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
- Dec 28, 2018
RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY
RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 7th of 16 at the Smoke in the House (2018). They are ranked #3839 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Mar 23, 2018
latest Apr 26, 2019 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
11% 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
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.39 · weakest Brisket (160.42)
Road miles
5,658
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,847 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
653.30 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY, each with one reason worth a look.
139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,823 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before RICKY P'S MEAT CANDY BBQ COMPANY's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,844 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1528
They've been 1528 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#3,840 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1510
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 field size and state
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% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
8 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
4 of 9 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
9
a different one every time
Opponents faced
222
finished ahead 110 times, behind 237
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
20187 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede | Dec 28, 2018 |
| +5.4 | Smoke in the House | Jun 15, 2018 |
| +1.7 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship | Apr 26, 2019 |
| +1 | 4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Sep 14, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | Mar 23, 2018 |
| -7.7 | Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition | Jul 13, 2018 |
| -5.8 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | Aug 24, 2018 |
| -4.6 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 25, 2018 |
| -4.6 | Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off | Aug 17, 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2019 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 26 / 48 (654.7428) | 19 (168.0344) | 34 (159.3712) | 31 (159.9544) | 15 (167.3828) |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ | 18 / 47 (681.0400) | 32 (168.5600) | 3 (176.5600) | 22 (168.5372) | 18 (167.3828) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | 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) |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 39 / 46 (649.0284) | 38 (162.2628) | 14 (173.1084) | 42 (158.2400) | 38 (155.4172) |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA | 20 / 27 (639.3372) | 17 (158.8572) | 17 (159.4056) | 8 (167.3944) | 21 (153.6800) |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT | 18 / 21 (649.0744) | 16 (160.5828) | 13 (164.5488) | 8 (168.5256) | 20 (155.4172) |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Smoke in the House White House, TN | 7 / 16 (678.1944) | 12 (166.8228) | 5 (169.6916) | 10 (166.2400) | 4 (175.4400) |
| May 25, 2018 | Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV | 23 / 30 (650.7428) | 9 (170.2628) | 15 (166.2400) | 27 (152.5372) | 20 (161.7028) |
| Mar 23, 2018 | 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) |