TORINO RIBS

TORINO RIBS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 15 at the Bardo-Q BBQ Competition (2018). They are ranked #2918 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,918

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1511 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 20, 2015

latest Jun 9, 2018 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#643

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 8 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

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

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)

Consistency

±8.43

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.21 · weakest Chicken (164.29)

Road miles

1,077

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Master avg

665.47 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

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
Apr 22, 2017

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 (Jun 20, 2015).

Jun 20, 2015
24-team field

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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

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TORINO RIBS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TNT SMOKERS

#2,925 of the rated field

1508 power rating

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

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 Jun 2, 2017

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SHOW ME THE QUE!

#2,910 of the rated field

1508 power rating

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

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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HICKORY HILLS

#2,909 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1513

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Feb 23, 2018

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GRIM REAPER SMOKERS

#2,916 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before TORINO RIBS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE

#2,904 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1508

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before TORINO RIBS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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SmokeEaters BarBQ

#2,930 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

They turned up 6 years after TORINO RIBS did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	0	top 58%
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 52%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	2	4	top 48%	Jun 9, 2018
Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2	3	top 33%	Apr 21, 2018
Italian Barbecue Championship 2016	2	5	top 54%	Jun 11, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IT 2 of 8 contests

Contests visited 5 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 74 finished ahead 77 times, behind 87

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

20183 milestones

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)

20171 milestone

Apr 22 Career-best overall score678.2628 Bardo-Q BBQ Competition

20156 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.6	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	Apr 21, 2018
+13	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	Jun 9, 2018
+10.7	Italian Barbecue Championship 2015	Jun 20, 2015
+3	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	Apr 22, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016	Jun 11, 2016
-10	Brixia 4 Star Championship	Sep 10, 2016
-7.3	The War of Barbeque	Mar 24, 2018
-3.8	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1)	Jun 8, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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

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

TORINO RIBS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)