	32 (159.3600)	20 (165.0856)	21 (163.3828)
2016-03-18	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	15 / 30 (669.6456)	13 (169.1200)	9 (170.8572)	28 (160.5256)	9 (169.1428)
2016-02-19	The Pig(Guinea Pig) Indio, CA	17 / 48 (674.1600)	28 (166.2744)	23 (167.3828)	8 (173.1084)	23 (167.3944)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1255 (220 pts)	#1161 (285 pts)	#1207 (270 pts)	#1376 (210 pts)	#1066 (320 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#692 (551 pts)	#718 (561 pts)	#848 (461 pts)	#682 (591 pts)	#626 (641 pts)