High-water mark
663.9084
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.9084 at Clayton BBQ Cook-off — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-07-12
SPITZ BROTHERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2017-06-23
latest 2019-09-20
Best ToY finish
#1030
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.45 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 641.88 (+5.58)
Walk rate
56%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.34 · weakest Brisket (155.16)
Road miles
926
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.88 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HELLO BBQ has finished one call ahead of SPITZ BROTHERS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
Cynical BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Cynical BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.17 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 25%.
- Brisket avg 155.16
- Chicken avg 163.34
- 1 calls in 7 entries
Chicken nemesis
6 of 7
shared chicken entries lost
Cynical BBQ ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Cynical BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±2.08%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.08% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.1% of a perfect score
- 9 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.
149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1514 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4128 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Level with SPITZ BROTHERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4110 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1515 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4148 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4129 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Cynical BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey and the Pirate | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF THE PIG | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Old Town Franklin BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 150.2628 | 163.34 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 151.9428 | 161.76 | top 49% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 154.8228 | 161.36 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 141.1316 | 155.16 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 57% | 2019-07-12 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2017-06-23 → 2019-09-20
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
8 of 9 contests
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.34 · weakest Brisket (155.16)
Walk rate
56%
a top-10 call in 5 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
641.88
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
190
92–212 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
926
9 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,750
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #4130 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Oaktown Throwdown BBQ
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1495) Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- First call *2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9084 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score663.9084 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | 2018-03-23 |
| -4.8 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -4.5 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | 2018-05-04 |
| -2.1 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River | 2017-08-11 |
| -1.6 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2018-07-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 92.2% | 91.9% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 71% | 89.9% | 88.6% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 71% | 87.9% | 87.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-20 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship 🏅 | 28 / 44 (659.3024) | 4 (177.7028) | 21 (165.6800) | 33 (159.9884) | 34 (155.9312) |
| 2019-07-12 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 16 / 31 (663.9084) | 18 (166.8572) | 11 (168.5372) | 26 (156.5256) | 7 (171.9884) |
| 2018-07-13 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA | 12 / 19 (647.3828) | 13 (163.4056) | 18 (151.9428) | 2 (174.8456) | 15 (157.1888) |
| 2018-05-04 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 25 / 35 (624.5028) | 25 (161.1428) | 24 (157.1316) | 27 (155.9656) | 24 (150.2628) |
| 2018-03-23 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 62 / 78 (642.1716) | 54 (163.3712) | 27 (168.0344) | 66 (157.6800) | 66 (153.0860) |
| 2017-08-11 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River Ceres, CA | 14 / 21 (633.0972) | 13 (157.6800) | 5 (164.5600) | 5 (169.7256) | 19 (141.1316) |
| 2017-07-15 | *2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA Clayton, CA | — | 8 (166.2856) | 6 (157.1088) | — | — |
| 2017-06-23 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 47 / 62 (622.7656) | 53 (150.2628) | 32 (161.1200) | 43 (154.8228) | 38 (156.5600) |
| 2016-08-19 | Oaktown Throwdown BBQ Oakland, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1327 (161 pts) | #951 (301 pts) | #1211 (206 pts) | #1684 (116 pts) | #1161 (221 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1146 (229 pts) | #1207 (224 pts) | #1279 (204 pts) | #890 (364 pts) | #1233 (219 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1030 (319 pts) | #1122 (304 pts) | #971 (389 pts) | #1317 (231 pts) | #1713 (136 pts) |