High-water mark
686.2056
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2056 at Arizona National BBQ Stampede — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-12-27
AZ RAD RIBS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-05-05
latest 2019-12-27
Best ToY finish
#521
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.22
last 4 Master vs avg 646.22 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.93
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.15 · weakest Pork (157.53)
Road miles
141
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.22 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
All About Smokin Q ahead in 75% of their meetings
All About Smokin Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ROOT'N TOOT'N BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared 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.
AZ RAD RIBS has 4 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 108 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.
#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after AZ RAD RIBS did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with AZ RAD RIBS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 151.3940 | 163.41 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3316 | 160.5716 | 165.15 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 141.6572 | 157.53 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 145.6572 | 160.13 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 73% | 2019-09-27 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2017-05-05 → 2019-12-27
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AZ
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.15 · weakest Pork (157.53)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
646.22
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
63–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
141
4 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi
Schedule strength
1596
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$27,100
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2017-05-05 → 2018-09-28
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown
- First call City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown
- 2019
- First overall top-10 Arizona National BBQ Stampede
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.2056 Arizona National BBQ Stampede
- Career-best overall score686.2056 Arizona National BBQ Stampede
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Arizona National BBQ Stampede
- Peak power rating (1503) Arizona National BBQ Stampede
- Most recent contest Arizona National BBQ Stampede
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.2 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede | 2019-12-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown | 2017-05-05 |
| -3.7 | Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival | 2019-09-27 |
| -2 | Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival | 2018-09-28 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 95.3% | 92.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-27 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede 🏅 Phoenix, AZ | 5 / 44 (686.2056) | 4 (177.1428) | 20 (169.1200) | 27 (166.2400) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2019-09-27 | Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ | 25 / 33 (646.2744) | 10 (168.5600) | 24 (160.5944) | 31 (150.8000) | 17 (166.3200) |
| 2018-09-28 | Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ | 28 / 40 (638.2056) | 34 (151.3940) | 24 (160.5716) | 12 (171.4056) | 35 (154.8344) |
| 2017-05-05 | City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ | 32 / 36 (614.1944) | 29 (156.5484) | 7 (170.3316) | 36 (141.6572) | 34 (145.6572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #521 (185 pts) | #514 (210 pts) | #845 (85 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #554 (185 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2471 (58 pts) | #1515 (133 pts) | #2013 (63 pts) | #2487 (58 pts) | #1762 (98 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1976 (65 pts) | #1569 (125 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #1602 (165 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |