High-water mark
681.0400
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.0400 at Arizona National BBQ Stampede — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-12-28
RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2018-03-23
latest 2019-04-26
Best ToY finish
#616
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.44 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 653.30 (+2.15)
Walk rate
56%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.39 · weakest Brisket (160.42)
Road miles
5,658
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1847 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.30 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Burnin and Lootin ahead in 100% of their meetings
Burnin and Lootin has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.97 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 11%.
- Brisket avg 160.42
- Chicken avg 165.39
- 1 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Lord Of The Ribs BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
6 of 6
shared chicken entries lost
Burnin and Lootin ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Burnin and Lootin has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared chicken entries.
The long haul
5,658
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,658 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,847 miles to *Smoke in the House.
- 9 mapped stops
- furthest 1,847 mi
The metronome
±2.30%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.30% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.7% 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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3853 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3854 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1486
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3834 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Level with RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnin and Lootin | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SON OF SMOKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF THE PIG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 158.8572 | 165.39 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 155.9772 | 164.60 | top 53% |
| Pork | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 152.5372 | 162.89 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 145.1200 | 160.42 | top 62% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 65% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2018-03-23 → 2019-04-26
Busiest season
2018
8 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 9 contests · 5 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
9
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.39 · weakest Brisket (160.42)
Walk rate
56%
a top-10 call in 5 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
11%
1 of 9 contests
Master average
653.30
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
222
110–237 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,658
9 mapped stops · furthest 1,847 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #3840 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship
- First call *Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7428 *Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall top-10 *Smoke in the House
- Peak power rating (1491) *Smoke in the House
- Career-best overall score681.0400 Arizona National BBQ Stampede
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Arizona National BBQ Stampede
- 2019
- Most recent contest Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.3 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede | 2018-12-28 |
| +5.4 | *Smoke in the House | 2018-06-15 |
| +1.7 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship | 2019-04-26 |
| +1 | 4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2018-09-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | 2018-03-23 |
| -7.7 | Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition | 2018-07-13 |
| -5.9 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2018-08-24 |
| -4.6 | *Best Dam Barbeque | 2018-05-25 |
| -4.6 | *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off | 2018-08-17 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63% | top 69% | 94.6% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-26 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 26 / 48 (654.7428) | 19 (168.0344) | 34 (159.3712) | 31 (159.9544) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2018-12-28 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ | 18 / 47 (681.0400) | 32 (168.5600) | 3 (176.5600) | 22 (168.5372) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2018-09-14 | 4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 26 / 43 (653.0740) | 22 (166.2856) | 34 (155.9772) | 13 (168.5600) | 21 (162.2512) |
| 2018-08-24 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 39 / 46 (649.0284) | 38 (162.2628) | 14 (173.1084) | 42 (158.2400) | 38 (155.4172) |
| 2018-08-17 | *Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA | 20 / 27 (639.3372) | 17 (158.8572) | 17 (159.4056) | 8 (167.3944) | 21 (153.6800) |
| 2018-07-13 | Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT | 18 / 21 (649.0744) | 16 (160.5828) | 13 (164.5488) | 8 (168.5256) | 20 (155.4172) |
| 2018-06-15 | *Smoke in the House White House, TN | 7 / 16 (678.1944) | 12 (166.8228) | 5 (169.6916) | 10 (166.2400) | 4 (175.4400) |
| 2018-05-25 | *Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV | 23 / 30 (650.7428) | 9 (170.2628) | 15 (166.2400) | 27 (152.5372) | 20 (161.7028) |
| 2018-03-23 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 69 / 78 (624.4456) | 46 (166.8228) | 67 (156.5144) | 70 (155.9884) | 73 (145.1200) |
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 | #1342 (155 pts) | #1441 (150 pts) | #991 (295 pts) | #1496 (135 pts) | #1203 (205 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #616 (549 pts) | #597 (624 pts) | #541 (704 pts) | #528 (699 pts) | #595 (614 pts) |