TORINO RIBS

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

Power ranking

#2896

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1511 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-06-20

latest 2018-06-09

Best ToY finish

#643

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

678.2628 / 720

Master · Bardo-Q BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.96 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 665.47 (+3.49)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)

Consistency

±8.43

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.21 · weakest Chicken (164.29)

Road miles

1,077

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi

Schedule strength

19%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)

Master avg

665.47 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

678.2628 career-best overall

94.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.2628 at Bardo-Q BBQ Competition — 94.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-04-22

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DRAGON BBQ has finished one call ahead of TORINO RIBS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM ahead in 71% of their meetings

SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.92 points below their pork, and turns into a call 38% of the time against 63%.

Chicken avg 164.29
Pork avg 170.21
3 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BURROS BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 (2015-06-20).

2015-06-20
24-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Covered Embers has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.17% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.17% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

Daddy & Me BBQ

#2889 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

MAN MEAT FIRE

#2881 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-10-12

⚔ Head-to-head

TNT SMOKERS

#2908 of the rated field

1508 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-06-02

⚔ Head-to-head

SHOW ME THE QUE!

#2883 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

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 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Cross Cut BBQ

#2897 of the rated field

1508 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after TORINO RIBS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-07-10

⚔ Head-to-head

LV Bucketlist BBQ

#2887 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
GRILLER INSTINCT	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
Griller Unchained	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BURROS BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY JOB	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BROS HOG	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	0	0	169.7256	159.9772	164.29	top 74%
Pork Ribs	8	4	1	3	173.7372	153.6456	166.35	top 47%
Pork	8	5	1	3	177.7144	162.8228	170.21	top 36%
Brisket	8	3	1	1	177.1428	153.6456	164.62	top 53%

“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)	3	0	top 58%
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 52%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	2	4	top 48%	2018-06-09
Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2	3	top 33%	2018-04-21
Italian Barbecue Championship 2016	2	5	top 54%	2016-06-11

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2015-06-20 → 2018-06-09

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IT 2 of 8 contests

Contests visited 5 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 170.21 · weakest Chicken (164.29)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 4 of 8 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests — and still running

Master average 665.47 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 74 77–87 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,077 8 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi

Schedule strength 1527 average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests

Power rating 1508 peak 1511 · #2896 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Jun 20 First tracked contest Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
Jun 20 First call Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
Jun 20 First category win (Pork Ribs) Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
Jun 20 First overall top-10 Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
Jun 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.3144 Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
Jun 20 Peak power rating (1511) Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
2017
Apr 22 Career-best overall score678.2628 Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
2018
Apr 21 First overall podium Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
Jun 9 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)
Jun 9 Most recent contest Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.6	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2018-04-21
+13.1	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	2018-06-09
+10.7	Italian Barbecue Championship 2015	2015-06-20
+3.1	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2017-04-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016	2016-06-11
-10	Brixia 4 Star Championship	2016-09-10
-7.2	The War of Barbeque	2018-03-24
-3.7	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1)	2018-06-08

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	4	3	1	100%	top 48%	94.1%	92.6%
2017	1	0	1	100%	top 46%	94.2%	94.2%
2016	2	0	0	0%	top 85%	92%	91.5%
2015	1	1	1	100%	top 21%	91.8%	91.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-06-09	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) Milano, 20090	4 / 20 (677.6344)	19 (159.9772)	7 (170.2512)	2 (177.7144)	5 (169.6916)
2018-06-08	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1) Milano, 20090	9 / 12 (657.6000)	10 (166.8688)	11 (153.6456)	2 (173.1544)	8 (163.9312)
2018-04-21	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia, 10098	3 / 15 (671.3372)	7 (169.1200)	2 (171.4172)	1 (177.1544)	13 (153.6456)
2018-03-24	The War of Barbeque Noventa di Piave, 30020	14 / 18 (659.9656)	7 (169.7256)	14 (159.4172)	7 (169.7256)	14 (161.0972)
2017-04-22	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia, 10098	13 / 28 (678.2628)	23 (164.5600)	3 (173.7372)	23 (162.8228)	1 (177.1428)
2016-09-10	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, IT	22 / 26 (655.3596)	22 (163.4284)	19 (162.2972)	13 (166.8112)	17 (162.8228)
2016-06-11	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, IT	25 / 29 (662.2516)	29 (160.5828)	20 (167.4516)	19 (166.2400)	15 (167.9772)
2015-06-20	Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 Percorso Verde, Perugia,	5 / 24 (661.3144)	14 (160.0228)	1 (172.5944)	4 (168.0572)	11 (160.6400)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#643 (532 pts)	#954 (332 pts)	#723 (497 pts)	#494 (747 pts)	#837 (402 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1915 (113 pts)	#2280 (63 pts)	#1341 (228 pts)	#2251 (63 pts)	#1150 (278 pts)