The comeback
2.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship (2022-04-29).
- last seen 2019-06-08
- back 2022-04-29
CERDOBELLUM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-06-24
latest 2022-04-29
Best ToY finish
#1673
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
574.94
last 3 Master vs avg 574.94 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±72.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.53)
Road miles
2,392
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2384 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
574.94 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
CERDOBELLUM has 3 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 113 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after CERDOBELLUM did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with CERDOBELLUM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 159.4400 | 162.84 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6684 | 146.8228 | 148.53 | top 89% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0004 | 160.5372 | 161.89 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 147.9544 | 152.53 | top 64% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.8 yrs
2017-06-24 → 2022-04-29
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.53)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
574.94
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
96
22–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,392
3 mapped stops · furthest 2,384 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
2019-06-08 → 2022-04-29
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- 2019
- Career-best overall score635.3032 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1495) Beltway BBQ Showdown
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5372 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2019-06-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | 2022-04-29 |
| -6.7 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2017-06-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 65.6% | 65.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-29 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 29 / 29 (472.4800) | 18 (164.5372) | 27 (146.8228) | 23 (161.1200) | — |
| 2019-06-08 | Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD | 21 / 37 (635.3032) | 16 (164.5372) | 31 (149.6684) | 17 (164.0004) | 17 (157.0972) |
| 2017-06-24 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 27 / 33 (617.0288) | 25 (159.4400) | 30 (149.0972) | 20 (160.5372) | 27 (147.9544) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1673 (54 pts) | #1237 (89 pts) | #1710 (54 pts) | #1337 (64 pts) | — |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2801 (58 pts) | #2817 (58 pts) | #2823 (58 pts) | #2141 (83 pts) | #2802 (58 pts) |