High-water mark
680.5372
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.5372 at 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-08-19
RIV'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2016-08-19
latest 2016-10-07
Best ToY finish
#1263
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.70 · weakest Brisket (161.39)
Road miles
34
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
667.91 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 18 at their very first tracked contest, 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival (2016-08-19).
- 2016-08-19
- 18-team field
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.
RIV'S BBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 95 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2831 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RIV'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RIV'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where RIV'S BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after RIV'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with RIV'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where RIV'S BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 168.5140 | 173.70 | top 23% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 166.8572 | 166.86 | top 40% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 159.3828 | 165.97 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 160.5372 | 161.39 | top 51% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2016-08-19 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.70 · weakest Brisket (161.39)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
1 of 2 contests
Master average
667.91
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
46–45 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
34
2 mapped stops
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- First call 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- First category win (Chicken) 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.5372 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score680.5372 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 42% | 94.5% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-07 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 42 / 75 (655.2912) | 30 (168.5140) | 22 (166.8572) | 60 (159.3828) | 43 (160.5372) |
| 2016-08-19 | 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival Long Beach, CA | 5 / 18 (680.5372) | 1 (178.8800) | 9 (166.8572) | 5 (172.5600) | 8 (162.2400) |
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 | #1263 (228 pts) | #1067 (328 pts) | #1453 (203 pts) | #1384 (228 pts) | #1450 (198 pts) |